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Birchington Kent [2]

Cambridge [2]

Handsworth, Staffs [2]

Islington, London [2]

Saint John, New Brunswick [2]

"Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1]

158 Mercers Road, Islington [1]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1]

Barry, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1]

Belafst [1]

Benares [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bridgewater Nova Scotia [1]

Cape Colony [1]

Cawood, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Chalford, Gloucestershire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Corse Grange, Gloucester [1]

Darwen, Blackburn [1]

Dumbleton, near Mackay, Queensland [1]

Durham [1]

East Rudham, Norfolk [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ebony, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Fulham [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Haddington [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Kensington,London. [1]

Kentucky [1]

Kersal, Manchester [1]

Kibworth Harcourt [1]

Kings Barns Fife [1]

Leeds Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Lichfield [1]

Lichfield, Staffs [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

London. [1]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [464]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [198]

Private [150]

Lieutenant [109]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [57]

Temporary Lieutenant [43]

Captain [42]

Corporal [42]

Temporary Captain [34]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28]

Serjeant [26]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Cadet [5]

Gunner [5]

Major [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Flying Officer [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Driver [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

2 Lieutenant [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Commander; Acting Conductor [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Mechanic, First Class [1]

Air Mechanic, Second Class [1]

Air mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer/Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps [541]

General List [476]

General List and Royal Flying Corps [93]

General List Royal Flying Corps [92]

London Regiment [35]

General List/Royal Flying Corps [31]

Royal Fusiliers [27]

Royal Air Force [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Imperial Army [18]

General List/ Royal Flying Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

General List attached Royal Flying Corps [15]

Royal Flying Corps General List [14]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [8]

Canadian Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Flying Corps and General List [7]

General List and Royal Air Force [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Canadian Field Artillery [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Officer Training Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

General List (RFC) [2]

General List (Royal Flying Corps) [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Inns of Court OTC [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [770]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [6]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [90]

C [79]

B [73]

S [71]

H [68]

F [38]

W [38]

R [37]

G [35]

D [34]

T [34]

P [33]

L [30]

J [22]

A [21]

N [20]

K [18]

E [15]

O [9]

I [4]

V [4]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [774]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Canada [7]

South Africa [3]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Birchington Kent [2] Cambridge [2] Handsworth, Staffs [2] Islington, London [2] Saint John, New Brunswick [2] "Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1] 158 Mercers Road, Islington [1] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1] Barry, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1] Belafst [1] Benares [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bridgewater Nova Scotia [1] Cape Colony [1] Cawood, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Chalford, Gloucestershire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Corse Grange, Gloucester [1] Darwen, Blackburn [1] Dumbleton, near Mackay, Queensland [1] Durham [1] East Rudham, Norfolk [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ebony, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Fulham [1] Fulham, London [1] Haddington [1] Hampstead London [1] Herefordshire [1] Kensington,London. [1] Kentucky [1] Kersal, Manchester [1] Kibworth Harcourt [1] Kings Barns Fife [1] Leeds Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] Lichfield [1] Lichfield, Staffs [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] London. [1] Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [464] Temporary Second Lieutenant [198] Private [150] Lieutenant [109] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [57] Temporary Lieutenant [43] Captain [42] Corporal [42] Temporary Captain [34] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28] Serjeant [26] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Cadet [5] Gunner [5] Major [5] Temporary Major [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Flying Officer [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Driver [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Trooper [2] 2 Lieutenant [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1] 2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Commander; Acting Conductor [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Mechanic, First Class [1] Air Mechanic, Second Class [1] Air mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer/Serjeant [1] Bugler [1]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps [541] General List [476] General List and Royal Flying Corps [93] General List Royal Flying Corps [92] London Regiment [35] General List/Royal Flying Corps [31] Royal Fusiliers [27] Royal Air Force [22] Army Service Corps [20] Imperial Army [18] General List/ Royal Flying Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] General List attached Royal Flying Corps [15] Royal Flying Corps General List [14] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [8] Canadian Army Service Corps [7] Royal Flying Corps and General List [7] General List and Royal Air Force [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Canadian Field Artillery [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Officer Training Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Canadian Infantry [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] General List (RFC) [2] General List (Royal Flying Corps) [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Inns of Court OTC [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [770] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [6] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [90] C [79] B [73] S [71] H [68] F [38] W [38] R [37] G [35] D [34] T [34] P [33] L [30] J [22] A [21] N [20] K [18] E [15] O [9] I [4] V [4] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [774]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Canada [7] South Africa [3] Ireland [2] Australia [1] France [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Alan Lindsay Wylie

British Army L2/1019 Able Seaman Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attached Royal Flying Corps

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Herbert Walter Chattaway

British Army 239 Bombardier 1/1st Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Captain General List

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Herbert James Scales

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List/Royal Flying Corps

British Army 2290 Trooper City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2290 Lance-Corporal City of London Yeomanry

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George Frederick Charles Matthews

British Army 838 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270577 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270577 Private General List

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John Lionel Salway

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army 446659 Private Canadian Infantry

British Army 446659 Serjeant Canadian Infantry

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Foster Weston Rhude

British Army 22813 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps

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Howard Stanley Nolan

British Army Canadian Field Artillery

British Army 41254 Bombardier Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Flying Corps

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Albert Christie Blackwell

British Army 9399 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd northst Battalion

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Sydney William Crawford

British Army 3587 Warrant Officer Class 1 Irish Guards

British Army 3587 Corporal 1st Battalion Irish Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Henry Wilkins

British Army 16546 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Henry Vincent Batten

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps General List

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army Temporary Captain King's African Rifles

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Herbert J Scales

British Army 2290 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain General List

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John Herbert Cock

British Army 10/305 Private 1st Company Wellington Infantry Regiment

British Army 25/952 Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd rifle brigade new zealand Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps

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Eric Hamilton

British Army 13333 Private 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 13333 Private Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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E H C Lillicrap

British Army Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant General List Inland Water Transport

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John Lightoller

British Army 21889 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 8143 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 398143 Corporal Royal Engineers

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