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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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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]

Edward Percival Augustus Topley

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Alfred Selves

Born 1885

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7083 Private

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Francis Victor Wallington

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 40642 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Sydney Selves

Born 1892

Died 1982

British Army 593345 Rifleman London Regiment

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John Mears

Born 1878

British Army 5/12476 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5/12476 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 15/12476 Company Sergeant Major Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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William Henry Dalton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 929 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 929 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Francis Patrick Branigan

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 191778 Signaller Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 170th Bde

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John Bower Harman

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 29th Battery

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Frederick Thomas Nearn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 372937 Private London Regiment

British Army 5859 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372937 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Christopher Henry Hoskins Abrahall

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Stuart Whitcombe

Born 1887

Died 1964

British Army 21653 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Adrian Keith Graham Hill

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 2589 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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Harry Robert Sales

Born 1889

Royal Navy CH/16103 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy PLY/16328 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16328 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Thomas Arthur Holmes

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 3940 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 33rd Coy.

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George Potter

Born 1867

Died 1915

Royal Navy RMA/3418 Royal Marine Artillery Royal Marine Artillery

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Patrick Joseph Cliffe Honner

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Acting Major Royal Artillery

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Elizabeth Mary West

Born 1862

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim

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George Raleigh Kerr Evatt

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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William James Minter

Born 1888

Died 1940

British Army 96001 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Joseph Martin Sharp

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 306930 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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