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Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Blackburn England [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton England [1]

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CARDIFF [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cowes, Hampshire, England [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Cromwell [1]

Dale, Kent [1]

Darlington England [1]

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East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1]

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Edinburgh [1]

Eltham Victoria [1]

Erskineville New South Wales [1]

Exeter [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England [1]

Geachville Victoria [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Goulburn Weir Victoria [1]

Halifax [1]

Hammerfield, Herts [1]

Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [295]

Gunner [37]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [24]

Driver [24]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [41]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Royal Engineers [38]

Army Service Corps [30]

London Regiment [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [475]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [668]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [650]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Blackburn England [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Kensington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromley, London [1] CARDIFF [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Christchurch [1] Clapton, London [1] Cowes, Hampshire, England [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Cromwell [1] Dale, Kent [1] Darlington England [1] Deal, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Durham [1] East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1] Easton, Hampshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Eltham Victoria [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Exeter [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England [1] Geachville Victoria [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Goulburn Weir Victoria [1] Halifax [1] Hammerfield, Herts [1] Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [295] Gunner [37] Serjeant [28] Corporal [24] Driver [24] Second Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [10] Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Rifleman [7] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Flight Cadet [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain/Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Serjeant Major [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [41] Royal Field Artillery [39] Royal Engineers [38] Army Service Corps [30] London Regiment [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Hampshire Regiment [17] West Riding Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Essex Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [475] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [668] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [650] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Alfonso Rawlings Denham

Born 1879

Died 1936

British Army M/341659 Private Army Service Corps

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John Edward Denham

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5805 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372891 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Douglas Harold Denham

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1847 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Herbert Edward Denham

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer H.M.S. "Monarch"

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Arthur Charles Denham

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army L/10497 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army Private Suffolk Regiment 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion

British Army 513400 Private Labour Corps

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William Malcolm Denham

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85254 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant General List

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Wilfred Henry Denham

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8315 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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Harold Denham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 152 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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John Thomas Denham

Born 1883

Died 1954

Royal Navy 304280

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Walter Denham

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97702

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Charles Denham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62235

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William Henry Denham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190236

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Albert Edward Charles Denham

Born 1898

Died 1966

British Army 32096 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army 32096 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles Henry Denham

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287015

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Samuel Denham

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135756

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George Christopher Denham

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200937

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Clifford Denham

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army 205601 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 205601 Private West Riding Regiment

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Reginald Grainger Denham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1751 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Hubert John Denham

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196026

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James Denham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50102 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 58243 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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