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Bromley Kent [9]

Shortlands Bromley Kent [5]

Fulham London [3]

Lewisham [3]

Wandsworth London [3]

Calcutta [2]

18 Shelley Road, Harrow, Middlesex [1]

BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Barnet London Middlesex [1]

Barnsbury, Islington, London [1]

Beckenham [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Birmingham [1]

Brathay House Anerley [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Clapham Wandsworth London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Cudham Bromley Kent [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

East Dulwich Camberwell London [1]

Edmonton [1]

Epping [1]

Hackney London [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Hastings [1]

Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1]

Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1]

Islington London [1]

Lewisham London [1]

Rangoon [1]

Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Shortlands, Bromley, Kent [1]

Shortlands, Kent [1]

Staines [1]

Stratford, Essex [1]

Streatham [1]

Theydon Bois Epping Essex [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Ware Hertfordshire [1]

West Ham London Essex [1]

West Kensington [1]

Westminster London Middlesex [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [14]

Lieutenant [8]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [8]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

84th Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Tank Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

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

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Defence." [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS Fortune [1]

HMS Scarab [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

London Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Officer Training Corps [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [68]

Royal Navy [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [10]

M [10]

B [8]

D [6]

A [5]

C [5]

S [5]

F [4]

L [4]

P [4]

T [4]

E [2]

G [2]

O [2]

R [2]

W [2]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

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People [76] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bromley Kent [9] Shortlands Bromley Kent [5] Fulham London [3] Lewisham [3] Wandsworth London [3] Calcutta [2] 18 Shelley Road, Harrow, Middlesex [1] BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1] Barnet London Middlesex [1] Barnsbury, Islington, London [1] Beckenham [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Birmingham [1] Brathay House Anerley [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Clapham Wandsworth London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Cudham Bromley Kent [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] East Dulwich Camberwell London [1] Edmonton [1] Epping [1] Hackney London [1] Hampstead London [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Hastings [1] Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1] Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1] Islington London [1] Lewisham London [1] Rangoon [1] Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Shortlands, Bromley, Kent [1] Shortlands, Kent [1] Staines [1] Stratford, Essex [1] Streatham [1] Theydon Bois Epping Essex [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Ware Hertfordshire [1] West Ham London Essex [1] West Kensington [1] Westminster London Middlesex [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [37] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [14] Lieutenant [8] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [8] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Army Service Corps [2] Essex Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] 84th Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Tank Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City of London Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, attached 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Defence." [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS Fortune [1] HMS Scarab [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Irish Guards [1] Kent Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] London Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Officer Training Corps [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [68] Royal Navy [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [10] M [10] B [8] D [6] A [5] C [5] S [5] F [4] L [4] P [4] T [4] E [2] G [2] O [2] R [2] W [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

James Arthur Riley

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army T2/018214 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert William Job Ambrose

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 34568 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Hubert Clement

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army M2/121472 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frederick George Gilbert

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 67937 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Raymond Seaton Taylor

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 625918 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 625918 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

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James Edgar Abel

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 761375 Private London Regiment 25th lond Battalion

British Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Kimberley Smith

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 628015 Private London Regiment

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Louis Edmund Buckley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1583 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 1583 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Powell Watkins

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 69016 14th Battalion Severn Valley Pioneers

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Harold Claude Watkins

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Acting Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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Jack Curiel Palfrey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army L/10046 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Leonard Fisher

Born 1880

Died 1955

Royal Navy 270603

Royal Navy Acting Artificer Engineer HMS Cochrane

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Frank Dixon Lilley

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy M372

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer HMS Scarab

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Theodore Arthur Tapp

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Corporal Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards attached 3rd Company Machine Gun Corps

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Norman S Doust

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 9875 Private London Regiment

British Army 9875 Private Rifle Brigade

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Christopher Ridley Richardson

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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George Moore Johnson

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Surgeon H.M.S. "Defence."

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George Frederick Thomas Oakes

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 130th Field Company

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James P Ambrose

Born 1882

Died 1967

British Army 7DG/4931 Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/20457 Serjeant Corps of Dragoons

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Owen John Mitchell

Born 1892

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83128

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83128 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

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