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Place of birth

Bombay [4]

London [2]

18th April 1899 [1]

5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1]

Anerley, London [1]

Balderton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barking [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brading Isle of Wight [1]

Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dunnstown Victoria [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Gateshead [1]

Gloucester [1]

Guzerat [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Jhansi [1]

Kingbury, Middlesex [1]

Kingsbury, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Matson, Gloucestershire [1]

Nagpur [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Simla [1]

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Wood Green, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [19]

Gunner [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Commander [8]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Major [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Signalman [4]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Admiral [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flag Lieutenant [1]

Joiner 4th class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

Royal Indian Marine [9]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Anglo Indian Battery [4]

Anglo-Indian Force [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

HMS Cardiff [3]

Indian Army [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Anglo Indian Force [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS "Cardiff" [2]

Supply and Transport Corps [2]

12th Cavalry [1]

1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, [1]

2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1]

2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

33rd Special Reserve 24th Division [1]

36th Sikhs [1]

55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

61st King George's Own Pioneers [1]

Anglo-Indian Force Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Auxiliary Force India [1]

Auxiliary Indian Battery Royal Field Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cavalry Indian Army [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Company [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Supply Company [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [90]

Royal Navy [35]

Indian Army [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [17]

T [14]

B [12]

H [10]

A [9]

C [9]

L [9]

P [9]

M [8]

D [7]

W [7]

E [5]

F [5]

R [4]

G [3]

K [2]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

India [1]

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People [133] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bombay [4] London [2] 18th April 1899 [1] 5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1] Anerley, London [1] Balderton, Nottinghamshire [1] Bangalore [1] Barking [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brading Isle of Wight [1] Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dunnstown Victoria [1] Edmonton, London [1] Gateshead [1] Gloucester [1] Guzerat [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Jhansi [1] Kingbury, Middlesex [1] Kingsbury, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Matson, Gloucestershire [1] Nagpur [1] Paddington, London [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Simla [1] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Wood Green, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [37] Lieutenant [22] Captain [19] Gunner [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Commander [8] Lieutenant Commander [5] Major [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Signalman [4] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Admiral [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Major [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flag Lieutenant [1] Joiner 4th class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sub Conductor [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Warrant Telegraphist [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

Royal Indian Marine [9] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] South Lancashire Regiment [6] London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Anglo Indian Battery [4] Anglo-Indian Force [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] HMS Cardiff [3] Indian Army [3] Indian Defence Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Anglo Indian Force [2] Army Service Corps [2] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS "Cardiff" [2] Supply and Transport Corps [2] 12th Cavalry [1] 1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, [1] 2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1] 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 33rd Special Reserve 24th Division [1] 36th Sikhs [1] 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 61st King George's Own Pioneers [1] Anglo-Indian Force Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Auxiliary Force India [1] Auxiliary Indian Battery Royal Field Artillery [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cavalry Indian Army [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Company [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Supply Company [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [90] Royal Navy [35] Indian Army [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [17] T [14] B [12] H [10] A [9] C [9] L [9] P [9] M [8] D [7] W [7] E [5] F [5] R [4] G [3] K [2] J [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] India [1]

Claud Hamilton Sinclair

Born 1878

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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Edward Mitchell Foster

Born 1875

Royal Navy Engineer Commander

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Ernest Little

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J32405 Signalman HMS Cardiff

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Terence Evelyn Du Bern

British Army 5715 Private London Regiment 2/13th lond Battalion

British Army 4926066 Second Lieutenant Indian Army

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Albert Foreman Cox

Born 1889

Died 1949

Royal Navy M18605 Carpenter's Crew HMS Bellerophon

Royal Navy M18605 Joiner 4th class HMS Bellerophon

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Hubert Landless

British Army 265265 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 176813 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles H Barker

British Army 42148 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 42148 Acting Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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Romilly Haigh Swasbrook

Born 1900

British Army 625 Gunner Auxiliary Indian Battery Royal Field Artillery

British Army 652 Anglo-Indian Force Artillery

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John H Pickup

British Army 265269 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 176826 Private Machine Gun Corps

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A H M Wilson

British Army Captain 12th Cavalry

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Hubert Kershaw

Born 1893

British Army 265286 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 176809 Private Company

British Army 176809 Private Machine Gun Corps 285th Company

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Frank Marshall

British Army 265312 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Roger Charles Anderson

Born 1883

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - Coastal Motorboat Service

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George E Farran

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

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Frederick W Bowler

British Army 27988 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Maunsell Bowers

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

British Army Major Hampshire Regiment

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C Exley

British Army Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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R J Meharg

British Army Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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E Robinson

British Army Gunner Royal Indian Marine

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A Thomasin

British Army Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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