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Woolwich, London [716]

North Woolwich, London [14]

Woolwich London [8]

Woolwich, South East London [8]

Woolwich,London. [5]

Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3]

Woolwich,London [3]

Woolwich Arsenal, London [2]

Woolwich, London, Kent [2]

Blackheath Woolwich London [1]

Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1]

Charlton, Woolwich, South London [1]

Charlton,Woolwich,London. [1]

East Woolwich, London [1]

London, Woolwich [1]

Plumpstead, Woolwich, London [1]

Plumstead Woolwich London [1]

Plumstead,Woolwich,London. [1]

South Woolwich, London [1]

St Mary's, Woolwich, London [1]

Woolwich Kent now London [1]

Woolwich London, Kent [1]

Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, London [1]

Woolwich, Kent London [1]

Woolwich, London Town [1]

Woolwich, London, England [1]

Woolwich, London. [1]

woolwich london. [1]

woolwich, london. [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Captain [17]

Serjeant [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Rifleman [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Corporal [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Brigadier [1]

CQMS [1]

Captain Honorary Major [1]

Chaplain Major [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Civilian [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Emergency) [1]

Commissioned Boatswain [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

London Regiment [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS Vanguard [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Cressy [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Air Raid Victim [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Cyclist Corps [1]

Demobilised at Hounslow Middlesex [1]

Discharged on termination of Engagement [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East African Rifles [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

H.M.S President [1]

H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [664]

British Army [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [82]

M [82]

H [74]

S [73]

C [64]

W [63]

P [50]

G [41]

R [35]

D [33]

T [30]

F [28]

L [24]

E [22]

J [22]

A [16]

K [11]

O [8]

N [7]

I [5]

V [4]

U [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [766]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

Canada [2]

Argentina [1]

Egypt [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Woolwich, London [716] North Woolwich, London [14] Woolwich London [8] Woolwich, South East London [8] Woolwich,London. [5] Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3] Woolwich,London [3] Woolwich Arsenal, London [2] Woolwich, London, Kent [2] Blackheath Woolwich London [1] Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1] Charlton, Woolwich, South London [1] Charlton,Woolwich,London. [1] East Woolwich, London [1] London, Woolwich [1] Plumpstead, Woolwich, London [1] Plumstead Woolwich London [1] Plumstead,Woolwich,London. [1] South Woolwich, London [1] St Mary's, Woolwich, London [1] Woolwich Kent now London [1] Woolwich London, Kent [1] Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, London [1] Woolwich, Kent London [1] Woolwich, London Town [1] Woolwich, London, England [1] Woolwich, London. [1] woolwich london. [1] woolwich, london. [1]

Rank

Private [46] Second Lieutenant [19] Captain [17] Serjeant [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Rifleman [11] Lieutenant [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Corporal [7] Able Seaman [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Deck Hand [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy II [1] Brigadier [1] CQMS [1] Captain Honorary Major [1] Chaplain Major [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Civilian [1] Commander [1] Commander (Emergency) [1] Commissioned Boatswain [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1] Fireman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

London Regiment [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS Vanguard [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Cressy [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Vindictive [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Air Raid Victim [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Cyclist Corps [1] Demobilised at Hounslow Middlesex [1] Discharged on termination of Engagement [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East African Rifles [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S President [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [664] British Army [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [82] M [82] H [74] S [73] C [64] W [63] P [50] G [41] R [35] D [33] T [30] F [28] L [24] E [22] J [22] A [16] K [11] O [8] N [7] I [5] V [4] U [2] Y [2] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [766] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [68] Canada [2] Argentina [1] Egypt [1] South Africa [1]

Cyril Alexander Fraser Drummond

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 135 and 27 Batteries

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George James Frederick Lines

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S/9036 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/9036 Serjeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Frederick John Underdown

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army S/17793 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 448879 Private London Regiment 2/10th Battalion

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Charles Eustace Dickson King

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Thomas Collett

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army 304 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th London Howitzer Brigade

British Army 89309 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 89309 Driver Royal Field Artillery 226 Battery

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Sydney Edward Odgers

Born 1886

Died 1953

British Army 950 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Tanks Corps

British Army 950 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Northeast

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army 7863 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7863 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7863 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Gallon

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 536605 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 536605 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Arthur Mould Temple

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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F Wrenn

Died 1916

British Army 29018 Private Worcestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

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William James Minter

Born 1888

Died 1940

British Army 96001 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Joshua George Williams

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army R/38606 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 540689 Private London Regiment

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Claude William Jeal

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 233918 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Topley Barrat

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Edmond Poole Gabbett

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Cressy

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Burt Peter Blackett

Born 1893

British Army 70595(Incomplete) Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 70595 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alexander Arbuthnott Hughes

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain East African Rifles

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Percy Harold Taylor

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2532 Private Cyclist Corps

British Army 25201 Private South Wales Borderers

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William Thomas Coleman

Born 1889

Died 1916

235962

Royal Navy 235962

Royal Navy 235962 Able Seaman HMS Turbulent

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Albert Lightowler Tatton

Born 1875

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Ordnance Workshops

British Army Major and Quarter Master Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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