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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]

Ernest William Salter

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6074 Private London Regiment

British Army 323070 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Arthur Wise

British Army 279 Private London Regiment

British Army 320024 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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John James Churchill

Born 1895

British Army 5045 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322266 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leo Haydock-Wilson

Born 1895

British Army 321825 Private London Regiment

British Army 4339 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leslie Charles S Shoobert

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 596487 Private London Regiment

British Army 345097 Private London Regiment

British Army 345097 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London Rifles) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Francis Joseph Burke.

British Army 2159 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320541 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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John Travers Cornwell

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J42563 Boy 1st Class HMS Chester

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Thomas David Raraty

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 53017 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Edwin Bayliss

Born 1891

British Army 13104 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Colborn

British Army 4282 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 321782 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Ngare William Mangaroa

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/400 Private Maori Contingent New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

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Leslie George Beale

Born 1898

Died 1966

British Army 252124 Drummer Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

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