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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]

Cyril John Ford

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2001 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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David James Crawley

Born 1885

Died 1965

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1379 Company Sergeant Major Otago Mounted Rifles & NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion

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Walter Franklin Thilthorpe

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 6243 Rifleman Lomdon Regiment 6th City of London

British Army 251 Rifleman London Regiment 6th City of London

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James Whakamarau Tua

Born 1893

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/480 Private First Maori Contingent, A Company

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John Nunn

Born 1896

Died 1981

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Sergeant 11th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion,

British Army 26156 Corporal 17th New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

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Thomas Gilkes

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5705 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322840 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322840 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Arthur James Holt

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 6589 Private London Regiment

British Army 323443 Private London Regiment

British Army 323443 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Robert Ngapo

Born 1892

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 20776 18th Reinforcements

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Frank Falaoa Tosene

Born 1896

Died 1941

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1044 Private Rarotongans, Attached B Company New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

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William Sidney

Born 1876

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/591 Private New Zealand Maori Contingent

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Charles Bayliss

Born 1859

Died 1918

British Army WR/351127 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport and Docks

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George Te Whetuke Maxwell

Born 1892

Died 1963

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/671 Lance Corporal 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion

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Ernest St Clair Blakey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4166 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 321709 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Tuahae Carroll

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/572 Corporal 1st Maori Contingent

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Rawhira Wairau

Born 1894

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/53 Private New Zealand Maori Contingent B Company

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Fakahoa Motu

Born 1895

Died 1974

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1035 Private Rarotongans, Attached B Company New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

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William Charles Lewis Ruhl

Born 1895

Died 1972

6th Battalion (London Rifles)

British Army 1857, 6572514 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leonard Smith

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1367 Private London Regiment

British Army 1367 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1367 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) battalion (Rifles)

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Albert Victor George Barrett

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 341 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Louis Henry Stewart Williams

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 143 Bugler London Regiment

British Army 1438 Private London Regiment 6th Battalion

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