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Greenwich [2]

Alnmouth, Northumberland [1]

Auckland [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Berriew, Montgomeryshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clapton [1]

Crondall, Hampshire [1]

Durham, Sunderland [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Forest Gate [1]

Fulham [1]

Fulham London [1]

Hall Green, Worcs [1]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

London [1]

Magbern, Co. Derry [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Maldon Essex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middlesbrough [1]

Midhurst Sussex England [1]

Ock Lea House, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Poplar [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Romford Essex [1]

Romford, Essex [1]

Romiley, Cheshire [1]

Southgate, London [1]

Southwick, London [1]

St Johns Wood, London [1]

Sydenham, Lewisham, London [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Walworth, London [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Whitgift, Goole [1]

Rank

Private [710]

Second Lieutenant [269]

Lieutenant [94]

Serjeant [63]

Captain [53]

Corporal [48]

Lance Corporal [32]

Drummer [21]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Acting Corporal [16]

Major [10]

Sapper [10]

Driver [9]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Major [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Private/ Lieutenant/ Private [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Lieutenant [1]

Captain Staff Captain [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Since Commissioned [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major Warrant Office Class 2 [1]

Corpor [1]

Unit

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [838]

Honourable Artillery Company [225]

Royal Engineers [77]

Labour Corps [57]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal Air Force [22]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

London Regiment [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

General List [3]

Honourable Artillery Company attached Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [955]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

S [96]

H [94]

B [91]

M [85]

W [84]

C [68]

P [61]

R [52]

L [49]

G [43]

F [37]

T [33]

A [32]

D [21]

J [20]

K [19]

E [17]

O [15]

V [13]

N [11]

I [7]

Q [3]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [955]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

United States [1]

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People [955] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Greenwich [2] Alnmouth, Northumberland [1] Auckland [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Berriew, Montgomeryshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clapton [1] Crondall, Hampshire [1] Durham, Sunderland [1] Eastbourne [1] Edinburgh [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Forest Gate [1] Fulham [1] Fulham London [1] Hall Green, Worcs [1] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] London [1] Magbern, Co. Derry [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Maldon Essex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middlesbrough [1] Midhurst Sussex England [1] Ock Lea House, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Paddington, London [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Poplar [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Romford Essex [1] Romford, Essex [1] Romiley, Cheshire [1] Southgate, London [1] Southwick, London [1] St Johns Wood, London [1] Sydenham, Lewisham, London [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Walworth, London [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Whitgift, Goole [1]

Rank

Private [710] Second Lieutenant [269] Lieutenant [94] Serjeant [63] Captain [53] Corporal [48] Lance Corporal [32] Drummer [21] Acting Serjeant [18] Acting Corporal [16] Major [10] Sapper [10] Driver [9] Private Acting Lance Corporal [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Captain [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Major [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Private/ Lieutenant/ Private [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt [1] Acting [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Captain Staff Captain [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Since Commissioned [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major Warrant Office Class 2 [1] Corpor [1]

Unit

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [838] Honourable Artillery Company [225] Royal Engineers [77] Labour Corps [57] Machine Gun Corps [40] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Fusiliers [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal Air Force [22] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Munster Fusiliers [15] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Field Artillery [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] London Regiment [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Tank Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [5] Military Foot Police [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] General List [3] Honourable Artillery Company attached Somerset Light Infantry [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [955] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

S [96] H [94] B [91] M [85] W [84] C [68] P [61] R [52] L [49] G [43] F [37] T [33] A [32] D [21] J [20] K [19] E [17] O [15] V [13] N [11] I [7] Q [3] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [955]

Country

United Kingdom [35] United States [1]

Herbert James Simpson

British Army 4641 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Reserve of Officers

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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Sydney Charles Skelt

British Army 5346 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Reginald E Slater

British Army 11548 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 146823 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Guilford Alfred Coles

British Army 6621 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry

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J Atkins

British Army 1467 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Reserve Battalion King's Shopshire Light Infantry

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Gordon E Warburton

British Army 5119 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 567911 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR/177927 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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George P Bainbridge

British Army 2622 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 567926 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/177932 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Cohen

British Army 1705 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 21334 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army GS/132623 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William J Baxter

British Army M/22 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 20472 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Robert H Carpenter

British Army 6774 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 567927 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/177933 Private Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Lawson Dell

British Army 2579 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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E H Jones

British Army 3440 Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 3440 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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William F Mcqueen

British Army 2846 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 197889 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 175160 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leslie John Mann

British Army 1738 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Noel John Margetts

British Army 4837 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment attached Manchester Regiment

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Herbert Elton-Marks

British Army 3467 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 3467 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Entrenching Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Harry Marshall

British Army 3347 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Thomas Martin

British Army 5087 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 307697 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/307697 Private Royal Engineers

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John M Foxon

British Army 9360 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 59610 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Eric Randle Humphris

British Army 4279 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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