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Charlton, London [3]

Deptford [3]

Greenwich [3]

Charlton, Kent [2]

Gravesend [2]

Hemel Hempstead [2]

Kingston [2]

Woolwich [2]

Amersham [1]

Amesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Benhall, Suffolk [1]

Caterham [1]

Chalfont St Peter [1]

Charlton, London, S.E. [1]

Chesham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hendon [1]

Irchester, Northamptonshire [1]

Islington [1]

Iver [1]

Kilmarnock [1]

Lee, London [1]

Lewisham [1]

London [1]

Longfield, Kent [1]

Middlesex [1]

Norwood [1]

PADDINGTON [1]

Plumstead [1]

Poplar [1]

Port Royal [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rotherhithe, South East London [1]

Sheerness, Kent [1]

Silvertown [1]

St James' Paddington [1]

Tottenham, Haringey [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Wellington, Middlesex [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Woolwich, London [1]

aldershot [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [9]

Rifleman [9]

Gunner [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Driver [5]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant/Major [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Schoolmaster [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps attached West African Regiment [1]

Attached Camel Transport Corps Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment, The Buffs. [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Electrical Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [135]

Royal Navy [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [28]

G [14]

H [14]

L [13]

A [11]

C [11]

K [10]

M [10]

D [9]

P [8]

E [5]

J [5]

O [4]

F [3]

N [3]

S [2]

I [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Country

United Kingdom [122]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Charlton, London [3] Deptford [3] Greenwich [3] Charlton, Kent [2] Gravesend [2] Hemel Hempstead [2] Kingston [2] Woolwich [2] Amersham [1] Amesbury, Wiltshire [1] Benhall, Suffolk [1] Caterham [1] Chalfont St Peter [1] Charlton, London, S.E. [1] Chesham [1] Glasgow [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hendon [1] Irchester, Northamptonshire [1] Islington [1] Iver [1] Kilmarnock [1] Lee, London [1] Lewisham [1] London [1] Longfield, Kent [1] Middlesex [1] Norwood [1] PADDINGTON [1] Plumstead [1] Poplar [1] Port Royal [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rotherhithe, South East London [1] Sheerness, Kent [1] Silvertown [1] St James' Paddington [1] Tottenham, Haringey [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Wellington, Middlesex [1] Whitechapel, London [1] Woolwich, London [1] aldershot [1]

Rank

Private [85] Serjeant [12] Corporal [9] Rifleman [9] Gunner [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Driver [5] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant/Major [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Schoolmaster [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21] East Kent Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4] Army Service Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps attached West African Regiment [1] Attached Camel Transport Corps Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment, The Buffs. [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Electrical Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [135] Royal Navy [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [28] G [14] H [14] L [13] A [11] C [11] K [10] M [10] D [9] P [8] E [5] J [5] O [4] F [3] N [3] S [2] I [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Country

United Kingdom [122] Canada [1] Malta [1]

William George Love

Died 1918

British Army 26739 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Alfred Attwell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 19440 Acting Bombardier 26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 19440 Bombardier 26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 19440 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Henry Peach

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 9757 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Henry Kingscott

Died 1918

British Army G/98551 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Sefton Henry Fearn

Died 1918

British Army 39225 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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Percy Lee

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/17626 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/17626 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Daniel Darbon

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J39649

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Bertie Glenister

Born 1886

Died 1949

British Army 28868 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army TR/7/5397 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 79439 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Rowland Alfred Hulks

Died 1918

British Army GS/73571 Private Royal Fusiliers

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John Leitch Charman

Born 1886

Died 1973

British Army Schoolmaster General Headquarters Staff

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Bernard Ebenezer Bumpus

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Henry Lomas

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9891 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 9891 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Frederick Marcham

Died 1915

British Army 4426 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army 4426 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Frederick Morrison

Died 1917

British Army G10833 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Hugh Cecil Oldridge

Died 1918

British Army T4037601 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army A203949 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Frederick William Parrott

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/5432 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5432 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Harry George Hother

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 25915 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold George Kither

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5946 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment

British Army 252834 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment

British Army 252834 Serjeant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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James Albert Cook

Died 1916

British Army G/7821 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/7821 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Walter George Janes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6512 Middlesex Regiment

British Army 28201 Private Border Regiment

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