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Bethnal Green, London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Caledonia, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia [1]

Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Chelsea,London [1]

Crowboro Sussex [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Delting, Shetland [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Estancia Las Lomas, Santa Fe, Belgrano [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gisleham, Suffolk [1]

Greenwich [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hafod, Glamorgan [1]

Harkaway, Ontario [1]

Havant, Portsmouth, [1]

Heaton Mersey Stockport [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kew, Victoria [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Kirkwale, Orkney [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Lewes [1]

Lincoln [1]

Macduff, Banffshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Lieutenant [41]

Able Seaman [36]

Captain [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Gunner [12]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Driver [8]

Major [7]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Admiral [3]

Interpreter [3]

Midshipman [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Clerk [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

/ Private/ Private/ Private/ Serjeant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

4438 [1]

50142 [1]

5210 [1]

880992 [1]

A.B. [1]

A/Cpl [1]

A/Sgt [1]

AM1 [1]

Acting AM1(C) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [39]

HMS Hindustan [37]

Indian Army (T. C.) [14]

C Battery Royal Horse Artillery [13]

HMS Resolution [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

HMS Royal Sovereign [6]

A M P C [5]

HMS Emperor of India [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

HMS Benbow [3]

I C D [3]

Labour Corps [3]

N C D [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

Alfred C [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

C [2]

C A M C [2]

C Company [2]

C L C [2]

C Labour Corps [2]

C M A [2]

C of Dragoons [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Iron Duke [2]

HMS Royal Oak [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

K L C B [2]

M L C [2]

M L C East Africa [2]

M P C [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Mrs St C Stobarts Unit (Theatre 1a) [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [209]

Royal Navy [55]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [42]

M [32]

G [28]

C [25]

H [24]

D [15]

S [15]

W [15]

P [14]

K [12]

A [10]

F [10]

T [10]

R [9]

J [6]

L [6]

E [3]

N [2]

V [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [3]

Greece [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [281] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bethnal Green, London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Hackney, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Battersea, London [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Caledonia, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia [1] Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Chelsea,London [1] Crowboro Sussex [1] Croydon, London [1] Delting, Shetland [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Erith, Kent [1] Estancia Las Lomas, Santa Fe, Belgrano [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gisleham, Suffolk [1] Greenwich [1] Greenwich, London [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hafod, Glamorgan [1] Harkaway, Ontario [1] Havant, Portsmouth, [1] Heaton Mersey Stockport [1] Holborn, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kew, Victoria [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Kirkwale, Orkney [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Lewes [1] Lincoln [1] Macduff, Banffshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [77] Lieutenant [41] Able Seaman [36] Captain [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Gunner [12] Serjeant [12] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Driver [8] Major [7] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Admiral [3] Interpreter [3] Midshipman [3] Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bombardier [2] Clerk [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Naval Cadet [2] Nursing Sister [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Vice-Admiral [2] / Private/ Private/ Private/ Serjeant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1] 4438 [1] 50142 [1] 5210 [1] 880992 [1] A.B. [1] A/Cpl [1] A/Sgt [1] AM1 [1] Acting AM1(C) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [39] HMS Hindustan [37] Indian Army (T. C.) [14] C Battery Royal Horse Artillery [13] HMS Resolution [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] HMS Royal Sovereign [6] A M P C [5] HMS Emperor of India [5] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] HMS Benbow [3] I C D [3] Labour Corps [3] N C D [3] Royal Engineers [3] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] Alfred C [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] C [2] C A M C [2] C Company [2] C L C [2] C Labour Corps [2] C M A [2] C of Dragoons [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Iron Duke [2] HMS Royal Oak [2] HMS Vindictive [2] K L C B [2] M L C [2] M L C East Africa [2] M P C [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Mrs St C Stobarts Unit (Theatre 1a) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [209] Royal Navy [55] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [42] M [32] G [28] C [25] H [24] D [15] S [15] W [15] P [14] K [12] A [10] F [10] T [10] R [9] J [6] L [6] E [3] N [2] V [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [3] Greece [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Albert Jacka

Born 1893

Died 1932

Australian Imperial Force 11489 Private 14th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Captain

Australian Imperial Force 465 C 14th Batalion

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Frank Albert Rogers

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army Temporary Lieutenant and Quarter Master Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 13469 Corp RAMC Aldershot

British Army 13469 Staff Serjeant I C C S

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Charles Samuel James Duke

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 459089 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 459089 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 8096 Devonshire Regt.

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Alexander Johnston

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 659 Bombardier (Temporary) C Company 25th Infantry Battalion

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James Thompson

British Army 488770 Private C C A C

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Walter Albert Alford

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army a/293888 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Canteen/293888 A/Cpl R A S C Canteens

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Helen Margaret Macdougall

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister C A M C

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Mary Monica Thompson

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister C A M C

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Alexander Hugh Cameron

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 467436 Corporal Acting Serjeant Canadian Infantry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467436 A/Sgt C Company 63rd Battalion

British Army 467436 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Adrian Hubert Graves

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Machine gun c

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Harold Samuel Hadingham

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 39744 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 39744 Gunner 26th Division, C/116th Bde 360th Battery

British Army 39744 Gunner 22nd Division B/101 Bde

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George Wilfred Hager

Born 1880

Died 1971

Canadian Expeditionary Force 474131

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private C E F 44 Battalion C E F

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John Brooks

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy DEV269639 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class H.M. Submarine C.16

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Charles S Ewens

British Army 227643 Private C C R D

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John Weston

British Army 30761 Private C A S C

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Herbert Goodenough King-Hall

Born 1862

Died 1936

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral C-in-C Cape of Good Hope Station

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Oke Eze

British Army S W C C

British Army 2153 Carrier S W C C

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Alfred C Gentry

British Army Royal Field Artillery 880992 Alfred C

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Robert Thomas Dawson

British Army 700 Private I C C L R

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B Buekes

British Army 970 Private 1st C C L Regiment

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