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Lewisham [3]

Rugby, Warwickshire [3]

Woolwich [3]

Beddingham, Sussex [1]

Blackheath, London [1]

Brentford [1]

Camberwell [1]

Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1]

Downham Market, Norfolk [1]

Glasgow [1]

Greenwich [1]

Hackney London [1]

Kempston, Bedford [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lambert, Scotland [1]

Long Lawford, Rugby [1]

Near Faversham, Kent [1]

North End House,Rottingdean, Sussex [1]

Oxford [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Plympton Devon [1]

Polmont Scotland [1]

Sandringham, Norfolk [1]

South Normonton, erbyshire [1]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [1]

Swindon [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Tivingdon, Wiltshire [1]

Twickenham [1]

West Burgholt Essex [1]

Wiltshire [1]

willesden london [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Gunner [19]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [10]

Corporal [6]

Pte [6]

L/Cpl [4]

Major [4]

Serjeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander Engineer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

L/CPL [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Wheeler Gunner [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

85th Provisional Battalion [1]

Army Service Corps attached Guards Division Motor Transport Company [1]

Baluchis [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Coldstream Guards/ London Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Indian Army [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Irish Guards. [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Prisoner of War Department [1]

R.A.M.C [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal West Kent [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Royal West Kents [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [88]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [13]

B [11]

G [9]

C [8]

W [7]

R [6]

E [5]

F [5]

L [5]

H [4]

M [4]

P [4]

T [4]

J [3]

N [3]

D [2]

K [2]

A [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [96]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Bermuda [1]

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Lewisham [3] Rugby, Warwickshire [3] Woolwich [3] Beddingham, Sussex [1] Blackheath, London [1] Brentford [1] Camberwell [1] Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1] Downham Market, Norfolk [1] Glasgow [1] Greenwich [1] Hackney London [1] Kempston, Bedford [1] Kensington, London [1] Lambert, Scotland [1] Long Lawford, Rugby [1] Near Faversham, Kent [1] North End House,Rottingdean, Sussex [1] Oxford [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Plympton Devon [1] Polmont Scotland [1] Sandringham, Norfolk [1] South Normonton, erbyshire [1] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [1] Swindon [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Tivingdon, Wiltshire [1] Twickenham [1] West Burgholt Essex [1] Wiltshire [1] willesden london [1]

Rank

Private [32] Gunner [19] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [10] Corporal [6] Pte [6] L/Cpl [4] Major [4] Serjeant [4] Sapper [3] Lance Corporal [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commander Engineer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] L/CPL [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Vice Admiral [1] Wheeler Gunner [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [23] London Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Labour Corps [2] London [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] 140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 85th Provisional Battalion [1] Army Service Corps attached Guards Division Motor Transport Company [1] Baluchis [1] Bedfordshire [1] Coldstream Guards/ London Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Indian Army [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Irish Guards [1] Irish Guards. [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prisoner of War Department [1] R.A.M.C [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal West Kent [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Royal West Kents [1] Training Reserve [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [88] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [13] B [11] G [9] C [8] W [7] R [6] E [5] F [5] L [5] H [4] M [4] P [4] T [4] J [3] N [3] D [2] K [2] A [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [96]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Bermuda [1]

William Albert Murley

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Edwin Sanders

Died 1914

British Army 11020 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Bn.

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James Evans

Died 1917

British Army 5791 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632793 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632793 Private London Regiment

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Henry Whaley

Died 1917

British Army 76503 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Kendrigan

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 96748 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward P Brittan

British Army SR8028 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 283028 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Victor Stent

British Army 10555 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Grant

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Highlanders 5th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Prisoner of War Department

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Arthur Reynolds

Died 1914

British Army 8530 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Thomas George Reeves

Born 1881

Royal Navy 305808

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Urban Baly Gilbert

Born 1875

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Anthony Henry Simpson

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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William Futter

British Army 117754 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Alexander Finley

Born 1880

Royal Navy Commander Engineer

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Rupert Chawner Brooke

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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John Kipling

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards Reserve Bn.

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Irish Guards 2nd Bn.

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards. 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Alfred Sear

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Arthur Leonard Smith

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 2621 Private London Regiment 7th Bn.

British Army 207323 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Army HQ

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George Judd

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Z 449 Private Rifle Brigade

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Albert D J Fancett

British Army 81080 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 520717 Gunner Labour Corps

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