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Place of birth

Dagenham, Essex [6]

North Elmham, Norfolk [5]

Barking, Essex [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Marylebone, London [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

East Ham, Essex [2]

Gateley, Norfolk [2]

Holloway, Islington, London [2]

Hornsey, Middlesex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Masham, Yorkshire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Scotland [2]

Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Askrigg, Yorkshire [1]

Bacton, Norfolk [1]

Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bintree, Norfolk [1]

Blo Norton, Norfolk [1]

Bombay [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Braiseworth, Suffolk [1]

Branston, Lincolnshire [1]

Brenchley, Kent [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Broadwell, Warwick [1]

Brockley, London [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Broom Green, North Elmham, Norfolk [1]

Bures St Mary, Suffolk [1]

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camlachie, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [93]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [9]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Sapper [5]

Nurse [4]

Temporary Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air raid victim [1]

Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant (retired) [1]

Lieutenant / Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander (retired) [1]

Lieutenant colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Special Reserve [1]

Second Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [11]

Labour Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

33rd Punjabis [1]

4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [34]

B [32]

W [20]

H [16]

D [14]

L [14]

M [14]

A [13]

F [13]

R [13]

S [13]

G [8]

T [7]

P [6]

K [5]

E [4]

J [2]

O [2]

V [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [229]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [137]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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People [234] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dagenham, Essex [6] North Elmham, Norfolk [5] Barking, Essex [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Marylebone, London [3] Battersea, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] East Ham, Essex [2] Gateley, Norfolk [2] Holloway, Islington, London [2] Hornsey, Middlesex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Masham, Yorkshire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Scotland [2] Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Askrigg, Yorkshire [1] Bacton, Norfolk [1] Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bintree, Norfolk [1] Blo Norton, Norfolk [1] Bombay [1] Bow, London [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Braiseworth, Suffolk [1] Branston, Lincolnshire [1] Brenchley, Kent [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1] Broadwell, Warwick [1] Brockley, London [1] Bromley, London [1] Broom Green, North Elmham, Norfolk [1] Bures St Mary, Suffolk [1] Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camlachie, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] Chatham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [93] Lieutenant [19] Captain [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Gunner [12] Corporal [9] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Sapper [5] Nurse [4] Temporary Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air raid victim [1] Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant (retired) [1] Lieutenant / Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander (retired) [1] Lieutenant colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Special Reserve [1] Second Lieutenant and Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [11] Labour Corps [10] London Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 33rd Punjabis [1] 4th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [34] B [32] W [20] H [16] D [14] L [14] M [14] A [13] F [13] R [13] S [13] G [8] T [7] P [6] K [5] E [4] J [2] O [2] V [2] I [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [229] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [137] India [2] Ireland [1]

Percy Samuel Record

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 26960 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Shipp

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 10950 Private Grenadier Guards

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John Robert Deathridge

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 35011(Incomplete) Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Henry Briggs

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2732 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 2732 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John Rainbow Clarke

Born 1881

British Army 267341 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment royal warwickshire regiment 7th Battalion

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George Dunville

Born 1893

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Henry Thomas

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army 19397 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 78947 Private Welsh Regiment

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Ely Cartwright Creasey

Born 1879

Died 1948

British Army 223768 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Jesse William Lamb

Born 1885

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218822

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Frank Wood

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 204911

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James Farrant Boorman

Born 1899

Died 1951

British Army 384134 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Perren

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army G/1942 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/1942 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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William Oliver Banister

Born 1895

Died 1960

British Army 200001 Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major The Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles Ivor Colin Hedges

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy M13783 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Indefatigable

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Jesse Creasey

Born 1888

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216329

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George Creasey Knee

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Henry James Norman Mood

Born 1882

Died 1937

British Army 10629 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Ernest Achey Loftus

Born 1885

Died 1987

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Henry Thomas Hilton

Born 1893

Died 1971

Royal Navy J75576

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John Guy Dollman

Born 1887

Died 1942

British Army Captain London Regiment

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