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Place of birth

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [2]

Putney, London [2]

Armley and Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Ashton Gate, Bristol [1]

Ballynoe, Waterford [1]

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Berlin, Ontario [1]

Bridgetown Western Australia [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Coventry [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Glamorgan [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gosport [1]

Havant, Hampshire [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kingston, Portsmouth [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lawrence [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Ningpo [1]

Old Brompton, Kent [1]

Oldland, Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Quebec [1]

Radstock, Somerset [1]

Red Deer Hill, Saskatchewan [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shifnal, Shropshire [1]

South March [1]

Stillwater, New York [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Sutton-in -Ashfield [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Totterdown, Bristol [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Wargrave, Twyford, Berkshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Corporal [5]

Brigadier General [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major General [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Brigade Adjutant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Captain RMLI [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Gunner Instructor [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

4th Royal Marine Battalion [42]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [15]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [10]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

4th Australian Division Signal Company [2]

4th Canadian Division [2]

4th Infantry Division [2]

American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Royal Marines [2]

10th Infantry Brigade 4th Division British Expeditionary Force [1]

10th Infantry Brigade; 4th Canadian Division [1]

11th Lancers [1]

12th Brigade, 4th Division [1]

12th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division [1]

189th Infantry Brigade [1]

2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division [1]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1]

3rd Queensland (Mounted Infantry) Contingent [1]

43rd Infantry Brigade 4th Division [1]

4th Australian Division Headquarters [1]

4th Canadian Division Machine Gun Corps [1]

4th Canadian Infantry Division [1]

4th Division; 4th Infantry Brigade [1]

4th Hussars [1]

4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

5th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Territorial Force [1]

5th Infantry Brigade [1]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1]

72nd [1]

7th Infantry Brigade - 4th American Division [1]

7th Infantry Brigade - 4th Infantry Division [1]

Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1]

Australian Infantry Unattached List [1]

BGGS, IV Corps, BEF France [1]

Dragoon Guards 4th Corps [1]

GOC 4th Brigade [1]

GOC 4th Infantry Division [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS Chester - RMLI Detachment [1]

HMS Colleen [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Diamond [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43]

British Army [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [10]

H [8]

C [6]

T [6]

L [5]

D [4]

J [4]

B [3]

G [3]

M [3]

F [2]

K [2]

O [2]

P [2]

S [2]

A [1]

E [1]

N [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [2]

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Place of birth

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [2] Putney, London [2] Armley and Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Ashton Gate, Bristol [1] Ballynoe, Waterford [1] Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Berlin, Ontario [1] Bridgetown Western Australia [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Coventry [1] Dalston, London [1] Glamorgan [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gosport [1] Havant, Hampshire [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kingston, Portsmouth [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lawrence [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mile End, London [1] Ningpo [1] Old Brompton, Kent [1] Oldland, Keynsham, Somerset [1] Portsmouth [1] Quebec [1] Radstock, Somerset [1] Red Deer Hill, Saskatchewan [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shifnal, Shropshire [1] South March [1] Stillwater, New York [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Sutton-in -Ashfield [1] Tavistock, Devon [1] Tottenham, London [1] Totterdown, Bristol [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Wargrave, Twyford, Berkshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46] Corporal [5] Brigadier General [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major General [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bearer [1] Boy [1] Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Brigade Adjutant [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Captain RMLI [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Petty Officer [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Gunner Instructor [1] Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

4th Royal Marine Battalion [42] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [15] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [10] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3] 4th Australian Division Signal Company [2] 4th Canadian Division [2] 4th Infantry Division [2] American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Royal Marines [2] 10th Infantry Brigade 4th Division British Expeditionary Force [1] 10th Infantry Brigade; 4th Canadian Division [1] 11th Lancers [1] 12th Brigade, 4th Division [1] 12th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division [1] 189th Infantry Brigade [1] 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division [1] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1] 3rd Queensland (Mounted Infantry) Contingent [1] 43rd Infantry Brigade 4th Division [1] 4th Australian Division Headquarters [1] 4th Canadian Division Machine Gun Corps [1] 4th Canadian Infantry Division [1] 4th Division; 4th Infantry Brigade [1] 4th Hussars [1] 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] 5th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Territorial Force [1] 5th Infantry Brigade [1] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1] 72nd [1] 7th Infantry Brigade - 4th American Division [1] 7th Infantry Brigade - 4th Infantry Division [1] Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1] Australian Infantry Unattached List [1] BGGS, IV Corps, BEF France [1] Dragoon Guards 4th Corps [1] GOC 4th Brigade [1] GOC 4th Infantry Division [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS Chester - RMLI Detachment [1] HMS Colleen [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Diamond [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43] British Army [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [10] H [8] C [6] T [6] L [5] D [4] J [4] B [3] G [3] M [3] F [2] K [2] O [2] P [2] S [2] A [1] E [1] N [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [2]

Alexander Fair

Born 1879

Australian Imperial Force 6019 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6019 Private 4th Australian Division Signal Company

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George Calverley

Born 1898

Died 1983

Royal Navy 19805 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/19805 Lance Corporal 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Theodore Frederick Vernon Cooke

Born 1896

Died 1958

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant RMLI 4th Royal Marine Battalion

Royal Navy Brevet Major

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George James Moyse

Born 1889

Died 1965

Royal Navy 12098 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/12098 Corporal 4th Royal Marine Battalion "C" Company (Plymouth)

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Hugo Douglas De Pree

Born 1870

Died 1943

British Army Major Lahore Division

British Army Bearer Dragoon Guards 4th Corps

British Army Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) BGGS, IV Corps, BEF France

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John Dennis Lyons Press

Born 1894

Died 1967

Royal Navy 15394 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Colour Sergeant Royal Marines

Royal Navy 15394 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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George Thomas West

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13569 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 13569 Private HMS Intrepid

Royal Navy CH/13569 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Charles Henry Brand

Born 1873

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Serjeant Rhodesian Field Force

Australian Imperial Force Serjeant 3rd Queensland (Mounted Infantry) Contingent

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Edward Bamford

Born 1887

Died 1928

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy Brevet Major Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Will Percy Clark

Born 1893

Royal Navy 17347 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17347 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion Chatham Company

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William Schofield Gibson

Born 1892

Royal Navy 1907 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/1907/S Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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George William Hall

Born 1876

Royal Navy PLY/7413 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/7413 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Albert Hogan King

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 6049 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6049 Corporal 4th Australian Division Headquarters

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John Warwick

Born 1895

Royal Navy 18563 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/18563 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Thomas Perowne Coe

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Brigade Major 43rd Infantry Brigade 4th Division

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Cecil James White

Born 1893

Australian Imperial Force 6599 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6599 Sapper 4th Australian Division Signal Company

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Ernest Frederick Tracey

Born 1899

Royal Navy 21150 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/21150 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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William Gersham Woodhouse

Born 1899

Royal Navy 2495 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/2495/S Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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William Morris Skelton

Born 1882

Royal Navy 10001 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10001 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Abraham Albert Henry Chittil

Born 1891

Royal Navy 15232 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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