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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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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]

Edward James Byrne

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1793 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1793 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Tom Sykes Bamforth

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 6981 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533641 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533641 Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Basil Leonard Bilcliffe

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2319 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2319 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Bernhard Mackarill Chapman

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1431 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1431 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Charles Herbert Spurge

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3892 Private London Regiment

British Army 3892 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Percy Blaber

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2829 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2829 Private London Regiment 1/15

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Stanley Gilbert Shinn

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 6383 Private London Regiment 15 lond Battalion

British Army 533180 Private London Regiment 15 lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 20 lond Battalion

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Joseph William Cockroft

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 6015 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 6015 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Wilfred Sawyer

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3860 Private London Regiment

British Army 3860 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Edward James Clifton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4025 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 4025 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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John Anderson Mcadam

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1862 Private London Regiment 2/15

British Army 1862 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Walter Ambrose Legg

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 3502 Private London Regiment

British Army 531217 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Holland Webb

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3598 Private London Regiment

British Army 531288 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Noel Francis Coakeley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3085 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530937 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3085 Private London Regiment 1/15

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William Kitson Evans

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 255 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 255 Acting Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 255 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15

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John Stuart Russell Stevens

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3948 Private London Regiment

British Army 3948 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Cyril Gibson Andrews

Born 1886

Died 1978

British Army 130 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530411 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Archibald John Andrews

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1189 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530016 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1189 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Norman George Knight

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 531510 Serjeant London Regiment 15 lond Battalion

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Herbert Samuel Winslow

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2946 Private London Regiment 1/15

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