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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]

Thomas Newnham

Born 1879

Died 1880

British Army 18190 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 120175 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 63807 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Matthew Starkie France

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army 17075 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 19187 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William John Wilson

British Army 3179 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 5th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 3785 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2/1 Home Counties Casualty Clearing Station

British Army 497564 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3/4 Home Counties Field Ambulance

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Harry Selby Folbigg

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 51906 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 51906 9th Lancers Machine Gun Corps

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George Basil Edser

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6411 Private London Regiment

British Army 2/44109 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Alfred Bashford

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 2nd Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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Charles Henry Smith

Born 1894

Died 1941

British Army M2/049067 Private Army Service Corps

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Hubert John Cavell

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Charles Albert Samuel Pratt

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G1342 Private The Queen's Regiment attached to King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th (Service) Battalion

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Hamilton Gordon Mcmurray

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45575

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Percy Lewis Parslow

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48239

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William Robert Prangnell

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 30564

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John Howard Richard Freeborn

Born 1887

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion

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Robert Frederick Lee

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 71939 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Brigade

British Army 71939 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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Robert William Melville

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/24679 Private Royal Highlanders

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Arthur Frederick Roberts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/54298 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Eric Arthur Cheasley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118009

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Henry Brodie Day

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 201273 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Alfred Francis Dadds

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 30380 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Arthur Patteson

Born 1887

Died 1935

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2684038

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