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Eastwood, Essex [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Fordingbridge, Hampshire [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Maidstone England [2]

Purfleet, Essex, England [2]

Sulky Gully Victoria [2]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Catherington, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Damerham, Wiltshire [1]

Ealing England [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Eurelia South Australia [1]

Greys, Orsett, Essex [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kangaroo Island South Australia [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Leytonstone, London [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Norton, Suffolk [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Petersfield, Hampshire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Rochford, Essex [1]

Romsey, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [224]

Gunner [35]

Serjeant [27]

Sapper [21]

Driver [19]

Lance Corporal [18]

Corporal [17]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Hampshire Regiment [30]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Hussars [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [380]

Royal Navy [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [551]

B [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [533]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Eastwood, Essex [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Fordingbridge, Hampshire [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Maidstone England [2] Purfleet, Essex, England [2] Sulky Gully Victoria [2] Aylesford, Kent [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barming, Kent [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Catherington, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Damerham, Wiltshire [1] Ealing England [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Erith, Kent [1] Eurelia South Australia [1] Greys, Orsett, Essex [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Islington, London [1] Kangaroo Island South Australia [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Leytonstone, London [1] Littlehampton, Sussex, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Norton, Suffolk [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Petersfield, Hampshire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Rochford, Essex [1] Romsey, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [224] Gunner [35] Serjeant [27] Sapper [21] Driver [19] Lance Corporal [18] Corporal [17] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [31] Hampshire Regiment [30] London Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Labour Corps [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Machine Gun Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Hussars [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [380] Royal Navy [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Australian Imperial Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [551] B [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [533] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Charles Waterman

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army L/8960 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Waterman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37583 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Luck Waterman

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 4983 Private London Regiment

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John Waterman

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 176004

Royal Navy 176004 Chief Stoker H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Walter Waterman

Died 1916

British Army 2865 Private London Regiment

British Army 591006 Private London Regiment

British Army 591006 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Charles Henry Waterman

Born 1872

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148100

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148100 Private Canadian Infantry

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Percy Waterman

Died 1916

British Army L/10623 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/10623 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Reginald Ernest Waterman

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 25069 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward Waterman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51280 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Henry Waterman

Australian Imperial Force 3635

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Sidney Francis Waterman

Died 1917

British Army 58348 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Waterman

Died 1916

British Army 5438 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Wilfred Arthur Waterman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16132 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 16132 Private Essex Regiment

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Charles Leslie Waterman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Waterman

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11077 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Horace Waterman

Australian Imperial Force 1946

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Willie Waterman

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 811805

Canadian Expeditionary Force 811805 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Waterman

Died 1914

British Army 7981 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Sydney Thomas Waterman

Australian Imperial Force 2831

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Christopher Arthur Waterman

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 9903 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9903 Acting Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9903 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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