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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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People [97] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Francis Collen

British Army 31400 Battery Serjeant Major 140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 31400 Warrant Officer Class 2 140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert E Burstow

British Army L/10077 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Bn.

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Spencer Thomas Bassett

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 18th Company

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery

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Benjamin George Clouting

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army 8292 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8292 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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George Nelson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 7898 Colour Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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E H Paxton

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Defence Corps

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M J Dease

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Edwin H Stoneley

British Army 45758 Wheeler Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 45758 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Toplis

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 47551 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army EMT/5426 Private Army Service Corps

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S F Godley

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 13814 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Eric Thomas Avery

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps attached Guards Division Motor Transport Company

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W St A Warde-Aldam

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain Coldstream Guards/ London Regiment

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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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John Alexander Finley

Born 1880

Royal Navy 270538

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Ernest Stafford Carlos

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6160 Private London Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 552892 Private London Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor Or Duke Of York

Born 1895

Died 1952

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

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William St A Warde-Aldam

Born 1882

Died 1958

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards

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