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London [4]

Plymouth [4]

Kensington, London [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Milton Abbot, Devon [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Radstock, Somerset [2]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

4 Cassidy Road, Fulham, London [1]

Abram, Lincs [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bromley Kent [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cambourne, Somerset [1]

Camerton, Somerset [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carstairs, Lanarkshire [1]

Chobham, Surrey [1]

Chokcote [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Cobham, Surrey [1]

Coleraine [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dartmouth [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Devonport [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Dublin [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [120]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Lieutenant [58]

Captain [51]

Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Major [15]

Corporal [13]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Gunner [7]

Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler Boy [1]

Cadet Officer [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1]

Colonel Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deputy Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (T) [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [99]

East Surrey Regiment [40]

Royal Engineers [21]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Hussars [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

14th Infantry Brigade [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [308]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [38]

H [38]

C [37]

F [30]

M [23]

P [21]

W [20]

D [18]

E [17]

S [15]

G [14]

A [10]

L [10]

R [9]

J [8]

T [7]

V [5]

K [4]

O [4]

N [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Egypt [2]

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Place of birth

London [4] Plymouth [4] Kensington, London [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Milton Abbot, Devon [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Radstock, Somerset [2] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 4 Cassidy Road, Fulham, London [1] Abram, Lincs [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bombay [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromley Kent [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cambourne, Somerset [1] Camerton, Somerset [1] Cardiff [1] Carstairs, Lanarkshire [1] Chobham, Surrey [1] Chokcote [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Cobham, Surrey [1] Coleraine [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dartmouth [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Devonport [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Dublin [1] Ealing, London [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [120] Second Lieutenant [82] Lieutenant [58] Captain [51] Lieutenant Colonel [17] Lance Corporal [15] Major [15] Corporal [13] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Gunner [7] Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler Boy [1] Cadet Officer [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1] Colonel Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deputy Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (T) [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [99] East Surrey Regiment [40] Royal Engineers [21] London Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] Labour Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Hussars [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 14th Infantry Brigade [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Vivid [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [308] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [38] H [38] C [37] F [30] M [23] P [21] W [20] D [18] E [17] S [15] G [14] A [10] L [10] R [9] J [8] T [7] V [5] K [4] O [4] N [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Egypt [2]

Arthur John Ford

Born 1891

Died 1976

Royal Navy J1752 Ordinary Seaman

British Army 16068 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 16068 Sergeant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick William James Luke Fitzwalter

Born 1887

Died 1980

British Army Devonshire Regiment 7th (Cyclist) Battalion

British Army 818 Private Devonshire Regiment 7th (Cyclist) Battalion

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George Frederick Cole

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 653248 Rifleman London Regiment 21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles)

British Army 6770 Rifleman London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 653248 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Richard Chester

Born 1888

Died 1952

British Army 1674 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Dwyer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6686 East Surrey Regiment Special Reserve 4 Battalion

British Army Acting Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army L/10523 Private East Surrey Regiment

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George Rowland Patrick Roupell

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Colonel East Surrey Regiment

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Brian Wilmot L'estrange Malone

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Frederick Ernest Hall

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24199 Company Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion

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Frank Harold Cole

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 87960 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery C Battery

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Eric Cecil Guinness

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 24/27th siege battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

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Frederick Hatherley Bruce Selous

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Captain The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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John Beresford Jobling

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army Captain Labour Corps

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Horace James Brierley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Arthur Charles Brook

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 1/5th manchest Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Gerald Alfred George Pepperday

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 765 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Schools)

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William Thomas Arnold Bazalgette

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 26th Division Cyclist Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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James Joseph Emslie

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 800046 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 800046 Private London Regiment 30th Battalion

British Army 800046 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Percy Carr Bird

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 33rd gordon highland Battalion

British Army Major Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Charles Cole

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 33461 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 55133 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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Charles Alexander Newcome Fox

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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