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Wimbledon, Surrey [8]

Wimbledon [5]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Padstow, Cornwall [3]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [3]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, London [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

London England [2]

Tooting, London [2]

Wimbledon, London [2]

Atromba, Corfu [1]

Aurangabad [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Battersea [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bradworthy [1]

Brighton [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Camberwell [1]

Canonbury, London [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Charmouth Dorset [1]

Chiswick [1]

Compton Greenfield, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Copford, Essex [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Elham, Kent [1]

Esher or Otham [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Hitchin, Herts [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Huyton, Lancashire [1]

Kenley, Surrey [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kingston [1]

Kotagherry, Madras [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lamport, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [131]

Lieutenant [40]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Captain [31]

Corporal [19]

Able Seaman [11]

Midshipman [9]

Rifleman [9]

Gunner [7]

Commander [6]

Major [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Serjeant [5]

Vice Admiral [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Boy [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Able Seaman (Petty Officer Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Admiral (Retd) [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bach [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain Reverend [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commandant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Doctor [1]

Engineer Artificer 4 Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [28]

East Surrey Regiment [27]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

HMS Inflexible [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

HMS Indefatigable [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

HMS Queen Mary [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Lion [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Household Battalion [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [242]

Royal Navy [73]

Other Empire Force [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

C [47]

B [36]

H [33]

G [29]

S [28]

A [16]

W [16]

D [15]

J [15]

M [15]

P [15]

T [15]

L [13]

F [12]

K [9]

R [9]

E [5]

N [5]

V [4]

O [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [300]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Canada [1]

Denmark [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [342] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wimbledon, Surrey [8] Wimbledon [5] Croydon, Surrey [3] Kensington, London [3] Padstow, Cornwall [3] Ryde, Isle of Wight [3] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, London [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] London England [2] Tooting, London [2] Wimbledon, London [2] Atromba, Corfu [1] Aurangabad [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Battersea [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bradworthy [1] Brighton [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Camberwell [1] Canonbury, London [1] Charlton, London [1] Charmouth Dorset [1] Chiswick [1] Compton Greenfield, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Copford, Essex [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Derby [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dublin [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Eccles, Lancashire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Elham, Kent [1] Esher or Otham [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Hampton Hill, Middlesex [1] Highgate, London [1] Hitchin, Herts [1] Holborn, London [1] Huyton, Lancashire [1] Kenley, Surrey [1] Kennington, London [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kingston [1] Kotagherry, Madras [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lamport, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [131] Lieutenant [40] Second Lieutenant [38] Captain [31] Corporal [19] Able Seaman [11] Midshipman [9] Rifleman [9] Gunner [7] Commander [6] Major [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Serjeant [5] Vice Admiral [5] Acting Corporal [3] Driver [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Gunner [2] Boy [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] Rear Admiral [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Able Seaman (Petty Officer Coast Guard) [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Admiral (Retd) [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bach [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain Reverend [1] Colonel [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commandant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Doctor [1] Engineer Artificer 4 Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [28] East Surrey Regiment [27] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Rifle Brigade [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] HMS Inflexible [6] Honourable Artillery Company [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] HMS Indefatigable [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] HMS Queen Mary [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Monmouth [3] London Regiment (The Rangers) [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Lion [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Household Battalion [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [242] Royal Navy [73] Other Empire Force [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

C [47] B [36] H [33] G [29] S [28] A [16] W [16] D [15] J [15] M [15] P [15] T [15] L [13] F [12] K [9] R [9] E [5] N [5] V [4] O [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [300] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Canada [1] Denmark [1] France [1] Germany [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Arthur Charles Reeve

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3836 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 14745 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 3836 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Richard Charles Thorne

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12659 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12659 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Noel Horner Statham

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Edward Arthur Stephens

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/68627 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/68627 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Hubert Noel Hewitt

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5148 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Ernest W. Aldridge

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4685 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 551852 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4685 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Harry Sidney Fillmore

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 23702 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Percey Elmer Axten

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 113209 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Edward Daniell Parsons

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sidney Charles Harmer

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17975 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Cyril Shakespear Beachcroft

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Household Battalion

British Army Captain Household Battalion

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Charles Montague Morrison

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 1749 Private London Regiment

British Army 1749 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Frank Sidney Keable

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 556

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Arthur Duncombe King

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1519

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Frederick William Cheere Stileman

Died 1916

British Army 2085 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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Wynford Barrow

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant 20th Deccan Horse

British Army Captain Machine Gun Squadron General List

British Army Captain 20th Deccan Horse

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Richard William Rumsby

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/2607 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11Battalion

British Army S/2607 Sergeant Rifle Brigade 11 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 9 Battalion

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Horace Albert Cook

Died 1918

British Army 58356 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn

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Harold John Brookfield

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 44339 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas George Barnett

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2181 Lance Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2181 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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