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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]

Albert Charles Beckett

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army L/9557 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Louis Frederick Clark

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 495584 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 495584 Private London Regiment

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John Marley

Died 1917

British Army 10763 Private Irish Guards

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C E Lewin

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

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Ronald Beckett Morrison

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy F589

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Leslie William Mattholie

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6675 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Cecil Arthur Speyer

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 833 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) "C" Company 4th Battalion

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Henry Thomas Goldstone

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 210237 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Francis S Hill

Born 1894

British Army T/1191 Driver Army Service Corps Transport

British Army T4/240900 Driver Army Service Corps

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James Saumarez Mann

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army Captain Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion attached (Iraq) Indian Political Department

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Walter Charles Hill

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 41448 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Leonard Fisher

Born 1880

Died 1955

Royal Navy Commissioned Engineer

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George Henry Craker

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 11603 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 11603 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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William Harold Hillyer

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 1st/4th (London) Field Company

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Norman Shellibeer Doust

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21490

British Army 9875 Private London Regiment

British Army 9875 Private Rifle Brigade

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Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 28953 Private Seaforth Highlanders 72nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Attached to 10th Battalion

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Leslie Howell Coleman

British Army 513149 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Tank Corps

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Sydney Edwin Booth

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 387 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 20th Squadron

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Alfred Henry Royal Oakes

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 7722 Private Royal Army Pay Corps Army Pay Office (Warley)

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Arthur Beckett

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10548 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 10548 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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