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Bedford [1]

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Burnt Ash Lee, Lee [1]

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Wolston, Hampshire [1]

Woodford Green [1]

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Lieutenant [22]

Private [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Captain [10]

Corporal [5]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lancer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Chaplain, 4th Class [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller/Serjeant [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain /Acting Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1]

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London Regiment [21]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

120th Rajputana Infantry [1]

4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Indian Army [1]

King Edwards Horse [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "India." [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [13]

M [10]

B [8]

C [6]

H [5]

P [5]

S [4]

W [4]

J [3]

R [3]

T [3]

G [2]

Y [2]

D [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [69]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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London [3] Acton, London [1] Barnes [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedford [1] Binbrooke, Lincolnshire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnt Ash Lee, Lee [1] Chislehurst [1] Clapton [1] Durham [1] Edgware [1] Edmonton [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Finchley, Barnet [1] Fleet Street, London [1] Hatfield, Berkshire [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Lee, Kent [1] Lennoxville, Quebec [1] London England [1] New Southgate, Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Regent's Park, London [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] St John's Wood, London [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Willesdon Green [1] Wimbledon [1] Wimbledon, London. [1] Wolston, Hampshire [1] Woodford Green [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [22] Private [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Captain [10] Corporal [5] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lancer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Chaplain, 4th Class [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller/Serjeant [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain /Acting Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Durham Light Infantry [3] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 120th Rajputana Infantry [1] 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Indian Army [1] King Edwards Horse [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leinster Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "India." [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [13] M [10] B [8] C [6] H [5] P [5] S [4] W [4] J [3] R [3] T [3] G [2] Y [2] D [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [69]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Dudley George Antoine Allen

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2nd Lancer Durham Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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Stuart C. Yeomans

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1315 Private London Regiment

British Army 300810 Private London Regiment

British Army 300810 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Norman Peter Russell

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1825 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Roy Berriman Hatfield

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Eric John Snow

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1405 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Charles Ernest Gardner

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force

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George Saunders Appleyard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Corporal Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

British Army 18/1123 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

British Army

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Charles Wand Mitchell

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Chaplain, 4th Class Yorkshire Regiment army chaplains' department, attd 8th bn. east Battalion

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John William Smailes

Born 1903

Royal Navy J89875

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Thomas Edward O'bryen Horsford

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Eric Barnes Yardley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2687 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2nd Lt Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Lionel Mackinder

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 11539 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 11539 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Rev John Keith Adams

Born 1893

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Reginald Martin Abbott

Born 1892

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Percy Herbert Turner

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army South Wales Borderers 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

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Douglas Morton

Died 1924

British Army 276035 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 7381 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army WR273089 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Bourns

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Thomas William Callinan

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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John Verity Poore

Born 1897

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk

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Ralph C Jerome

British Army 8502 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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