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Romford, Essex [5]

Brentwood, Essex [3]

London [2]

Wanstead, Essex [2]

Bathurst, New South Wales [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Brentwood, Middlesex [1]

Bury England [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire, England [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Gilmoulter [1]

Grimsby [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hayon Bridge, Northumberland [1]

Highgate, Middlesex [1]

Huntingdonshire [1]

Killerby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Kinning Park,Langside,Lanarkshire. [1]

Lahore, Punjab [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Leytonstone [1]

London England [1]

Manor Park, London [1]

Molong New South Wales [1]

Muswell Hill, London, Middlesex [1]

Oxford [1]

Penge, Surrey [1]

Romford England [1]

Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex [1]

South Weald, Brentwood [1]

South Woodford, Essex [1]

Southend, Essex [1]

Southend-on-Sea, Essex [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Sunningdale [1]

Thaba Bosiu, Basutoland [1]

Theydon Bois, Essex [1]

Thorpe, Norfolk [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Warley, Essex [1]

West Ham London Essex [1]

West Norwood, Surrey [1]

Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [84]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [43]

Captain [33]

Major [15]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [10]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Colonel [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Reverend [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

A/Sergeant [1]

Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Serjeant Gunner [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43]

Essex Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Honourable Artillery Company [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Essex Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

15th Lancers [1]

19th Punjabis [1]

1st Battalion West Riding Regiment [1]

25th Cavalry Frontier Force [1]

7th Canadian Battalion [1]

94th Russell's Infantry [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Service

British Army [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Royal Navy [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [31]

C [30]

W [21]

S [19]

H [18]

M [16]

R [16]

G [15]

T [14]

A [11]

D [11]

L [11]

N [8]

K [7]

O [7]

J [6]

P [6]

F [4]

E [3]

Q [3]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [259]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Romford, Essex [5] Brentwood, Essex [3] London [2] Wanstead, Essex [2] Bathurst, New South Wales [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Brentwood, Middlesex [1] Bury England [1] Clapham, London [1] Coventry, Warwickshire, England [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Gilmoulter [1] Grimsby [1] Hackney, London [1] Hayon Bridge, Northumberland [1] Highgate, Middlesex [1] Huntingdonshire [1] Killerby, Yorkshire, England [1] Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Kinning Park,Langside,Lanarkshire. [1] Lahore, Punjab [1] Lambeth [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Leytonstone [1] London England [1] Manor Park, London [1] Molong New South Wales [1] Muswell Hill, London, Middlesex [1] Oxford [1] Penge, Surrey [1] Romford England [1] Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex [1] South Weald, Brentwood [1] South Woodford, Essex [1] Southend, Essex [1] Southend-on-Sea, Essex [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Sunningdale [1] Thaba Bosiu, Basutoland [1] Theydon Bois, Essex [1] Thorpe, Norfolk [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Warley, Essex [1] West Ham London Essex [1] West Norwood, Surrey [1] Willesden, Middlesex [1] Woodford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [84] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [43] Captain [33] Major [15] Corporal [11] Serjeant [10] Rifleman [6] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Colonel [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Reverend [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] A/Sergeant [1] Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Serjeant Gunner [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43] Essex Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [12] Honourable Artillery Company [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Engineers [9] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Air Force [5] Army Service Corps [4] Essex Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Canadian Infantry [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] 15th Lancers [1] 19th Punjabis [1] 1st Battalion West Riding Regiment [1] 25th Cavalry Frontier Force [1] 7th Canadian Battalion [1] 94th Russell's Infantry [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Department [1]

Service

British Army [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Royal Navy [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [31] C [30] W [21] S [19] H [18] M [16] R [16] G [15] T [14] A [11] D [11] L [11] N [8] K [7] O [7] J [6] P [6] F [4] E [3] Q [3] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [259] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Leslie Victor Bittles

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6804 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393058 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393058 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Charles Smith Bill

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426471

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426471 Private Canadian Infantry

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Richard Nathaniel Stevens

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army R/32942 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/32942 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Alexander Tower Robertson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 2/3rd Gurkhas

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Geoffrey Brockman Neale

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army 1112 Private London Regiment

British Army Captain General List Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Vincent Wallis

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Egyptian Labour Corps

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Leonard Frederick Bittles

Born 1889

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Infantry Essex Regiment

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Geoffrey George Mallinson

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army 3473 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Hillsborough Rimington Taylor

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army Major Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Labour Corps

British Army Major Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Douglas Cole

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2847 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 2847 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Frank Hewes Keddell

Born 1891

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77526

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77526 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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John Henry Bailey Norton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12033 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Lionel James Heaton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Reginald Moore

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4177 Private London Regiment

British Army 4177 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Gordon Kelley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 556980 Private London Regiment

British Army 556980 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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William Frederick Riddell Boardman

Born 1885

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

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Reginald Charles Prior

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 494182 Private London Regiment

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Algernon George Newcome Wood

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain and Adjutant Essex Regiment

British Army Major Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Seymour Cruddas

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BELLEROPHON

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Cecil Harold Brewer

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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