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Gravesend, Kent [4]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

All Saints, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

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Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Tilbury, Essex [1]

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Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1]

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Private [35]

Sapper [5]

Driver [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner [2]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signaller [1]

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Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Order of Saint John [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal Signals [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [49]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

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B [79]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Merchant Navy [2]

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Place of birth

Gravesend, Kent [4] Saint Pancras, London [2] All Saints, Warwickshire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Lancashire [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Middlesex [1] Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Tilbury, Essex [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1]

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Private [35] Sapper [5] Driver [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner [2] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1]

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Army Service Corps [7] Royal Engineers [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Labour Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Order of Saint John [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal Signals [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [49] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [79]

Contribution

Military Service [76] Merchant Navy [2]

George Edward Beacon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206046

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Charles Louie Beacon

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187960

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Frank William Beacon

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19410

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Arthur Frederick Beacon

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54072

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William Monkhouse Beacon

Born 1865

Died 1917

British Army 4557 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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Walter Beacon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210376

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Charles Augustus Beacon

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 5121 Private Border Regiment

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John Beacon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 40015 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Charles Ronald Beacon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192732

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William Noel Beacon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408167

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Ralph Beacon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45507

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Edward J Beacon

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army G/21788 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cedric Beacon

Born 1885

Royal Navy 2974 Royal Marine Artillery

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Kate Amelia Beacon

Royal Navy G3446

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Winifred May Beacon

Royal Navy G6627

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Alfred Francis Beacon

Born 1894

British Army M2/100437 Private Army Service Corps

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Clarence Allen Beacon

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army 5217 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 405273 Private Labour Corps

British Army GS/105000 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Percy Walter Beacon

Born 1898

Royal Navy 18689 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Daisy Gladys Beacon

Royal Navy G6628

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William Henry Beacon

Born 1890

Royal Navy 236077

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