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Herne Bay, Kent [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

New Brompton, Kent [3]

Deepdale, Bedfordshire [2]

Essex [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

London England [2]

Sudbury, Suffolk [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Alambee Victoria [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Beddington, Wallington, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bexford, Suffolk [1]

Boxford, Suffolk [1]

Bradwell on Sea, Essex, England [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [1]

Bromley, Kent, England [1]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1]

Buckhurst Hill, London [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, South London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canonbury, London [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Croydon England [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Degilbo Queensland [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Edwardstone, Suffolk [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Franklin Tasmania [1]

Fulham, Surrey [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gorefield , Wisbech [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex, England [1]

Harwich, Essex, England [1]

Herne Hill, Surrey [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [332]

Gunner [42]

Driver [40]

Serjeant [31]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [24]

Lance Corporal [13]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

A,C.2 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Assistant Forewoman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class Acting Corporal [1]

Aircraftsman II [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pr [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [53]

Royal Field Artillery [53]

Labour Corps [49]

Royal Engineers [40]

London Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

19th Hussars [2]

2nd Life Guards [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [527]

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [688]

Contribution

Military Service [671]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Herne Bay, Kent [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] New Brompton, Kent [3] Deepdale, Bedfordshire [2] Essex [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] London England [2] Sudbury, Suffolk [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Alambee Victoria [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Beddington, Wallington, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bexford, Suffolk [1] Boxford, Suffolk [1] Bradwell on Sea, Essex, England [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [1] Bromley, Kent, England [1] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1] Buckhurst Hill, London [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, South London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canonbury, London [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Croydon England [1] Deal, Kent [1] Degilbo Queensland [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Edwardstone, Suffolk [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Franklin Tasmania [1] Fulham, Surrey [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gorefield , Wisbech [1] Hampstead, Middlesex, England [1] Harwich, Essex, England [1] Herne Hill, Surrey [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Holborn, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [332] Gunner [42] Driver [40] Serjeant [31] Corporal [24] Sapper [24] Lance Corporal [13] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] A,C.2 [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Assistant Forewoman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class Acting Corporal [1] Aircraftsman II [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pr [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Corporal [1] Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [53] Royal Field Artillery [53] Labour Corps [49] Royal Engineers [40] London Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] East Kent Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Norfolk Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [2] 19th Hussars [2] 2nd Life Guards [2] Border Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [527] Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [688]

Contribution

Military Service [671] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13] United States [1]

Bertie Griggs

Died 1918

British Army 5229 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 5229 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Charles David Griggs

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 9888 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert E Griggs

Born 1878

Died 1930

British Army 237337 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas William Griggs

Died 1918

British Army 16075 Private Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 16075 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Robert Griggs

Died 1916

British Army 4763 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Griggs

Died 1918

British Army 4555 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 682035 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 225413 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Samuel Griggs

Died 1917

British Army G/13727 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/13727 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Horace Edward Griggs

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Archibald B Griggs

Died 1916

British Army G/28995 Private Middlesex Regiment

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W Griggs

Died 1917

British Army L/31031 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Griggs

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 35020 Private Essex Regiment

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Robert Griggs

Died 1917

British Army 11293 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Sydney Arthur Griggs

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 22116 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 5th Battalion

British Army 22116 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Alfred Griggs

Died 1914

British Army 7409 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7409 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Victor Richard Griggs

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127227

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William Thomas Griggs

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29153

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Charles William Griggs

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155234

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Wallace Robert William Griggs

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119036

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Alfred Ezekiel Griggs

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98301

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Sidney Charles Griggs

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 354

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