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Lambeth [18]

Islington [16]

Camberwell [14]

Hackney [14]

West Ham [9]

Bethnal Green [8]

Bermondsey [7]

Lewisham [7]

Battersea [6]

Debenham [6]

Islington, London [6]

Peckham [6]

Poplar [6]

Southwark [6]

Marylebone [5]

Mile End Old Town [5]

Paddington [5]

St. Olave, Bermondsey [5]

Walthamstow [5]

Wandsworth [5]

Camberwell, London [4]

Clerkenwell, Holborn [4]

Croydon [4]

Fulham [4]

Holborn [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

London [4]

Shoreditch [4]

Debenham, Suffolk [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Kensington [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Mile End Old Town, London [3]

St. Pancras [3]

Alofi [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Clapham [2]

Clerkenwell [2]

Edmonton [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Gisborne [2]

Greenwich [2]

Hampstead [2]

Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Hoxton, Shoreditch [2]

Rank

Private [485]

Rifleman [425]

Serjeant [88]

Lance Corporal [86]

Corporal [74]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [15]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Sergeant [15]

Acting Corporal [10]

Driver [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

CSM [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Drummer [2]

Gunner [2]

L/CPL [2]

L/Cpl [2]

L/Cpl. [2]

L/Sgt [2]

L/cpl [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

2/Lt [1]

24778 [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt. [1]

77558 [1]

A/SGT [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting lance Corporal [1]

Acting-Lieutenant [1]

Band Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

CQMS [1]

Unit

London Regiment [746]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [102]

New Zealand Maori Contingent [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [9]

New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Maori Contingent [5]

New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [5]

Rarotongan Contingent [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rarotongans, Attached B Company [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

3rd Maori Contingent [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

1st Maori Contingent [2]

3rd Pioneer Battalion New Zealand [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

City of London Rifles [2]

County of London Regiment [2]

First Maori Contingent, A Company [2]

First Maori Contingent, B Company [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

New Zealand Training Unit [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

11th Reinforcements, [1]

17th New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [1]

18th Reinforcements [1]

1st Maori Contingent [1]

1st Maori Pioneer Battalion [1]

1st NZ Maori Contingent B Company [1]

1st New Zealand Maori Contingent [1]

22 Corps [1]

2nd New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [1]

2nd Battalion Infantry Regiment [1]

2nd Maori Contingent [1]

2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion [1]

3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion [1]

3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, [1]

Service

British Army [824]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [111]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

C [95]

P [88]

H [85]

G [66]

M [57]

S [55]

A [54]

T [54]

W [51]

F [49]

R [48]

D [25]

E [20]

K [19]

L [18]

N [17]

O [14]

J [13]

V [10]

I [5]

Y [3]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [945]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [620]

New Zealand [73]

Cook Islands [13]

Niue [11]

India [3]

Tonga [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Fiji [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Tuvalu [1]

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People [952] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lambeth [18] Islington [16] Camberwell [14] Hackney [14] West Ham [9] Bethnal Green [8] Bermondsey [7] Lewisham [7] Battersea [6] Debenham [6] Islington, London [6] Peckham [6] Poplar [6] Southwark [6] Marylebone [5] Mile End Old Town [5] Paddington [5] St. Olave, Bermondsey [5] Walthamstow [5] Wandsworth [5] Camberwell, London [4] Clerkenwell, Holborn [4] Croydon [4] Fulham [4] Holborn [4] Kensington, London [4] Lambeth, London [4] London [4] Shoreditch [4] Debenham, Suffolk [3] Hackney, London [3] Holborn, London [3] Kensington [3] Marylebone, London [3] Mile End Old Town, London [3] St. Pancras [3] Alofi [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Clapham [2] Clerkenwell [2] Edmonton [2] Fulham, London [2] Gisborne [2] Greenwich [2] Hampstead [2] Hendon, Middlesex [2] Hoxton, Shoreditch [2]

Rank

Private [485] Rifleman [425] Serjeant [88] Lance Corporal [86] Corporal [74] Second Lieutenant [36] Lieutenant [17] Captain [15] Company Serjeant Major [15] Sergeant [15] Acting Corporal [10] Driver [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Sapper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] CSM [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Drummer [2] Gunner [2] L/CPL [2] L/Cpl [2] L/Cpl. [2] L/Sgt [2] L/cpl [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] 2/Lt [1] 24778 [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt. [1] 77558 [1] A/SGT [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting lance Corporal [1] Acting-Lieutenant [1] Band Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] CQMS [1]

Unit

London Regiment [746] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [102] New Zealand Maori Contingent [12] Royal Engineers [11] Army Service Corps [9] Essex Regiment [9] Labour Corps [9] New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Maori Contingent [5] New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [5] Rarotongan Contingent [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rarotongans, Attached B Company [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] 3rd Maori Contingent [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] 1st Maori Contingent [2] 3rd Pioneer Battalion New Zealand [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] City of London Rifles [2] County of London Regiment [2] First Maori Contingent, A Company [2] First Maori Contingent, B Company [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] New Zealand Training Unit [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 11th Reinforcements, [1] 17th New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [1] 18th Reinforcements [1] 1st Maori Contingent [1] 1st Maori Pioneer Battalion [1] 1st NZ Maori Contingent B Company [1] 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent [1] 22 Corps [1] 2nd New Zealand Pioneer Battalion [1] 2nd Battalion Infantry Regiment [1] 2nd Maori Contingent [1] 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion [1] 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion [1] 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, [1]

Service

British Army [824] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [111] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] C [95] P [88] H [85] G [66] M [57] S [55] A [54] T [54] W [51] F [49] R [48] D [25] E [20] K [19] L [18] N [17] O [14] J [13] V [10] I [5] Y [3] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [945] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [620] New Zealand [73] Cook Islands [13] Niue [11] India [3] Tonga [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Fiji [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] Tuvalu [1]

Frederick George Challoner

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2674 Private London Regiment

British Army 2674, 800763 Corporal London Regiment 6th, 30th

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Walter William Atkinson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5446 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322607 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322607 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Peter Hiram Atkinson

Born 1873

Died 1953

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/104 Serjeant Otago Mounted Rifles, NZ Maori Pioneer Btn; Otago Main body

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Henry Overall

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2901 Private London Regiment

British Army 320941 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Arthur Ernest Copping

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army 2481 Private London Regiment 1/6th Battalion (City of London Rifles)

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Joseph Bunn

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6673 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323494 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323494 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Whiri Tangatake

Born 1894

Died 1972

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1275 Private 3rd Pioneer Battalion New Zealand A Company

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Hii Mano

Born 1897

Died 1974

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28th Maori Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1396 Private 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Btn

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William Houkamau Stainton, Mid

Born 1890

Died 1975

British Army 16/90 Second Lieutenant Maori Contingent 1st Maori Contingent

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Harold Charles Barley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 158 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th City of London Rifles

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Frank Joseph Fair

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 324587 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 324587 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London Rifles) Battalion (Rifles)

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William Harold Jupp

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3045 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321027 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321027 Serjeant London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Humphrey Livingston Gilks

Born 1886

Died 1972

British Army Captain London Regiment 4th battalion middlesex regiment 1/6th lond Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment 1/28th County of London (Artists Rifles)

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Harry Byron Snow

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 320444 Acting lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2006, 320444 Private London Regiment

British Army 320444 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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James Robert Salinger

Born 1894

Died 1991

British Army 1278 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Herbert Lewis Hyneman

Born 1895

Died 1960

British Army Lance Corporal

British Army 2796 Private London Regiment 6th City of London

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Robert Cecil Boothby

Born 1872

Died 1954

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps

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Charles Martin Rush

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 1151 London Regiment

British Army 1151 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 6th Battalion

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Sidney Scarlett Simonds

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 1434 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Richard Manuel

Born 1889

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/340 Lance Corporal New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent

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