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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]

Cornelius Walker

Born 1885

Royal Navy 812 2nd corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Richard John Edmund Hay

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1124 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Francis John Walker

Born 1889

Royal Navy 156 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207685 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Percy Edward Langworthy Parry

Born 1869

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Lawrence John Belsey

Born 1892

Died 1962

Royal Navy 1103 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 208088 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Wilson Moore Stephenson

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army 337 Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal battalion

British Army 207871 Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Ralph Marshall

Born 1883

Died 1953

Royal Navy 3682 Private Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Hubert Charles Sykes

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 8076 Private London Regiment

British Army 394010 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd battalion

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George King Sutherland

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 320 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 320 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Francis Webster

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 464 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 464 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Arthur Gillott

Born 1887

Died 1971

Royal Navy 613 Sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207661 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Engineers 248th Field Co.

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Albert Edward Bingham

Born 1872

Died 1948

Royal Navy 800 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 199951 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Reginald Charles Amos

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 208084 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 801 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Frank Arnold Bumpus

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

Royal Navy 410 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 248th Field Unit

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Harry George Lusher

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army 88547 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/311685 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Hawkes Walker

Born 1896

Died 1974

Royal Navy 211 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 199887 Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Joseph Barrett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 207881 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field co.

Royal Navy S/392 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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John William Saxton

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5863 Royal Naval Division Deal

British Army 213235 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

British Army 66307 Royal Engineers

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George Henry John Walker

Born 1891

Royal Navy 326 acting sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 26245 and 273998 Sargeant Royal Engineers 341st Field Company

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Herbert Southey Neville White

Born 1862

Died 1938

Royal Navy Honorary Major General

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