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Croydon, Surrey [7]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Fulham, London [3]

London England [3]

Rangoon [3]

Balaklava South Australia [2]

Bexley, Kent [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Canterbury England [2]

Cranbrook, Kent [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Gloucester New South Wales [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Midhurst, Sussex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Surrey [2]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2]

Upper Sydenham, Kent [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Andover, Hampshire, England [1]

Ashford England [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent, England [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Camberley, Surrey, England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Combaning New South Wales [1]

Cope Cope Victoria [1]

Crawley, Sussex [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Fulham, Middlesex, England [1]

Goudhurst, Kent [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Iford, Sussex, England [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Junee Junction New South Wales [1]

Kenley, Surrey [1]

Kenley, Sussex [1]

Kent [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Rank

Private [407]

Driver [42]

Gunner [41]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [29]

Lance Corporal [15]

Sapper [14]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Clerk [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Expl/2/M/S [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Member [1]

Member (Mess Orderly) [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Pioneer /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

STOCKER 1ST CLASS [1]

Sapper /Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62]

Royal Field Artillery [56]

Royal Engineers [52]

Army Service Corps [46]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

The Queen's Regiment [35]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Military Foot Police [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lancers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Service

British Army [609]

Royal Navy [72]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

P [816]

D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [793]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Singapore [1]

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Croydon, Surrey [7] Sydney New South Wales [4] Fulham, London [3] London England [3] Rangoon [3] Balaklava South Australia [2] Bexley, Kent [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Canterbury England [2] Cranbrook, Kent [2] Eastbourne [2] Gloucester New South Wales [2] Marylebone, London [2] Midhurst, Sussex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Paddington, London, Middlesex [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Surrey [2] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [2] Upper Sydenham, Kent [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Willesden, London [2] Adisham, Kent [1] Andover, Hampshire, England [1] Ashford England [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashford, Kent, England [1] Banstead, Surrey [1] Battersea, London [1] Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Camberley, Surrey, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatswood New South Wales [1] Combaning New South Wales [1] Cope Cope Victoria [1] Crawley, Sussex [1] Croydon, London [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Fulham, Middlesex, England [1] Goudhurst, Kent [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Iford, Sussex, England [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Junee Junction New South Wales [1] Kenley, Surrey [1] Kenley, Sussex [1] Kent [1] Kentish Town, London [1]

Rank

Private [407] Driver [42] Gunner [41] Serjeant [35] Corporal [29] Lance Corporal [15] Sapper [14] Lieutenant [11] Captain [10] Acting Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Clerk [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Saddler [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1] Expl/2/M/S [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Boatman [1] Member [1] Member (Mess Orderly) [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Captain [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Pioneer /Acting Lance Corporal [1] STOCKER 1ST CLASS [1] Sapper /Acting Corporal [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62] Royal Field Artillery [56] Royal Engineers [52] Army Service Corps [46] Royal Fusiliers [35] The Queen's Regiment [35] London Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] East Surrey Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Army Veterinary Corps [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal West Surrey Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Military Foot Police [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hussars [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lancers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots [3] Army Pay Corps [2]

Service

British Army [609] Royal Navy [72] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

P [816] D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [793] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Singapore [1]

Bernard Hugh Penfold

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 11083 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

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Stephen Bertrand Penfold

Born 1896

Died 1959

British Army 241746 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th

British Army Private Royal Sussex Regiment "A" Company (Haywards Heath) 4th Battalion

British Army 1392 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Peter Penfold

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 524358

Canadian Expeditionary Force 524358 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John William Penfold

Born 1879

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24037

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24037 Private Canadian Infantry 13 Battalion

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Cecil Cowpen Penfold

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162606

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Charles Edward Penfold

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army G5489 Private East Kent Regiment

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Ernest Arthur Penfold

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262857

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William George Penfold

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186691

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Henry Abbott Penfold

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97352

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George Thomas Penfold

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298494

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John Penfold

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304948

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George Henry Penfold

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy 164841 Chief Petty Officer HMS "Hawke"

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Harry Penfold

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 181556 Petty Officer HMS Bayano

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Albert William Penfold

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314962

Royal Navy PO/13774 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/13774 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Alfred John Penfold

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113020

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Wilfred Ewart Penfold

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217209

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William John Penfold

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214322

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Frederick George Penfold

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214927

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Herbert Penfold

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army L/8611 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8611 Acting Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8611 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Henry L J Penfold

Died 1915

British Army G/15 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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