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Reading, Berkshire [12]

Yateley, Hampshire [10]

Bethnal Green, London [9]

Watford, Hertfordshire [9]

West Ham, Essex [9]

Lambeth, London [8]

Pancras, London [8]

Poplar, London [8]

Wandsworth, London [7]

Paddington, London [6]

Woolwich, London [6]

Hampstead, London [5]

Hackney, London [4]

Loughton, Essex [4]

Stratford, Essex [4]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bow, London [3]

Branksome, Poole, Dorset [3]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [3]

London [3]

Mile End Old Town, London [3]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [3]

Truro, Cornwall [3]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Cudham, Bromley, Kent [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dunmow, Essex [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Eversley, Hampshire [2]

Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Fulham, Middlesex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Sandhurst, Berkshire [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

St George in the East, London [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Stratford, West Ham, Essex [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Rank

Private [220]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [22]

Driver [22]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Rifleman [17]

Lance Corporal [13]

Serjeant [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Bombardier [5]

Major [5]

Commander [4]

Signalman [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

A/C 2 [3]

A/C II [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mech. II [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

A/C 1 [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker I [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

A / Mech .3 [1]

A.B. [1]

A/C I [1]

A/Cpl [1]

A/M 3 [1]

Acting L/Cpl [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mech 2 [1]

Air Mech II Elec [1]

Air Mech III Elec [1]

Air Mech. 1 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Engineers [21]

Labour Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

President II [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

General List [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [348]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101]

C [41]

S [41]

G [36]

L [27]

A [25]

H [24]

P [24]

F [22]

T [22]

M [21]

W [19]

R [18]

K [14]

J [12]

E [8]

D [7]

N [7]

V [4]

O [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [469]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [343]

Canada [8]

Australia [3]

India [2]

New Zealand [2]

United States [2]

Argentina [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Malawi [1]

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People [478] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire [12] Yateley, Hampshire [10] Bethnal Green, London [9] Watford, Hertfordshire [9] West Ham, Essex [9] Lambeth, London [8] Pancras, London [8] Poplar, London [8] Wandsworth, London [7] Paddington, London [6] Woolwich, London [6] Hampstead, London [5] Hackney, London [4] Loughton, Essex [4] Stratford, Essex [4] Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Bow, London [3] Branksome, Poole, Dorset [3] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [3] London [3] Mile End Old Town, London [3] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [3] Truro, Cornwall [3] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Cudham, Bromley, Kent [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dunmow, Essex [2] Edmonton, London [2] Eversley, Hampshire [2] Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Fulham, London [2] Fulham, Middlesex [2] Islington, London [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Sandhurst, Berkshire [2] Shoreditch, London [2] St George in the East, London [2] Stepney, London [2] Stratford, West Ham, Essex [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Rank

Private [220] Gunner [28] Corporal [22] Driver [22] Second Lieutenant [19] Rifleman [17] Lance Corporal [13] Serjeant [13] Able Seaman [12] Lieutenant [12] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Bombardier [5] Major [5] Commander [4] Signalman [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] A/C 2 [3] A/C II [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mech. II [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] A/C 1 [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Leading Signalman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker I [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] A / Mech .3 [1] A.B. [1] A/C I [1] A/Cpl [1] A/M 3 [1] Acting L/Cpl [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mech 2 [1] Air Mech II Elec [1] Air Mech III Elec [1] Air Mech. 1 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [31] London Regiment [30] Royal Engineers [21] Labour Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Essex Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] President II [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] General List [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [348] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101] C [41] S [41] G [36] L [27] A [25] H [24] P [24] F [22] T [22] M [21] W [19] R [18] K [14] J [12] E [8] D [7] N [7] V [4] O [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [469] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [343] Canada [8] Australia [3] India [2] New Zealand [2] United States [2] Argentina [1] Gibraltar [1] Malawi [1]

George William Blackwell

British Army 47160 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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George Redmill

British Army M2/177328 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Slark

British Army 90514 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Vivian Ernest Ridewood

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Box

British Army T/307936 Driver Army Service Corps

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Arthur Lunn

British Army 588 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 588 Acting Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Edward Charles Lebeau

British Army 8797 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 8797 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Bertram Pittaway

British Army 69502 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1023512 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph James Brown

British Army 2344 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 24098 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 25327 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Edward Morrison

British Army 17899 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John Bacon

Royal Navy RFR/B/4469 Royal Naval Division

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George C Liffen

British Army 50951 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Boon

British Army 536300 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4319 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

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Edward Arthur Le Breton

British Army 491774 Acting Corporal London Regiment

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Joseph A Cunis

British Army 265203 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Pinhorn

British Army T3/028974 Driver Army Service Corps

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Charles Tewkesbury

Born 1868

Died 1916

Royal Navy 265V Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

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Harry Doubledee

British Army 31062 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army G/63019 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 408499 Private Labour Corps

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