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London [5]

Kensington, London [4]

Battersea, London [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Islington [2]

10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1]

51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1]

62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Alsager Cheshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Bedford [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Camberwell [1]

Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Chelsmford, Essex [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Claines, Worcestershire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Elstree, Hertfordshire [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Fulham [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Glendevon, Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Havinne [1]

Highbury, Islington, London [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hill Road, Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hounslow [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, North London [1]

Jaraidaile [1]

Rank

Private [2411]

Second Lieutenant [352]

Serjeant [274]

Corporal [262]

Lieutenant [248]

Lance Corporal [160]

Captain [118]

Major [44]

Acting Corporal [34]

Acting Serjeant [26]

Sapper [22]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21]

Trooper [21]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Rifleman [14]

Staff Serjeant Major [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Gunner [12]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Driver [10]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Private Acting Corporal [9]

Squadron Serjeant Major [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Private Acting Serjeant [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Captain and Adjutant [4]

Colonel [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private/ Private [4]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846]

Machine Gun Corps [759]

Corps of Hussars [571]

County of London Regiment [300]

Royal Engineers [125]

London Regiment [118]

Middlesex Regiment [99]

Tank Corps [87]

Army Service Corps [85]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85]

York and Lancaster Regiment [85]

Royal Air Force [72]

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Labour Corps [67]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [56]

Military Mounted Police [46]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Imperial Camel Corps [34]

City of London Yeomanry [30]

Royal Flying Corps [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

County Of London Regiment [18]

Hussars [15]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

County of London [13]

County of London Rifles [13]

Dorset Yeomanry [13]

Dragoon Guards [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

County Of London Yeomanry [12]

Corps of Dragoons [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Essex Yeomanry [9]

Labour Corps ex County of London Regiment [9]

Military Foot Police [9]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Fusiliers/County of London Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Westminster Dragoons [7]

Corps of Lancers [6]

County of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [3349]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [427]

S [415]

M [356]

H [303]

P [301]

T [238]

R [232]

L [186]

D [135]

J [113]

K [92]

F [83]

E [77]

C [71]

N [67]

O [53]

B [45]

V [39]

G [37]

A [26]

Y [20]

I [17]

U [9]

Q [6]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3346]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

India [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [3349] Stories Communities

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London [5] Kensington, London [4] Battersea, London [2] Fulham, London [2] Islington [2] 10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1] 51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1] 62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Alsager Cheshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Bedford [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bow, East London [1] Buenos Aires [1] Camberwell [1] Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Chelsmford, Essex [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Claines, Worcestershire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Clapton, Middlesex [1] Elstree, Hertfordshire [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Fulham [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Glendevon, Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Havinne [1] Highbury, Islington, London [1] Highbury, London [1] Hill Road, Clevedon, Somerset [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hounslow [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, North London [1] Jaraidaile [1]

Rank

Private [2411] Second Lieutenant [352] Serjeant [274] Corporal [262] Lieutenant [248] Lance Corporal [160] Captain [118] Major [44] Acting Corporal [34] Acting Serjeant [26] Sapper [22] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21] Trooper [21] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Rifleman [14] Staff Serjeant Major [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Gunner [12] Lance Serjeant [12] Driver [10] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Private Acting Corporal [9] Squadron Serjeant Major [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Farrier Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trumpeter [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Private Acting Serjeant [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Captain and Adjutant [4] Colonel [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private/ Private [4] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846] Machine Gun Corps [759] Corps of Hussars [571] County of London Regiment [300] Royal Engineers [125] London Regiment [118] Middlesex Regiment [99] Tank Corps [87] Army Service Corps [85] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85] York and Lancaster Regiment [85] Royal Air Force [72] Royal Field Artillery [69] Labour Corps [67] Royal Lancaster Regiment [56] Military Mounted Police [46] Royal Fusiliers [42] Imperial Camel Corps [34] City of London Yeomanry [30] Royal Flying Corps [30] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] County Of London Regiment [18] Hussars [15] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] County of London [13] County of London Rifles [13] Dorset Yeomanry [13] Dragoon Guards [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] County Of London Yeomanry [12] Corps of Dragoons [10] Essex Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Essex Yeomanry [9] Labour Corps ex County of London Regiment [9] Military Foot Police [9] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Fusiliers/County of London Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Westminster Dragoons [7] Corps of Lancers [6] County of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [6] Durham Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [3349] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [427] S [415] M [356] H [303] P [301] T [238] R [232] L [186] D [135] J [113] K [92] F [83] E [77] C [71] N [67] O [53] B [45] V [39] G [37] A [26] Y [20] I [17] U [9] Q [6] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3346]

Country

United Kingdom [64] India [2] France [1] Ireland [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1]

Henry Skermer

British Army 1828 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 151688 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 15863 Lance Corporal County of London Yeomanry

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Ernest Rogers

British Army 2566 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 151659 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 315439 Private County of London Yeomanry

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R A Beckett

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain Commands and Staff

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Leonard G Hiscocks

British Army 920046 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 3486 Driver London Regiment

British Army 3823 Driver County of London Yeomanry

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Ronald Cameron Syme

British Army Temporary Lieutenant County of London Royal Fusiliers

British Army Acting Captain Base Motor Transport Depot

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Base Motor Transport Depot

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Henry C P Teakle

British Army 25961 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 1724 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 33081 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Sidney John David Woodyear

British Army 1192 Private County of London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment attached Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment attached Inland Waterways and Docks

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Arthur Henry Leveson Thomson

British Army 1714 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps attached Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps attached Royal Air Force

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C D Laker

British Army 1535 Private London Regiment

British Army 1535 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 1535 Private Machine Gun Corps

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