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Kensington,London [8]

London [8]

Epsom,Surrey [3]

Hampstead,London [3]

Hornchurch, Essex [3]

Islington,London [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

Romford,Essex [3]

Wandsworth, London [3]

Bombay [2]

Camberwell,London [2]

Cambridge [2]

Canning Town, Essex [2]

Chelsea,London [2]

Cranham, Essex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Croydon,Surrey [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Dover,Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Elham,Kent [2]

Epping,Essex [2]

Fulham,London [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hammersmith,London [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Kingston,Surrey [2]

Lewisham,London [2]

Leytonstone,Essex [2]

Mile End Old Town,London [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Southwell,Notts [2]

St Thomas,Devon [2]

Stokesley,Yorkshire [2]

West Ham [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Winchester,Hampshire [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Abingdon, Berks [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ardleigh,Essex [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancs [1]

Aylesbury, Bucks [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnett,Middlesex [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [299]

Captain [108]

Second Lieutenant [74]

Lieutenant [72]

Major [33]

Corporal [25]

Lance Corporal [24]

Lieutenant Colonel [18]

Serjeant [13]

Commander [12]

Gunner [12]

Driver [8]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Transport Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Lieutenant-Commander [6]

Colonel [5]

Midshipman [5]

Nurse [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Admiral [3]

Major General [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant (Acting) [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Leiutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [157]

London Regiment [37]

Essex Regiment [33]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Honourable Artillery Company [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

General List [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Artillery [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Indian Army [4]

Machine Gun Corp [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Staff [4]

Army Service Corp [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [585]

Royal Navy [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Indian Army [7]

Other Empire Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [73]

C [65]

L [64]

D [60]

H [50]

G [44]

M [42]

S [38]

P [36]

W [35]

R [34]

F [24]

T [22]

J [19]

E [18]

A [16]

K [8]

V [5]

O [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

N [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

India [9]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

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People [665] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kensington,London [8] London [8] Epsom,Surrey [3] Hampstead,London [3] Hornchurch, Essex [3] Islington,London [3] Romford, Essex [3] Romford,Essex [3] Wandsworth, London [3] Bombay [2] Camberwell,London [2] Cambridge [2] Canning Town, Essex [2] Chelsea,London [2] Cranham, Essex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Croydon,Surrey [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Dover,Kent [2] Dublin [2] Elham,Kent [2] Epping,Essex [2] Fulham,London [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hammersmith,London [2] Holborn, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Kingston,Surrey [2] Lewisham,London [2] Leytonstone,Essex [2] Mile End Old Town,London [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Southwell,Notts [2] St Thomas,Devon [2] Stokesley,Yorkshire [2] West Ham [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Winchester,Hampshire [2] Wolverhampton [2] Abingdon, Berks [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ardleigh,Essex [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancs [1] Aylesbury, Bucks [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnett,Middlesex [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [299] Captain [108] Second Lieutenant [74] Lieutenant [72] Major [33] Corporal [25] Lance Corporal [24] Lieutenant Colonel [18] Serjeant [13] Commander [12] Gunner [12] Driver [8] Lieutenant Commander [7] Transport Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Brigadier General [6] Lieutenant-Commander [6] Colonel [5] Midshipman [5] Nurse [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Admiral [3] Major General [3] Nursing Sister [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant (Acting) [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Naval Cadet [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Leiutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [157] London Regiment [37] Essex Regiment [33] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [19] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [12] Labour Corps [11] Honourable Artillery Company [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] General List [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Artillery [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Indian Army [4] Machine Gun Corp [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Staff [4] Army Service Corp [3] Border Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [585] Royal Navy [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Indian Army [7] Other Empire Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [73] C [65] L [64] D [60] H [50] G [44] M [42] S [38] P [36] W [35] R [34] F [24] T [22] J [19] E [18] A [16] K [8] V [5] O [3] Y [3] I [2] N [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [664] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] India [9] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] Egypt [1]

Thomas John Rant

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 13406 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Stanley Finch

Born 1888

Died 1976

British Army 5373135 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Stanley Willey

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 7294 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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George Drake

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army L/29918 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bertram A Hicks

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army 8850 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army T/4276402 Army Service Corp

British Army 88505 Machine Gun Corp 23rd Battalion

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William Charles Blyth Tancock

Born 1882

Died 1928

Royal Navy K26974

Royal Navy Pembroke II

Royal Navy K62974

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Charles Woodward

Born 1877

Died 1960

British Army 90652 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gaston Augustus Ives Bosanquet

Born 1874

Died 1936

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90980

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Royden Charles Crossland

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 599 Second Lieutenant Engineers 1st Field Company

Australian Imperial Force 5728 Sapper Engineers 3rd Field Company

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Henry Harley Grellier

Born 1879

Died 1943

British Army 1203 Private 2nd South African Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37020 Royal Horse & Field Artillery

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Leonard Cooper

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1788 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 1788 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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George Reynolds

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 20479 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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William Gletherow

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army S/30125 Private Rifle Brigade

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Charles Dawson Hollingsworth

Born 1871

Died 1978

British Army 3118 Serjeant Acting Colour Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 3118 Acting Colour Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 3118 Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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James Leonard Gumbrell

Born 1896

Died 1963

British Army 4/1725 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 332349 Fitters Mate

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George White

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 252207 Private London Regiment

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Frederick Ernest Webberley

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army 3009 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3009 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3009 Private 1st,2nd, Battalion

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Albert Edward Quine

Born 1883

Died 1947

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Acting Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Francis James Bysouth

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army 28460 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Archibald T Thornton

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army M2/187058 Private Army Service Corps

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