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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]

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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]

Hugh Maitland Spencer

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 2 seaforth highland Battalion

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Crowther Morton

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2369 Rifleman London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

British Army 2369 Private London Regiment 1/15 (county of lond Battalion

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Rowland George White

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 537172 Private London Regiment

British Army 537172 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick George Davis

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2768 Private 15th Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2768 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Arthur Illtyd Prichard

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 3888 Private London Regiment 1/15

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Gilbert Arthur Wagg

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 535237 Private London Regiment

British Army 535237 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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John Kilby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry William Forster

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5268 Private London Regiment

British Army 5268 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick Edward John Cawley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4818 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 4818 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Cecil James Bower

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3104 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530947 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530947 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Percival Arthur Lewis Madell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2479 Private London Regiment

British Army 2479 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Edwin Fowler

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2096 Private London Regiment

British Army 2096 Private London Regiment 1/15

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Harry Venner Sergeant

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1443 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Alfred Douglas Cherry

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1734 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Captain Attached Somerset Light Infantry

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John George Ellis

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4506 Private London Regiment

British Army 4506 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Henry Harrison

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4199 Private London Regiment

British Army 531692 Private London Regiment

British Army 531692 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Gerald Copeland

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2212 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2212 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Charles Hole

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 537045 Private London Regiment

British Army 537045 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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William Albert Wootton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 536987 Private London Regiment

British Army 536987 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Thomas Edward Flook

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3119 Private London Regiment

British Army 3119 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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