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Newcastle [12]

Deal [11]

Islington [6]

Lambeth [6]

Paddington [6]

Gateshead [5]

London [5]

St Pancras [5]

Chelsea [4]

Fulham [4]

Walmer [4]

Bolton [3]

Bradford [3]

Camberwell [3]

Clapham [3]

Dover [3]

Islington, London [3]

Leeds [3]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [2]

Aldershot [2]

Battersea [2]

Bedford [2]

Bethnal Green [2]

Brighton [2]

Bristol [2]

Cardiff [2]

Chiswick [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Devonport [2]

Dundee [2]

Durham [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Glasgow [2]

Halifax [2]

Liverpool [2]

Marylebone [2]

Reigate [2]

Roscommon [2]

Sandwich [2]

South Shields [2]

St Marys, Nottingham [2]

Walmer, Deal, Kent [2]

Walthamstow [2]

Westminster [2]

Woking [2]

Wood Green [2]

west ham [2]

Abercynon, Glamorgan [1]

Acton [1]

Airdrie [1]

Rank

Sapper [179]

Private [145]

Rifleman [93]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [40]

Corporal [34]

Lance Corporal [31]

Captain [27]

Serjeant [21]

Major [11]

2nd Corporal [7]

Sargeant [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lt [4]

Sergeant [4]

private [4]

Acting Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

acting Corporal [3]

2nd Lt. [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Driver [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

acting corporal [2]

lance corporal [2]

2/AM [1]

2nd Corp [1]

2nd Lietenant [1]

2nd Lt [1]

2nd corporal [1]

2nd cpl [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cpl [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167]

London Regiment [155]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [148]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [69]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [55]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) [38]

Royal Marines Labour Corps [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Marines [4]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [4]

Royal Naval Division: Engineers [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

RNVR [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Marine Engineers [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Victoria Rifles [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

royal naval division [2]

2nd Labour Corps [1]

3rd Field Company [1]

3rd field co RND, Engineers [1]

63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1]

6th Battalion Rifle Brigae [1]

Service

British Army [385]

Royal Navy [289]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [71]

S [55]

C [41]

W [40]

M [39]

H [38]

G [29]

R [26]

P [25]

A [21]

D [21]

F [21]

T [21]

L [18]

O [11]

E [10]

J [9]

K [9]

N [7]

I [2]

Q [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [370]

Ireland [6]

Australia [1]

Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1]

Brazil [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Nigeria [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [517] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle [12] Deal [11] Islington [6] Lambeth [6] Paddington [6] Gateshead [5] London [5] St Pancras [5] Chelsea [4] Fulham [4] Walmer [4] Bolton [3] Bradford [3] Camberwell [3] Clapham [3] Dover [3] Islington, London [3] Leeds [3] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [2] Aldershot [2] Battersea [2] Bedford [2] Bethnal Green [2] Brighton [2] Bristol [2] Cardiff [2] Chiswick [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Devonport [2] Dundee [2] Durham [2] Eastbourne [2] Glasgow [2] Halifax [2] Liverpool [2] Marylebone [2] Reigate [2] Roscommon [2] Sandwich [2] South Shields [2] St Marys, Nottingham [2] Walmer, Deal, Kent [2] Walthamstow [2] Westminster [2] Woking [2] Wood Green [2] west ham [2] Abercynon, Glamorgan [1] Acton [1] Airdrie [1]

Rank

Sapper [179] Private [145] Rifleman [93] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [40] Corporal [34] Lance Corporal [31] Captain [27] Serjeant [21] Major [11] 2nd Corporal [7] Sargeant [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] sapper [6] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lt [4] Sergeant [4] private [4] Acting Major [3] Gunner [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] acting Corporal [3] 2nd Lt. [2] Acting Captain [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Driver [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] acting corporal [2] lance corporal [2] 2/AM [1] 2nd Corp [1] 2nd Lietenant [1] 2nd Lt [1] 2nd corporal [1] 2nd cpl [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cpl [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167] London Regiment [155] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [148] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [69] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [55] London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) [38] Royal Marines Labour Corps [22] Royal Naval Division [22] Royal Naval Division Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Army Service Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Marines [4] Royal Marines Medical Unit [4] Royal Naval Division: Engineers [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] RNVR [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Marine Engineers [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Victoria Rifles [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] royal naval division [2] 2nd Labour Corps [1] 3rd Field Company [1] 3rd field co RND, Engineers [1] 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1] 6th Battalion Rifle Brigae [1]

Service

British Army [385] Royal Navy [289] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [71] S [55] C [41] W [40] M [39] H [38] G [29] R [26] P [25] A [21] D [21] F [21] T [21] L [18] O [11] E [10] J [9] K [9] N [7] I [2] Q [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [370] Ireland [6] Australia [1] Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1] Brazil [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] India [1] Nigeria [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Lancelot Hawley

Born 1896

Died 1954

Royal Navy 3568 Private Royal Naval Division Royal Marines Medical Unit (Deal)

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Samuel Mcintyre Saunders

Born 1883

Died 1946

Royal Navy 60 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Frederick Bingham

Born 1892

Died 1975

British Army 829 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/829/S Sapper Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) Deal Battalion

British Army 207994 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field Company

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Arthur James Munday

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 590 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Arthur Marshall Oakden

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 101 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal Battalion

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Eric Owen Stubbings

Born 1889

Died 1954

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/145/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

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Robert John Thomas Skardon

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army 200084 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co

Royal Navy 1496 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Thomas Stephen Stout

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 207860 Serjeant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 352 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 207860 Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 248th Field Co.

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Harry Charlton Amos

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 625 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy Temorary Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers 2nd field co.

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Herbert Thomas Ager

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army 213266 Sapper Royal Engineers 483rd field co

Royal Navy 5866 Sapper Royal Naval Engineers Division Deal

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Alfred Overy

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 473117 Rifleman London Regiment 1st Battalion 'QVR'/12th Battalion 'Rangers'

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Richard Charles Brenton

Born 1892

Died 1947

Royal Navy 2566 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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Richard Jones

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1149 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Scott Marshall

Born 1880

Royal Navy Deal/155/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army Major Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Acting Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Frederick George Gyton

Born 1884

Died 1969

British Army 207972 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 628 Sapper Royal Naval Division - engineers Deal

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Royston Swire Griffiths

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 189 lance corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army Acting Major Royal Garrison Artillery 123rd Siege Battery

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Frank Gimber

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy 757 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion

British Army 207971 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Oliver Jack Soames

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy 5266 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207805 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2nd Lt. Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Fernleigh Winter Penny

Born 1897

Royal Navy 5552 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 244369 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Henry Cottrell

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1480 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207944 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field Co.

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