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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]

George La Croix Baudains

Born 1892

Died 1942

British Army Temporary Captain London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 2132 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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John Dunbar

Born 1890

Royal Navy 1113 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy 1113 Sapper Royal Naval Division Deal Battalion (Engineers)

British Army 200012 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest Philip Mackrill

British Army 219616 Gunner Army Reserve

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John F Mackrill

British Army 2845 Acting Corporal Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 567922 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Henry Nelson Hobart Houghton

Born 1877

Died 1956

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel

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George Mockett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 48203 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ewart Freeman Wilson

Born 1889

Died 1934

British Army 53202 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 2971 Serjeant London Regiment 2nd Battalion Queen Victoria Rifles

British Army 354118 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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John Ernest Oakland

Born 1884

Royal Navy 1088 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 207902 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field Company

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Percy William Boughton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/1202(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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Leslie Norton Rolason

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1204 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 265283 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Henry Robert Pye

Born 1882

Royal Navy 916 sapper royal naval division engineers Deal Battalion

British Army Royal Engineers Supporting the RND

Royal Navy Deal/916/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Thomas James Ernest Stanley Robson

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 583 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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George Harry Beard

Born 1884

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

Royal Navy Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Ernest Edgar Snoswell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6092 Private London Regiment

British Army 392540 Private London Regiment

British Army 392540 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Robert Burns

Born 1895

Died 2000

British Army S/14141 Private 7th Cameron Highlanders

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Geoffrey Foster Griffith

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Frank Canner

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army

British Army 390623 Serjeant London Regiment 2/9th lond Battalion

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