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Place of birth

London [17]

Islington, London [11]

Wolverhampton [10]

Paddington, London [9]

Dublin [8]

Hackney, London [8]

Bermondsey, London [7]

Brixton, London [7]

Fulham, London [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Camberwell, London [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Bow, London [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Croydon [4]

Hornsey [4]

Lewisham, London [4]

Paddington [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [3]

Battersea [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Finsbury Park, London [3]

Forest Gate, Essex [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Mile End [3]

Plaistow, Essex [3]

Portsmouth [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

St Pancras, London [3]

Stoke Newington, London [3]

Walthamstow, Essex [3]

Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Aberdeen, Scotland [2]

Acton, London [2]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Barnsbury [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Wales [2]

Clapham [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [1839]

Rifleman [225]

Lance Corporal [154]

Corporal [126]

Serjeant [98]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Lieutenant [31]

Acting Corporal [29]

Captain [23]

Seaman [20]

Able Seaman [19]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Stoker [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Driver [15]

Gunner [14]

Petty Officer 1st Class [12]

ALIAS Private [11]

Major [11]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Sepoy [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Petty Officer [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Chief Stoker [6]

Chief Petty Officer [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

Sapper [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Follower [4]

Mechanician [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Canteen Assistant [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Labourer [3]

Lance-Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Unit

London Regiment [1881]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [383]

Royal Naval Reserve [48]

HMS BULWARK [44]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [38]

East Kent Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [19]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Regiment [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

15th Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Indian Labour Corps [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4]

2 Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

HMS Bulwark [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

1 Royal Irish Rifles [2]

16th Lancers [2]

2nd Battalion [2]

34th Poona Horse [2]

34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [2]

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [2]

Service

British Army [2167]

Royal Navy [173]

Indian Army [24]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

South African Services [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [272]

S [228]

C [215]

M [211]

H [198]

W [182]

P [145]

D [124]

G [112]

T [103]

R [100]

L [87]

A [74]

J [71]

K [65]

E [64]

F [62]

N [43]

O [25]

I [15]

Y [9]

U [7]

V [7]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2051]

Country

United Kingdom [482]

Ireland [4]

Canada [3]

Singapore [2]

France [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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London [17] Islington, London [11] Wolverhampton [10] Paddington, London [9] Dublin [8] Hackney, London [8] Bermondsey, London [7] Brixton, London [7] Fulham, London [7] Lambeth, London [7] Bethnal Green, London [6] Camberwell, London [6] Battersea, London [5] Bow, London [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Chatham, Kent [4] Croydon [4] Hornsey [4] Lewisham, London [4] Paddington [4] Aberdeen [3] Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [3] Battersea [3] Chelsea, London [3] Edinburgh [3] Finsbury Park, London [3] Forest Gate, Essex [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Mile End [3] Plaistow, Essex [3] Portsmouth [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] St Pancras, London [3] Stoke Newington, London [3] Walthamstow, Essex [3] Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Aberdeen, Scotland [2] Acton, London [2] Acton, Middlesex [2] Arundel, Sussex [2] Barking, Essex [2] Barnsbury [2] Birmingham [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Wales [2] Clapham [2] Clapham, London [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [1839] Rifleman [225] Lance Corporal [154] Corporal [126] Serjeant [98] Second Lieutenant [70] Lieutenant [31] Acting Corporal [29] Captain [23] Seaman [20] Able Seaman [19] Lance Serjeant [17] Stoker [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Driver [15] Gunner [14] Petty Officer 1st Class [12] ALIAS Private [11] Major [11] Stoker 1st Class [9] Sepoy [8] Leading Seaman [7] Petty Officer [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Chief Stoker [6] Chief Petty Officer [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] Sapper [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Brigadier General [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Deck Hand [4] Follower [4] Mechanician [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Canteen Assistant [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Labourer [3] Lance-Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Trooper [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bugler [2]

Unit

London Regiment [1881] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [383] Royal Naval Reserve [48] HMS BULWARK [44] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [38] East Kent Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Royal Engineers [19] Labour Corps [15] Royal Field Artillery [15] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Northumberland Regiment [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] 15th Lancashire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Indian Labour Corps [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [4] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4] 2 Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] HMS Bulwark [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Scots [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 1 Royal Irish Rifles [2] 16th Lancers [2] 2nd Battalion [2] 34th Poona Horse [2] 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse [2] 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [2]

Service

British Army [2167] Royal Navy [173] Indian Army [24] Australian Imperial Force [20] South African Services [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [272] S [228] C [215] M [211] H [198] W [182] P [145] D [124] G [112] T [103] R [100] L [87] A [74] J [71] K [65] E [64] F [62] N [43] O [25] I [15] Y [9] U [7] V [7] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2051]

Country

United Kingdom [482] Ireland [4] Canada [3] Singapore [2] France [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

George Lowdell Eager

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 692 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 530444 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Victor Cawley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4947 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frank Leonard Griffiths

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4221 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Basil Aubert Coakeley

Born 1892

Died 1950

British Army 3492 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531208 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Lethebe

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3110 Private London Regiment

British Army 3110 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Wilfred Bryden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5296 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 5296 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Wilfred Brunskill

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5342 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532529 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532529 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Martin Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers Attached London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Edgar George Crockett

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1585 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1585 Private London Regiment 1/15

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Frederick Arthur Palmer

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 6473 Private London Regiment

British Army 533256 Private London Regiment

British Army 533256 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Bowen Evans

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2259 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2259 Private London Regiment 1/15th lond Battalion

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James Wallace Henry

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3209 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Alfred George Power

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1586 Private London Regiment

British Army 1586 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1586 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Llewellyn Marchant Edwards

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2170 Private London Regiment

British Army 2170 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Arthur Gurney Rose

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2381 Private London Regiment

British Army 2381 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Trevor Phillips Chick

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 935 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 935 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Alan Charles Williamson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2523 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2523 Acting Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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George Archer Johnson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1673 Private London Regiment

British Army 1673 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Albert Ernest Stevens

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1797 Private London Regiment

British Army 1797 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Reginald Thomas Symes

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3596 Private London Regiment

British Army 3596 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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