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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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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]

Sidney Courthope Bosanquet

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion att. 1st Battalion

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John Leopold Look

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 320391 1208 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Williamson

Born 1866

Died 1920

British Army T4/1266 (Incomplete) Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 3630 (Incomplete) Private Royal Engineers

British Army 694580 (Incomplete) Private Labour Corps

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Donald Coutts

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 2009 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 290061 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 290061 Company Serjeant Major Gordon Highlanders

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John S Strang

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3525 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

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Philip Duke Crofton

Born 1886

Died 1954

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Commander

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Eric Arthur Dunlop

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737004

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737004 Private Canadian Infantry

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Bertie Bosanquet

Born 1883

Died 1942

British Army L/6587 Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Edward Bush

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 4639 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 21202 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21202 Private Machine Gun Corp

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Lionel E Deadfield

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 9059(Incomplete) Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army GS/9059 Private East Surrey Regiment 10th,8th, 13th Battalion

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Percy Frederick Currie Jourdain

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Gordon Lancaster Mountford Fache

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment

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George William John James

Born 1892

Died 1985

British Army 1250 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 29413 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 1250 Acting Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Thomas William Houssemayne Du Boulay

Born 1875

Died 1921

British Army Captain Border Regiment

British Army Major Border Regiment

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Edward Lefroy Hawes

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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Harry Phillips

Born 1866

Died 1947

British Army 124 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 2552 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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Henry William Copley

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army 17057 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 306529 Driver Labour Corps

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John Stanley Richardson

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Arthur George Sayer Young

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 326921 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Frank Edward Brymont

Born 1899

Died 1953

British Army 54749 Private Essex Regiment

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