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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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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]

Guy Rashleigh Ede

Born 1894

Died 1960

Royal Navy F26541 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226541 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Philip John Tracy

Born 1877

Died 1945

British Army 709 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Peto

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29272 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Reginald Joseph Comley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 12758 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12758 Lance Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Collier Brodie

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5222 Corporal London Regiment 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers).

British Army 5222 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Harry Samuel Murdock

Born 1899

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army 765726 Private London Regiment 28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

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Percy Naylar

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 390001 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 390001 Serjeant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 1/9 Battalion

British Army 1269 Sergeant London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles

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Ross Fendall Rossiter

Born 1884

Died 1928

British Army Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Captain Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Grahame St John Cooper

Born 1896

British Army M2/05370 Private Army Service Corps

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Christopher Richard Fowler

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1465 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Ernest William George Hudgell

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion.

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Gilbert Nelson Cheshire

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10511 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 19283 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19283 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John David Thurley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army R/37084 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/37084 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Andrew De Portal Kingsmill

Born 1881

Died 1956

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards

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John Reginald Philpott

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Michael Claude Magellan Fenton

Born 1882

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Percy William Bourke

Born 1873

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Corporal Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/1891 Private Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest James Spink

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 44689 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 66433 Private Labour Corps

British Army 33374 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Lawrence Ranger

Born 1892

Died 1962

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William Robert Waugh

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 46978 Sapper Royal Engineers

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