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Woolwich, Kent [1041]

Woolwich, London [716]

Woolwich, Kent, England [274]

Woolwich England [179]

Woolwich [123]

Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50]

North Woolwich, Essex [43]

Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [25]

Woolwich New South Wales [16]

North Woolwich, Essex, England [15]

North Woolwich, London [14]

Woolwich, Essex [9]

Woolwich London [8]

Woolwich, South East London [8]

North Woolwich, Kent [7]

Plumstead, Woolwich [6]

Erith, Woolwich, Kent [5]

Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5]

Woolwich,London. [5]

Charlton, Woolwich [4]

Plumstead Woolwich [4]

Belvedere, Woolwich, Kent [3]

Bexleyheath, Woolwich, Kent [3]

Eltham, Woolwich, Kent [3]

Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3]

Woolwich Arsenal, Kent [3]

Woolwich,Kent. [3]

Woolwich,London [3]

Abbey Wood, Woolwich, Kent [2]

North Woolwich England [2]

Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2]

Sidcup, Woolwich, Kent [2]

Woolwich Arsenal, London [2]

Woolwich Kent [2]

Woolwich, Hertfordshire [2]

Woolwich, London, Kent [2]

Woolwich,Kent [2]

5 Pellipar Road, Woolwich, Kent [1]

Belvedere Woolwich [1]

Blackheath Woolwich London [1]

Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1]

Charlton Woolwich [1]

Charlton, Woolwich, South London [1]

Charlton,Woolwich,London. [1]

East Ham, Woolwich [1]

East Plumstead, Woolwich, :ondon [1]

East Woolwich, London [1]

Greenwich, Woolwich, Kent [1]

KIDBROOK FARM WOOLWICH [1]

London, Woolwich [1]

Rank

Private [117]

Captain [30]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Serjeant [26]

Stoker 1st Class [26]

Able Seaman [23]

Lieutenant [23]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [19]

Major [15]

Rifleman [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [12]

Driver [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Sergeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Musician [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Sapper [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Pte [3]

Signalman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Mechanician [2]

Sailmaker [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2/Air Mechanic [1]

3/Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

HMS INDOMITABLE [13]

Royal Engineers [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

HMS Vanguard [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

HMS Hampshire [5]

Royal Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

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

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Cressy [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1504]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [379]

British Army [260]

Australian Imperial Force [198]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [270]

H [255]

M [241]

C [235]

S [233]

W [207]

P [148]

R [132]

D [127]

G [123]

F [104]

T [96]

L [86]

A [80]

E [74]

J [67]

K [55]

N [34]

O [22]

V [16]

Y [15]

I [14]

U [6]

Q [5]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2320]

Merchant Navy [289]

Country

United Kingdom [131]

Canada [4]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Argentina [1]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Woolwich, Kent [1041] Woolwich, London [716] Woolwich, Kent, England [274] Woolwich England [179] Woolwich [123] Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50] North Woolwich, Essex [43] Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [25] Woolwich New South Wales [16] North Woolwich, Essex, England [15] North Woolwich, London [14] Woolwich, Essex [9] Woolwich London [8] Woolwich, South East London [8] North Woolwich, Kent [7] Plumstead, Woolwich [6] Erith, Woolwich, Kent [5] Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5] Woolwich,London. [5] Charlton, Woolwich [4] Plumstead Woolwich [4] Belvedere, Woolwich, Kent [3] Bexleyheath, Woolwich, Kent [3] Eltham, Woolwich, Kent [3] Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3] Woolwich Arsenal, Kent [3] Woolwich,Kent. [3] Woolwich,London [3] Abbey Wood, Woolwich, Kent [2] North Woolwich England [2] Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2] Sidcup, Woolwich, Kent [2] Woolwich Arsenal, London [2] Woolwich Kent [2] Woolwich, Hertfordshire [2] Woolwich, London, Kent [2] Woolwich,Kent [2] 5 Pellipar Road, Woolwich, Kent [1] Belvedere Woolwich [1] Blackheath Woolwich London [1] Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1] Charlton Woolwich [1] Charlton, Woolwich, South London [1] Charlton,Woolwich,London. [1] East Ham, Woolwich [1] East Plumstead, Woolwich, :ondon [1] East Woolwich, London [1] Greenwich, Woolwich, Kent [1] KIDBROOK FARM WOOLWICH [1] London, Woolwich [1]

Rank

Private [117] Captain [30] Second Lieutenant [29] Serjeant [26] Stoker 1st Class [26] Able Seaman [23] Lieutenant [23] Gunner [21] Corporal [19] Major [15] Rifleman [14] Lance Corporal [13] Stoker 2nd Class [12] Driver [10] Acting Corporal [8] Sergeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Bombardier [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Deck Hand [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Musician [4] Petty Officer [4] Sapper [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Pte [3] Signalman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Mechanician [2] Sailmaker [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2/Air Mechanic [1] 3/Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44] London Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] HMS INDOMITABLE [13] Royal Engineers [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [8] HMS Vanguard [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] HMS Hampshire [5] Royal Artillery [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS Victory II [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] General List [2] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Cressy [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vindictive [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1504] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [379] British Army [260] Australian Imperial Force [198] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [270] H [255] M [241] C [235] S [233] W [207] P [148] R [132] D [127] G [123] F [104] T [96] L [86] A [80] E [74] J [67] K [55] N [34] O [22] V [16] Y [15] I [14] U [6] Q [5] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2320] Merchant Navy [289]

Country

United Kingdom [131] Canada [4] India [2] Ireland [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Argentina [1] Australia [1] Egypt [1] New Zealand [1]

Philip Walter Thomas Evans

Born 1902

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 342011 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Alfred Edward Power

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 415035 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Comerford

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army L/6701 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army L/6701 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Saunders

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 993 Staff Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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S Florence Annie Gray

Born 1879

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20267 Women's Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20267 Member Women's Royal Air Force No. 1 Stores Depot (Kidbrooke)

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Harwood Charles Risley

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army 346331 Private Labour Corps

British Army 12488 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Duggan

Born 1864

Died 1918

British Army 1914 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 1914 Serjeant Manchester Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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Richard James Shanahan

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 1005 Private London Regiment

British Army 1005 Drummer London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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Louis Henry Auty

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 348111 Serjeant London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 370914 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2855 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Leslie Tomlin

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army M2/130733 Private Army Service Corps

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Alice Mary Ruffer

Born 1868

Died 1950

Other Empire Force 4030 British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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William Warchus

Born 1888

British Army 9292 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 9292 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9292 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry Ashpool

Born 1876

Died 1950

British Army 9/6243 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 327280 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Edward George Bullett

Born 1892

Died 1956

British Army 24329 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 84th company

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Abraham Butler

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army SE/8640 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 187291 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 187291 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Albert Glentworth Cunningham

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Captain Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 12th Battalion

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Charles Thomas Meakin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 19057 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Beck

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army S/3164 Private Rifle Brigade

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Reginald Groves

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4880 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 4880 L/CPL London 1/20th

British Army Pte London 20th Bn

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William Thomas Henry Wood

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 2128 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 277128 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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