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Wooburn, Bucks [3]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Maidenhead Berkshire [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Paddington, Middlesex [2]

Southall, Middlesex [2]

30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1]

5 South Mansions, Brondesbury, London, NW [1]

Albrighton, Shropshire [1]

Ashley, Northants [1]

Binfield, Berks [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bracknell, Berkshire [1]

Caistor RD, Lincolnshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cape Town [1]

Capetown [1]

Cholsey, Berks [1]

Cookham, Berkshire [1]

East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Finsbury Park, London [1]

Guilford, Surrey [1]

Hendon RD, Middlesex [1]

High Roding, Dunmow, Essex [1]

High Roothing, Dunmow, Essex [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Louth, Lincolnshire [1]

Mosely, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

North Marston, Bucks [1]

Notting Hill, Middlesex [1]

Nova Scotia [1]

Oare, Wilts [1]

Oldbury, Worcestershire [1]

Oxford [1]

Paris [1]

Pembroke RD, Pembrokeshire [1]

Punta Arenas, Megallanes [1]

Rangoon [1]

Rangoon (Burma) [1]

Richmond Road, Brompton, London [1]

Rank

Private [51]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Lance Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd class [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Flight Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

BQMS [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private 2nd class [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Clerk [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Staff Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Education Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

British South African Police [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

County of London Regiment [1]

County of London Regiment (TF) [1]

Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

General List (RFC) [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

NZ Medical Corps [1]

Nigeria Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

RNAS [1]

Rhodesia Native Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Royal Navy [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [12]

H [11]

M [9]

T [9]

P [8]

W [8]

B [5]

F [5]

A [3]

K [3]

I [2]

N [2]

O [2]

R [2]

S [2]

D [1]

E [1]

G [1]

J [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Indonesia [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [88] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wooburn, Bucks [3] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2] Clapham, London [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Maidenhead Berkshire [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Paddington, Middlesex [2] Southall, Middlesex [2] 30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1] 5 South Mansions, Brondesbury, London, NW [1] Albrighton, Shropshire [1] Ashley, Northants [1] Binfield, Berks [1] Birmingham [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Caistor RD, Lincolnshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cape Town [1] Capetown [1] Cholsey, Berks [1] Cookham, Berkshire [1] East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Finsbury Park, London [1] Guilford, Surrey [1] Hendon RD, Middlesex [1] High Roding, Dunmow, Essex [1] High Roothing, Dunmow, Essex [1] Holloway, London [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Johannesburg [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] Louth, Lincolnshire [1] Mosely, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] North Marston, Bucks [1] Notting Hill, Middlesex [1] Nova Scotia [1] Oare, Wilts [1] Oldbury, Worcestershire [1] Oxford [1] Paris [1] Pembroke RD, Pembrokeshire [1] Punta Arenas, Megallanes [1] Rangoon [1] Rangoon (Burma) [1] Richmond Road, Brompton, London [1]

Rank

Private [51] Second Lieutenant [22] Lieutenant [14] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Sergeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Lance Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd class [2] Driver [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Flight Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] BQMS [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Clerk [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private 2nd class [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Clerk [1] Squadron Commander [1] Staff Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Royal Air Force [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Education Corps [1] Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] British South African Police [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] County of London Regiment [1] County of London Regiment (TF) [1] Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1] General List (RFC) [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] NZ Medical Corps [1] Nigeria Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Officer Cadet Battalion [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] RNAS [1] Rhodesia Native Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Royal Navy [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [12] H [11] M [9] T [9] P [8] W [8] B [5] F [5] A [3] K [3] I [2] N [2] O [2] R [2] S [2] D [1] E [1] G [1] J [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [68] Canada [1] Egypt [1] Hong Kong [1] Indonesia [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Herbert Vincent Organ

Born 1899

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Eric Cecil Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

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Ronald Robert Marchant

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army M2/139346 Private Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

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Jack Baxter Coulson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Victor Israel Heilbron

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 78800 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery "B" Battery, 15th Brigade

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Leslie Francis Walford

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2048 Private London Regiment

British Army 2048 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Charles Ernest Mcconnell

Born 1897

Died 1983

British Army 2084 Driver Royal Field Artillery London Brigade

British Army 955864 Gunner Royal Field Artillery London Brigade

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317494 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Cadet Distribution Depot

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Herbert John Abdey

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10457 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10457 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Sidney Edwin Bailey Thomas

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army PS/969 Private Royal Fusiliers 19 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Hewitt Brewis

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army Driver French Red Cross British Committee

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Douglas Mcgill

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 86758 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

British Army 86758 Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Sidney Frederick Spink

Born 1899

Died 1944

British Army 77133 Private London Regiment

British Army 29835 Private London Regiment

British Army 44749 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Thomas Frederick Tracy

Born 1880

Died 1963

Royal Navy Z/869 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/869 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/869 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Cyril Edward Cook

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battn

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Frederick George Darby Hards

Born 1889

Died 1963

Royal Navy Squadron Commander

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Royal Naval Air Station, Hendon, [London] NW

Royal Navy Flight Commander Royal Naval Air Service

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Herbert Ashford Walford

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 2026 Private London Regiment

British Army 2026 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Robert House

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 16588 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 57301 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Bernard Logan Wakefield

Born 1896

Died 1926

British Army SE/15259 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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George Jewell

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 11791 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Bertram Harold Tracy

Born 1887

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2109983 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Depot #13

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