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Place of birth

Chadwell Heath, Essex [2]

Derby [2]

Feltham, Middlesex [2]

Halifax [2]

Aldermaston, Berkshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chorlton [1]

Cork [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dorking [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1]

East Harsley [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Heaton Norris, Stockport [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kew Gardens, Richmond [1]

Kingskerswell [1]

Kingston [1]

Knightsbridge, London [1]

Kurachi [1]

Lahore, Bengal [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lucknow [1]

Nunhead [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pancreas, London [1]

Peckham [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rickerton, Kincardineshire [1]

Sedlescombe, Sussex [1]

Sherborne [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Staines [1]

Stoke Newington [1]

Suffolk [1]

Torpoint, Cornwall [1]

Torquay [1]

Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Twickenhan [1]

Twyford, Berkshire [1]

Walthamstowe, London [1]

Rank

Captain [49]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lieutenant [36]

Private [30]

Major [14]

Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Wing Commander [2]

2 Lieut [1]

2nd Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/ Major [1]

Chauffeuse [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Superintending Clerk [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Commissary [1]

Pte [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Soldat de 2e Classe [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Chaplain [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [79]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

General List [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Staff [2]

15th Hussars [1]

173rd Infantry Brigade Staff [1]

3rd South African Mounted Rifles [1]

87th Punjabis [1]

87th Punjabis, attached 47th Sikhs [1]

9th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Attached Royal Fusiliers [1]

British Mission attached Portuguese Corps [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS LION [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Headquarters 36th Infantry Brigade [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List [1]

Infantry Brigade [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [131]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [15]

R [14]

C [13]

S [13]

B [12]

W [12]

M [11]

L [10]

J [7]

D [6]

G [5]

A [4]

E [3]

F [3]

O [3]

T [3]

K [2]

P [2]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Brazil [1]

India [1]

Mauritius [1]

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People [141] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chadwell Heath, Essex [2] Derby [2] Feltham, Middlesex [2] Halifax [2] Aldermaston, Berkshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chorlton [1] Cork [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dorking [1] Dover, Kent [1] Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1] East Harsley [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Heaton Norris, Stockport [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington [1] Kensington, London [1] Kew Gardens, Richmond [1] Kingskerswell [1] Kingston [1] Knightsbridge, London [1] Kurachi [1] Lahore, Bengal [1] Liverpool [1] Lucknow [1] Nunhead [1] Paddington, London [1] Pancreas, London [1] Peckham [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rickerton, Kincardineshire [1] Sedlescombe, Sussex [1] Sherborne [1] St Pancras, London [1] Staines [1] Stoke Newington [1] Suffolk [1] Torpoint, Cornwall [1] Torquay [1] Treherbert, Glamorgan [1] Twickenhan [1] Twyford, Berkshire [1] Walthamstowe, London [1]

Rank

Captain [49] Second Lieutenant [46] Lieutenant [36] Private [30] Major [14] Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Captain [8] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Wing Commander [2] 2 Lieut [1] 2nd Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/ Major [1] Chauffeuse [1] Colonel [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Superintending Clerk [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Commissary [1] Pte [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major [1] Soldat de 2e Classe [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Chaplain [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [79] London Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] General List [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Labour Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Staff [2] 15th Hussars [1] 173rd Infantry Brigade Staff [1] 3rd South African Mounted Rifles [1] 87th Punjabis [1] 87th Punjabis, attached 47th Sikhs [1] 9th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Attached Royal Fusiliers [1] British Mission attached Portuguese Corps [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1] French Foreign Legion [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS LION [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Headquarters 36th Infantry Brigade [1] Hussars [1] Indian Miscellaneous List [1] Infantry Brigade [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [131] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [15] R [14] C [13] S [13] B [12] W [12] M [11] L [10] J [7] D [6] G [5] A [4] E [3] F [3] O [3] T [3] K [2] P [2] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Brazil [1] India [1] Mauritius [1]

George Howe Robinson

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 759 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 759 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick Norman Roberts

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 31079 Lance Serjeant King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Wilfrid Holland

Born 1875

Died 1945

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Major Ministry of Munitions

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Gerard Montague Gordon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Fusiliers 12th

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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Ronald William Aspden

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2363 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Sydney Theodore Jerome

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusilier 13th Battalion

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Ernest Lionel Carter

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army STR/925 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Walter Burgess Cluff

Born 1876

Died 1937

British Army 2nd Master Serjeant 3rd South African Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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Thomas Henry Bacon

Born 1893

British Army 16432 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army 109835 Private Labour Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Eric Royston

Born 1894

British Army 375 Private Royal Fusiliers 23

British Army 375 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd

British Army 375 Lance Sergeant Royal Fusiliers 23rd

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Albert James Robbins

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 2192 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick Leslie Dunwell

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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James Westwood-Henderson

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Hamilton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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George William Vercoe Revington

Born 1891

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

Royal Navy 272466

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Percival Morgan Richards

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3149 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Edwin Roy Wilmshurst

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army 6213 Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Willie Bolingbroke Home-Gall

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Harold Elliker

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London) 21st Battalion (4th Public Schools)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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George Samuel Dilley

Born 1874

Died 1948

British Army 5052 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Royal Fusiliers

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