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Place of birth

Alresford, Hampshire [5]

Alton, Hampshire [3]

Amport, Hampshire [3]

Bermondsey London [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

South Warnborough, Hampshire [3]

West Tisted, Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Chapmanslade, Wlltshire [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Kilmeston, Hampshire [2]

Long Sutton, Hampshire [2]

Marylebone, Middlesex [2]

Ospringe, Kent [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

South Hawley, Hampshire [2]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [2]

Wandsworth, Surrey [2]

Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Binstead, Hampshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brixton [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Broseley, Shropshire [1]

Burghfield, Berkshire [1]

Camden Town Middlesex England [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deptford [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Durham [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [60]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Gunner [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Major [5]

Sapper [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier Lieutenant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant Pilot [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Sergeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Surrey Yeomanry [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Attached Trench Mortar Battery 59th Infantry Brigade [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surry Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Staff War Officer [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadiers Guards [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

Hampshire Yeomanry [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [112]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

C [21]

M [16]

P [15]

H [14]

S [11]

B [9]

L [7]

W [7]

G [6]

T [6]

F [5]

K [5]

R [5]

A [4]

D [4]

N [3]

J [2]

E [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

South Africa [1]

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People [143] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alresford, Hampshire [5] Alton, Hampshire [3] Amport, Hampshire [3] Bermondsey London [3] Chatham, Kent [3] South Warnborough, Hampshire [3] West Tisted, Hampshire [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Chapmanslade, Wlltshire [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Hackney, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Kilmeston, Hampshire [2] Long Sutton, Hampshire [2] Marylebone, Middlesex [2] Ospringe, Kent [2] Paddington, London [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] South Hawley, Hampshire [2] Waltham Abbey, Essex [2] Wandsworth, Surrey [2] Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bermondsey [1] Binstead, Hampshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brixton [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Broseley, Shropshire [1] Burghfield, Berkshire [1] Camden Town Middlesex England [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Clapham, London [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deptford [1] Dover, Kent [1] Durham [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [60] Second Lieutenant [9] Gunner [8] Lieutenant [8] Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Driver [5] Major [5] Sapper [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier Lieutenant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant Pilot [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Sergeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] County of London Yeomanry [2] HMS Good Hope [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Surrey Yeomanry [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Attached Trench Mortar Battery 59th Infantry Brigade [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surry Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Staff War Officer [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadiers Guards [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Racoon [1] Hampshire Yeomanry [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [112] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

C [21] M [16] P [15] H [14] S [11] B [9] L [7] W [7] G [6] T [6] F [5] K [5] R [5] A [4] D [4] N [3] J [2] E [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] South Africa [1]

Henry Budd Stubbs

Born 1878

Died 1959

British Army 18527 Lance Corporal Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Edward Walter Foster

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 22101 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Albert Crocker

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army G/22226 Acting Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/22226 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Edward Yeo

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18529 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 18529 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Robert William C Livesey

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/627 (incomplete) Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/627 (incomplete) Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Osmond Carnarvon Packer

Born 1881

Died 1960

British Army 45021 Sergeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 1044 Sergeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 1044 Staff Sergeant Major Surrey Yeomanry

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Harry William Stafford

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 305543 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Racoon

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Jesse Edward Moreton

Born 1882

Died 1958

British Army 184884 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Clifford Howard Nugent

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 57597 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 73622 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 45554 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Edwin Fairbrass

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy M8555 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Queen Mary

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George Herbert Packer

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 2511 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 39406 Private Royal Air Force

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Frederick Matthew Wood

Born 1898

British Army 29609 Training Reserve 21st Training Reserve Batn

British Army 3827 London Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army G/16955 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Guy Hetherington

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Walter Raynbird

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 200065 Company Sergeant Major Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

British Army 4/1385 Company Serjeant Major Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Herbert George Banks

Born 1879

Died 1952

British Army 4830 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Vivian Charles Eric Marten-Gwilliam

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Reginald Harry Hancock

Born 1896

British Army 201015 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Sidney Hermon James Limbrey

Born 1893

Died 1935

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15212

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Francis Herbert Hetherington

Born 1879

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Henry Howard Nugent

Born 1886

Died 1961

Royal Navy 229831

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