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Pirbright, Surrey [72]

Murton, Durham [5]

Pirbright, Surrey, England [4]

Worplesdon, Surrey [4]

Lincoln Lincolnshire [3]

Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex [3]

Bromley Kent [2]

Camberwell [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Ipswich Suffolk [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Woking, Surrey [2]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Alton Hampshire [1]

Barton under Needwood Staffordshire [1]

Battersea Surrey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1]

Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire [1]

Bourn Cambridgeshire [1]

Bracknell, Berkshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Broughton Oxfordshire [1]

Camberwell Registration District [1]

Chelsea Barracks [1]

Chobham Surrey [1]

Clewer Berkshire [1]

Clifton Gloucestershire [1]

Cork [1]

Cove Hampshire [1]

Dalton Le Dale Durham [1]

Dulwich Surrey [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Finmere, Oxfordshire [1]

Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Framwellgate, Durham [1]

Goathland Yorkshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Guildford Registration District [1]

Hackthorne, Lincolnshire [1]

Hartley Wintney Registration District [1]

Hawkley Hampshire [1]

Henley on Thames Oxfordshire [1]

Holybourne, Hampshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Hunningham, Warwickshire [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Corporal [11]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [12]

London Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [9]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Hussars [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

9th Labour Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment Reserve of Officers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [158]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

E [36]

S [25]

C [19]

B [16]

F [15]

H [13]

M [11]

W [10]

L [9]

G [6]

P [5]

R [5]

D [3]

O [2]

T [2]

A [1]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Pirbright, Surrey [72] Murton, Durham [5] Pirbright, Surrey, England [4] Worplesdon, Surrey [4] Lincoln Lincolnshire [3] Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex [3] Bromley Kent [2] Camberwell [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Ipswich Suffolk [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Westminster, London [2] Woking, Surrey [2] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Alton Hampshire [1] Barton under Needwood Staffordshire [1] Battersea Surrey [1] Battersea, London [1] Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [1] Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire [1] Bourn Cambridgeshire [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Brighton [1] Broughton Oxfordshire [1] Camberwell Registration District [1] Chelsea Barracks [1] Chobham Surrey [1] Clewer Berkshire [1] Clifton Gloucestershire [1] Cork [1] Cove Hampshire [1] Dalton Le Dale Durham [1] Dulwich Surrey [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Finmere, Oxfordshire [1] Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Framwellgate, Durham [1] Goathland Yorkshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Guildford Registration District [1] Hackthorne, Lincolnshire [1] Hartley Wintney Registration District [1] Hawkley Hampshire [1] Henley on Thames Oxfordshire [1] Holybourne, Hampshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Hunningham, Warwickshire [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Kingston, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [104] Corporal [11] Sapper [11] Serjeant [8] Driver [7] Lieutenant [7] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftsman [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [12] London Regiment [12] Labour Corps [9] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Hussars [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 9th Labour Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment Reserve of Officers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [158] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

E [36] S [25] C [19] B [16] F [15] H [13] M [11] W [10] L [9] G [6] P [5] R [5] D [3] O [2] T [2] A [1] I [1] J [1] K [1] N [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Frank Balls Ouseley

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army M2/150312 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Edward James Stevens

Born 1877

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92822

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Horace Cherryman

Born 1895

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404247

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Robert Allen Lawrence

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 18064 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/18064 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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John Baker

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 9400 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9400 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Lawrence Elwick

Born 1897

Died 1994

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189076

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Frederick Moor

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231868

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Rupert William Sayers

Born 1895

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4598

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William Ernest Lilley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 21582 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R 21582 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 20th Battalion

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William Harry Bolton

Born 1895

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8436

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Albert Collins

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 202288 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John Williams

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3/7477 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Reginald Faggetter

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/2178 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/2178 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Herbert Sherman

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 42637 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles Gordon Stacey

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 292263

Canadian Expeditionary Force 292263 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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William Arthur Mist

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 21078 Private Coldstream Guards

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Tom Elwick

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 10093 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur White

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army G/50332 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Herbert Elwick

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 9385 Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Robert Wood

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 11866 Private Grenadier Guards

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