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Woking, Surrey [371]

Woking, Surrey, England [15]

Chobham, Woking, Surrey [6]

Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [4]

St Johns, Woking, Surrey [4]

Woking Surrey [3]

Brookwood, Woking, Surrey [2]

Byfleet, Woking, Surrey [2]

Horsell, Woking, Surrey [2]

Pirbright, Woking, Surrey [2]

Pyrford, Woking, Surrey [2]

Ripley, Woking, Surrey [2]

Bisley, Woking, Surrey [1]

Chertsey, Woking, Surrey [1]

Cobham Woking, Surrey [1]

Littlewick, near Woking, Surrey [1]

Mayford, Woking, Surrey [1]

Old Woking, Woking, Surrey [1]

Send, Woking, Surrey [1]

West End, Woking, Surrey [1]

Windlesham, Woking, Surrey [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Worplesdon Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Able Seaman [9]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Captain [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

Gunner 2nd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Bdr [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Yeoman Signaller [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Gnr [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

23rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Queen's Regiment (West Surrey) [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1]

Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50]

S [43]

C [34]

H [33]

P [30]

W [30]

M [29]

R [25]

D [23]

G [23]

T [19]

F [16]

L [15]

J [12]

A [11]

K [10]

V [6]

E [5]

I [4]

N [4]

O [4]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Woking, Surrey [371] Woking, Surrey, England [15] Chobham, Woking, Surrey [6] Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [4] St Johns, Woking, Surrey [4] Woking Surrey [3] Brookwood, Woking, Surrey [2] Byfleet, Woking, Surrey [2] Horsell, Woking, Surrey [2] Pirbright, Woking, Surrey [2] Pyrford, Woking, Surrey [2] Ripley, Woking, Surrey [2] Bisley, Woking, Surrey [1] Chertsey, Woking, Surrey [1] Cobham Woking, Surrey [1] Littlewick, near Woking, Surrey [1] Mayford, Woking, Surrey [1] Old Woking, Woking, Surrey [1] Send, Woking, Surrey [1] West End, Woking, Surrey [1] Windlesham, Woking, Surrey [1] Woking, Surrey [1] Worplesdon Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12] Able Seaman [9] Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Captain [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Gunner 2nd Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Bdr [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Yeoman Signaller [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Gnr [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Signaller [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Transport Corporal [1] Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Good Hope [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] 23rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1] 8th Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS NARBOROUGH [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Spitfire [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Irish Guards [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] Queen's Regiment (West Surrey) [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1] Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50] S [43] C [34] H [33] P [30] W [30] M [29] R [25] D [23] G [23] T [19] F [16] L [15] J [12] A [11] K [10] V [6] E [5] I [4] N [4] O [4]

Contribution

Military Service [407] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [21] South Africa [1]

William Celington Skeet

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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Sydney Blenheim Barnard

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63621

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Francis John Mitchell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218631

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Arthur Bedser

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33839

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Edward Maurice Farquhar

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292694

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James John Stent

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Po. B.1456 Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 196002 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Harry Attfield Lambert

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252698

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Frederick Griggs

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297523

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Frank Edward Ham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8517

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William Chesmore

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10659

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Conway West

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218658

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Ernest Herbert Lambert

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220287

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Joseph Haughton Bray

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221115

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George Edward Fenn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223531

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Charles Moon

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223685

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Amos Edward Baker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231721

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Cecil Phillips

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401119

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Oliver Thompson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198337

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Sidney James Pullen

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6087

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Charlie Graham

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48

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