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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]

Charles Beattie

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 2359 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 956051 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Fred Pickett

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 87608 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Roger Thompson Pollard

Died 1915

British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Robert S Tate

Died 1914

British Army 544 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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James Donald Allen Bell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army R/32973 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Lancashire Fusiliers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Roland George Gill

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 8573 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 45055 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis

Born 1868

Died 1943

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral

Royal Navy Captain HMS Inflexible

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James William Gilbert Steadman

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1153 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 15195 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 1153, 15195 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS Queen Mary

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Edward Trevor Bolton

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 420 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Geoffrey Arthur Ilbert

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/1266 Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edgar Charles Hurst

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2574 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40383 Private Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

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Cecil John Mason

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 54 Sqn

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George Henry Buse

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 27729 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd (Home Service) (Garrison) Battalion

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Gilbert Henry Whitfield

Born 1888

Died 1915

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Other Empire Force 2039 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

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Harry Reginald Nott

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 534526 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 534526 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

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William John Cory

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 21443 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Edwin John Gover

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 51814 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 51814 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 51814 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Swann

Born 1874

Died 1920

British Army S4989 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 4989 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Bn.

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Henry Harold Craddock

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2726 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 240513 Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Cyril Thomas Oakley

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 139172 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 139172 Fitter Royal Field Artillery 155th Bty.

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