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London, Middlesex, England [7]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Bristol [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cawsand, Cornwall [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Mclaren Vale South Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Abersychaw, Monmouthshire [1]

Aberuthven, Perthshire [1]

Anfield, Lancashire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishop Waltham, Hampshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire, England [1]

Bow, London [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Carbonear NF [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chelsea , London [1]

Clutton, Somerset [1]

Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Eastney, Hampshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Embleton, Northumberland [1]

Essex [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Holbeach [1]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Holyrood,Harbour Main NF [1]

Inverness, Invernesshire [1]

Rank

Private [261]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [19]

Driver [18]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Trooper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

AC II [1]

AM II [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Adjutant & Acting Captain [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boatswain [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Pilot 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pioneer Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [19]

London Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Service

British Army [389]

Royal Navy [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [591]

C [2]

Contribution

Military Service [564]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [7] Adelaide South Australia [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Bristol [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cawsand, Cornwall [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Mclaren Vale South Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Abersychaw, Monmouthshire [1] Aberuthven, Perthshire [1] Anfield, Lancashire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishop Waltham, Hampshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire, England [1] Bow, London [1] Burra South Australia [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Carbonear NF [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chelsea , London [1] Clutton, Somerset [1] Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Eastney, Hampshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Embleton, Northumberland [1] Essex [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Glasgow [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Greenwich, London [1] Holbeach [1] Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1] Holyrood,Harbour Main NF [1] Inverness, Invernesshire [1]

Rank

Private [261] Gunner [28] Corporal [19] Driver [18] Serjeant [15] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Trooper [3] Acting Captain [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] AC II [1] AM II [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1] Adjutant & Acting Captain [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boatswain [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Pilot 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Pioneer Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [33] Royal Engineers [30] Royal Field Artillery [23] Hampshire Regiment [21] Labour Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [19] London Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Middlesex Regiment [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Dragoon Guards [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Service

British Army [389] Royal Navy [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [591] C [2]

Contribution

Military Service [564] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Jesse George Penney

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 373680 Private London Regiment

British Army 6792, 373680 Rifleman London Regiment 8th City of London Battalion

British Army 373680 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Victor Penney

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4287 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 25337 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick William Treneman Penney

Born 1859

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Pilot 1st Class Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities

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Edward Walter Penney

Born 1878

Died 1921

Royal Navy F27981 AC II RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F27981 AM II RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227981 Royal Air Force

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Douglas Eric Penney

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy F2140

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

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William Henry Penney

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army L/4558 Company Serjeant Major Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/4558 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Colour Sergeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Jose Campbell Penney

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Cadet Officer Training Corps Oxford University Contingent, Senior DIvision

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Thomas Henry Penney

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 123840 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123840 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Reginald Penney

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 76264 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Penney

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 994 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Penney

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148063

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Henry Frederick Penney

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108968

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Arthur Penney

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47492

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Ian Campbell Penney

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Scots

British Army Captain Royal Scots 13 Battalion

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Thurbin Penney

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12102 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Penney

Born 1868

Died 1917

Royal Navy Boatswain HMS Thetis

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Walter Birch Penney

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35371

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Roderick Penney

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224079

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George Penney

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97026

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Thomas Penney

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10569

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