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London [27]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [17]

Bath, Somerset [9]

Deal, Kent [9]

Richmond, Surrey [9]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Marylebone, London [7]

Charing, Kent [6]

Kensington, London [6]

Islington, London [5]

Paddington, London [5]

St Pancras district, London [5]

Calcutta [4]

Hampstead, London [4]

Liverpool [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Walmer, Kent [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [3]

Brighton [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Edmonton, Middlesex [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

St Pancras, London [3]

Westminster, London [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bloomsbury, London [2]

Bognor, Sussex [2]

Bramley, Surrey [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Camden Town, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Derby [2]

Ditton, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

East Malling, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1383]

Second Lieutenant [549]

Lieutenant [367]

Captain [332]

Lance Corporal [186]

Serjeant [142]

Corporal [141]

Major [109]

Lieutenant Colonel [76]

Gunner [75]

Rifleman [62]

Sapper [42]

Able Seaman [38]

Driver [32]

Stoker 1st Class [30]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Temporary Captain [22]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [19]

Colonel [18]

Lance Serjeant [17]

2nd Lieutenant [15]

Reverend [15]

Temporary Lieutenant [15]

Pioneer [12]

Brigadier General [11]

Petty Officer [11]

Sergeant [11]

Acting Captain [10]

Bombardier [10]

Lieutenant Commander [10]

Chaplain [8]

Commander [8]

Midshipman [8]

Acting Major [7]

Brevet Major [7]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [7]

Trooper [7]

Cadet [6]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6]

Flight Lieutenant [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Sub-Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Guardsman [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Major General [5]

Unit

London Regiment [357]

Royal Fusiliers [164]

Royal Field Artillery [125]

Royal Engineers [116]

Middlesex Regiment [110]

East Surrey Regiment [91]

Essex Regiment [78]

Rifle Brigade [71]

East Kent Regiment [68]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [60]

Army Service Corps [59]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal West Kent Regiment [56]

Royal Garrison Artillery [46]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [38]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [37]

Royal Naval Division [36]

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [33]

The Queen's Regiment [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Honourable Artillery Company [31]

Wiltshire Regiment [31]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30]

Hampshire Regiment [29]

Canadian Infantry [28]

HM Submarine E30 [28]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [27]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [27]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [26]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [24]

Grenadier Guards [23]

Royal Army Chaplains' Department [23]

Royal Flying Corps [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [22]

Coldstream Guards [20]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2529]

Royal Navy [306]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [127]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [65]

Indian Army [45]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [12]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [386]

C [318]

S [290]

H [241]

M [199]

W [192]

P [156]

D [149]

G [146]

A [124]

T [124]

R [122]

F [118]

L [111]

E [86]

J [60]

K [57]

O [53]

N [43]

V [33]

Y [12]

I [7]

Q [3]

U [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3010]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [593]

Ireland [14]

India [7]

Australia [6]

New Zealand [4]

Canada [3]

France [3]

Niue [3]

Malaysia [2]

Sierra Leone [2]

South Africa [2]

Brazil [1]

Ghana [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

Mauritius [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

London [27] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [17] Bath, Somerset [9] Deal, Kent [9] Richmond, Surrey [9] Maidstone, Kent [8] Marylebone, London [7] Charing, Kent [6] Kensington, London [6] Islington, London [5] Paddington, London [5] St Pancras district, London [5] Calcutta [4] Hampstead, London [4] Liverpool [4] Poplar, London [4] Walmer, Kent [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Battersea, London [3] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [3] Brighton [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Edinburgh [3] Edmonton, Middlesex [3] Fulham, London [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] St Pancras, London [3] Westminster, London [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alton, Hampshire [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bloomsbury, London [2] Bognor, Sussex [2] Bramley, Surrey [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Camden Town, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chiswick, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Derby [2] Ditton, Kent [2] Dublin [2] East Malling, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1383] Second Lieutenant [549] Lieutenant [367] Captain [332] Lance Corporal [186] Serjeant [142] Corporal [141] Major [109] Lieutenant Colonel [76] Gunner [75] Rifleman [62] Sapper [42] Able Seaman [38] Driver [32] Stoker 1st Class [30] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [24] Temporary Captain [22] Temporary Second Lieutenant [20] Company Serjeant Major [19] Colonel [18] Lance Serjeant [17] 2nd Lieutenant [15] Reverend [15] Temporary Lieutenant [15] Pioneer [12] Brigadier General [11] Petty Officer [11] Sergeant [11] Acting Captain [10] Bombardier [10] Lieutenant Commander [10] Chaplain [8] Commander [8] Midshipman [8] Acting Major [7] Brevet Major [7] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [7] Trooper [7] Cadet [6] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6] Flight Lieutenant [6] Leading Seaman [6] Sub-Lieutenant [6] Temporary Major [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Guardsman [5] Leading Stoker [5] Major General [5]

Unit

London Regiment [357] Royal Fusiliers [164] Royal Field Artillery [125] Royal Engineers [116] Middlesex Regiment [110] East Surrey Regiment [91] Essex Regiment [78] Rifle Brigade [71] East Kent Regiment [68] King's Royal Rifle Corps [60] Army Service Corps [59] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal West Kent Regiment [56] Royal Garrison Artillery [46] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [38] Kent Cyclist Battalion [37] Royal Naval Division [36] Labour Corps [33] Royal Marine Light Infantry [33] The Queen's Regiment [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Honourable Artillery Company [31] Wiltshire Regiment [31] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30] Hampshire Regiment [29] Canadian Infantry [28] HM Submarine E30 [28] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [27] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [27] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [26] Manchester Regiment [25] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [24] Grenadier Guards [23] Royal Army Chaplains' Department [23] Royal Flying Corps [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [22] Coldstream Guards [20] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [20] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Devonshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2529] Royal Navy [306] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [127] Canadian Expeditionary Force [65] Indian Army [45] Australian Imperial Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [12] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [386] C [318] S [290] H [241] M [199] W [192] P [156] D [149] G [146] A [124] T [124] R [122] F [118] L [111] E [86] J [60] K [57] O [53] N [43] V [33] Y [12] I [7] Q [3] U [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3010] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [593] Ireland [14] India [7] Australia [6] New Zealand [4] Canada [3] France [3] Niue [3] Malaysia [2] Sierra Leone [2] South Africa [2] Brazil [1] Ghana [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] Mauritius [1] United States [1]

Frank Lewis Thornhill Barlow

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Guards

British Army Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Guards Machine Gun Regiment 5th Battalion

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Edward Unsworth Green

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 851 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Edward Leslie Lowry Acton

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army Temporary Captain Leinster Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Adjutant Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles Samuel Kelly

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army S/1476 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Alfred George Daw

Born 1882

British Army T/329100 Driver Army Service Corps

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Arthur Charles Nickol

Born 1878

Died 1964

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Captain (Chaplain)

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Richard Neville Strutt

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11555 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 12th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Alan John Bowles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Melville Dundas W F Snell

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army Private London Regiment 3/12th Battalion

British Army Private Honourable Artillery Company Detachment Depot

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 33rd Works Battalion

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Percy John Hilderley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army F/1134 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Samuel Chaney

Born 1898

British Army 110857 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 13118 Private Yorkshire Regiment 9th Labour Battalion

British Army 167125 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 488th Home Service Employment Company

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Albert Ralph Barnacle

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 25060 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 65288 Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Valentine Randall

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 208620 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 208620 Boy

Royal Navy 208620 Ordinary Seaman

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Harold George Tickle

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army GS/19915 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 19915 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Alfred Frank Daw

Born 1891

British Army 2757 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army M/323069 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frank Herbert Maxwell Long

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 7453 Private East Surrey Regiment

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David Mercer, K

Born 1864

Died 1920

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division 1st Royal Naval Brigade

Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Adjutant General Royal Marines

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Harold Reginald Old

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Private East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

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Augustus George Nelson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 180489 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Training Battalion

British Army 180489 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 2nd Battalion

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William Ormsby

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2467 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 2467 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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