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Merstham, Surrey [6]

Bletchingley, Surrey [4]

Bletchingley [3]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [3]

Outwood, Burstow, Surrey [3]

Ashtead [2]

Battersea [2]

Charlwood, Surrey [2]

Cookham, Berkshire [2]

Cuckfield, Sussex [2]

Dunkeld Victoria [2]

Epsom registration district, Surrey [2]

Epsom, Surrey [2]

Godstone registration district, Surrey [2]

Godstone, Surrey [2]

Horley, Surrey [2]

Ifield, Sussex [2]

Mitcham, Surrey [2]

Oxted, Surrey [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

153 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

16 Whiston Street, Haggerston, London [1]

17 Malone Park, Belfast [1]

59 Ducie Grove, Chorlton upon Medlock [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Ashtead, Surrey [1]

Aston Upthorpe, Berkshire [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire [1]

Bexhill-on-Sea [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Bishopstoke, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Brattleby Lincoln [1]

Brent Knoll, Somerset [1]

Bristol [1]

British Columbia [1]

Burton-On-Trent, Staffs [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Childswickham, Worcestershire [1]

Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dagenham, Essex [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Defynnog, Brecknockshire [1]

Down Ampney, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [163]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [29]

Corporal [23]

Serjeant [20]

Lance Corporal [19]

Gunner [15]

Driver [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Sapper [6]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Reverend [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Midshipman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd class [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

1st Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

AM I [1]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

London Regiment [32]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

General List [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Southampton [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [318]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [40]

H [35]

W [34]

B [32]

M [29]

C [27]

P [26]

D [23]

T [17]

A [15]

F [14]

E [13]

G [12]

L [12]

R [10]

J [9]

K [6]

N [3]

U [3]

I [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [359]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

United States [2]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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People [368] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Merstham, Surrey [6] Bletchingley, Surrey [4] Bletchingley [3] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [3] Outwood, Burstow, Surrey [3] Ashtead [2] Battersea [2] Charlwood, Surrey [2] Cookham, Berkshire [2] Cuckfield, Sussex [2] Dunkeld Victoria [2] Epsom registration district, Surrey [2] Epsom, Surrey [2] Godstone registration district, Surrey [2] Godstone, Surrey [2] Horley, Surrey [2] Ifield, Sussex [2] Mitcham, Surrey [2] Oxted, Surrey [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Reigate, Surrey [2] 153 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] 16 Whiston Street, Haggerston, London [1] 17 Malone Park, Belfast [1] 59 Ducie Grove, Chorlton upon Medlock [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Ashtead, Surrey [1] Aston Upthorpe, Berkshire [1] Banstead, Surrey [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire [1] Bexhill-on-Sea [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Bishopstoke, Winchester, Hampshire [1] Brattleby Lincoln [1] Brent Knoll, Somerset [1] Bristol [1] British Columbia [1] Burton-On-Trent, Staffs [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cardiff [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Childswickham, Worcestershire [1] Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dagenham, Essex [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Defynnog, Brecknockshire [1] Down Ampney, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [163] Second Lieutenant [43] Lieutenant [36] Captain [29] Corporal [23] Serjeant [20] Lance Corporal [19] Gunner [15] Driver [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Sapper [6] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Reverend [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Midshipman [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd class [2] Squadron Leader [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 1st Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Corporal [1] AM I [1] Able seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting sergeant [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

London Regiment [32] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Fusiliers [18] East Surrey Regiment [17] Labour Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] The Queen's Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Essex Regiment [4] General List [4] Grenadier Guards [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Southampton [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [318] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [5] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [40] H [35] W [34] B [32] M [29] C [27] P [26] D [23] T [17] A [15] F [14] E [13] G [12] L [12] R [10] J [9] K [6] N [3] U [3] I [2] O [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [359]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Ireland [3] Canada [2] United States [2] Germany [1] India [1]

Frederick Harman

British Army L/24909 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/24909 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Charles Laver

British Army M413972 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William Streeter

British Army 117850 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Robert Streeter

British Army 6/598 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 2481 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Leonard S Elms

British Army 191371 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy E Gigg

British Army 353352 Lance Corporal London Regiment lond Battalion

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Lewis Way

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Smurthwaite

British Army 376168 Private London Regiment

British Army 63795 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 448865 Private London Regiment

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George Gilbert

British Army 14185 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Douglas Charles Hall

British Army 201311 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Ernest R Whitcombe

British Army 141515 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Evelyn Blake

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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John H Howes

British Army 7446 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick Bovett

British Army 15/105 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur J Fisher

British Army TR/9/45542 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 51986 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William J Hills

British Army G/17619 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Cecil J Matthews

British Army 11885 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Charles William Holmes

British Army 3911 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 266262 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Hugh Alan Cornwall

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75897

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William J Hart

British Army 47187 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 76394 Private Labour Corps

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