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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]

Herbert Edward Tyrrell

Born 1891

British Army S/405744 Private Army Service Corps H.Q. M.T.

British Army B/20081 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick William Pryke Bultitude

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 1421 Driver Royal Field Artillery 347th Brigade

British Army 1421 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor

Born 1896

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Walter Adolph Vignoles

Born 1874

Died 1953

British Army Temporary Major Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Russell Blyth

Born 1865

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment

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Edward William Rackett

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 8/1190 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330120 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Duncan Armitage

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment attached Hampshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Percy Lambe

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Percy Goate

Born 1901

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Air raid victim

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Robert Patrick Miles

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion

British Army Captain King's Shropshire Light Infantry Attatch 1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles

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Cyril Robert Leathers

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 15077 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Leslie Peech Aizlewood

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 5th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Temporary Major Royal Air Force

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Edward Hubert Leatham

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

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John Joseph Peer

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8926 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8926 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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