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London [12]

Camberwell, London [4]

Edmonton, Middlesex [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Clapham, London [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Eastbourne [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Enfield, Middlesex [3]

Finchley, Middlesex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Lewisham [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Woolwich, London [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Brighton [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brockley [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Camberwell [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Catford [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Dulwich [2]

Enfield [2]

Forest Gate, Essex [2]

Greenwich [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Islington [2]

Kensington [2]

Lambeth [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [2]

Streatham [2]

Streatham, Surrey [2]

Sydenham, Lewisham, London [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Wood Green, Middlesex [2]

2 Chesham Street, Belgravia, London [1]

4 Dresden Road, Islington, Middlesex [1]

55 Albany Road, Cardiff [1]

Rank

Private [6100]

Second Lieutenant [1446]

Gunner [1220]

Lieutenant [899]

Driver [806]

Serjeant [473]

Captain [442]

Corporal [441]

Lance Corporal [183]

Bombardier [133]

Acting Corporal [98]

Acting Serjeant [95]

Major [94]

Acting Captain [51]

Acting Bombardier [50]

Temporary Lieutenant [44]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [37]

Drummer [34]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [32]

Sapper [30]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [29]

Company Serjeant Major [28]

Acting Lance Corporal [25]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [20]

Lance Serjeant [20]

Pioneer [20]

Temporary Captain [20]

Colour Serjeant [19]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14]

Battery Serjeant Major [13]

Acting Lance Serjeant [12]

Acting Major [12]

Sergeant [12]

Farrier Serjeant [11]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Commissary [8]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [8]

Lieutenant and Captain [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

2nd Lieutenant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Flight Cadet [7]

Lance Sergeant [7]

Lieutenant Captain [7]

Private Lance Corporal [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant Captain [6]

Signaller [6]

Unit

Honourable Artillery Company [7911]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1153]

Royal Field Artillery [1085]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [838]

Royal Engineers [187]

Royal Air Force [159]

Labour Corps [158]

London Regiment [130]

Royal Garrison Artillery [125]

Royal Sussex Regiment [121]

Machine Gun Corps [116]

Royal Fusiliers [88]

Royal Flying Corps [83]

Army Service Corps [75]

Tank Corps [68]

Middlesex Regiment [53]

Essex Regiment [51]

Royal Army Service Corps [48]

Royal Horse Artillery [45]

Army Pay Corps [42]

Suffolk Regiment [34]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Defence Corps [31]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

Hampshire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [23]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

East Kent Regiment [21]

General List [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [19]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Indian Army [16]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [9942]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Royal Navy [25]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1013]

H [967]

S [945]

C [777]

W [772]

M [735]

P [603]

G [514]

R [490]

L [458]

T [438]

D [405]

F [365]

J [287]

A [279]

E [235]

K [194]

N [180]

O [99]

V [69]

Y [42]

I [40]

Q [16]

U [16]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [9921]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [361]

Jamaica [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

Singapore [1]

Switzerland [1]

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London [12] Camberwell, London [4] Edmonton, Middlesex [4] Kensington, London [4] Clapham, London [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Eastbourne [3] Edinburgh [3] Enfield, Middlesex [3] Finchley, Middlesex [3] Islington, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] Lewisham [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Woolwich, London [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Brighton [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brockley [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Camberwell [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Catford [2] Chelsea, London [2] Dulwich [2] Enfield [2] Forest Gate, Essex [2] Greenwich [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hertford, Hertfordshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Islington [2] Kensington [2] Lambeth [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Paddington, London [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [2] Streatham [2] Streatham, Surrey [2] Sydenham, Lewisham, London [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Wood Green, Middlesex [2] 2 Chesham Street, Belgravia, London [1] 4 Dresden Road, Islington, Middlesex [1] 55 Albany Road, Cardiff [1]

Rank

Private [6100] Second Lieutenant [1446] Gunner [1220] Lieutenant [899] Driver [806] Serjeant [473] Captain [442] Corporal [441] Lance Corporal [183] Bombardier [133] Acting Corporal [98] Acting Serjeant [95] Major [94] Acting Captain [51] Acting Bombardier [50] Temporary Lieutenant [44] Warrant Officer Class 2 [37] Drummer [34] Temporary Second Lieutenant [32] Sapper [30] Lieutenant Acting Captain [29] Company Serjeant Major [28] Acting Lance Corporal [25] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [20] Lance Serjeant [20] Pioneer [20] Temporary Captain [20] Colour Serjeant [19] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14] Battery Serjeant Major [13] Acting Lance Serjeant [12] Acting Major [12] Sergeant [12] Farrier Serjeant [11] Private Acting Lance Corporal [9] Commissary [8] Gunner Acting Bombardier [8] Lieutenant and Captain [8] Staff Serjeant [8] 2nd Lieutenant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Flight Cadet [7] Lance Sergeant [7] Lieutenant Captain [7] Private Lance Corporal [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Private Acting Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant Captain [6] Signaller [6]

Unit

Honourable Artillery Company [7911] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1153] Royal Field Artillery [1085] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [838] Royal Engineers [187] Royal Air Force [159] Labour Corps [158] London Regiment [130] Royal Garrison Artillery [125] Royal Sussex Regiment [121] Machine Gun Corps [116] Royal Fusiliers [88] Royal Flying Corps [83] Army Service Corps [75] Tank Corps [68] Middlesex Regiment [53] Essex Regiment [51] Royal Army Service Corps [48] Royal Horse Artillery [45] Army Pay Corps [42] Suffolk Regiment [34] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] Royal Defence Corps [31] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] Hampshire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] East Surrey Regiment [26] Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Rifle Brigade [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Munster Fusiliers [23] South Wales Borderers [23] Norfolk Regiment [22] East Kent Regiment [21] General List [21] Wiltshire Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal West Surrey Regiment [19] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Indian Army [16] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [9942] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Royal Navy [25] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1013] H [967] S [945] C [777] W [772] M [735] P [603] G [514] R [490] L [458] T [438] D [405] F [365] J [287] A [279] E [235] K [194] N [180] O [99] V [69] Y [42] I [40] Q [16] U [16] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [9921] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [361] Jamaica [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] United States [2] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1] Singapore [1] Switzerland [1]

Guy Cassie

British Army Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2nd Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 3rd argyll and Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 3rd argyll and Battalion

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Alfred Louis Cocke

British Army 371 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Charles V Burgess

British Army 4869 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army 24924 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 567940 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Spencer Saul Butler

British Army 2871 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 2871 Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Joshua Henry Whiteley

British Army 9173 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Joseph Snape

British Army 4875 Company Quarter Master Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant and Major South Staffordshire Regiment attached Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Major Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard James Reece

British Army Royal Defence Corps Coastal Defence

British Army Surgeon Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Honourable Artillery Company

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Hugh Reynolds

British Army 1879 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Herbert Charles Roberts

British Army 1179 Private Honourable Artillery Company East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant and Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Philip Vaughan Roberts

British Army 2125 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Herbert Victor Perrin

British Army 2162 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

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Fredeger James Kennedy

British Army 4427 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant The Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Captain The Royal Munster Fusiliers

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S L Kind

British Army E/164/ / 6825126 Private/ Captain/ Serjeant Royal Fusiliers Regiment/ York and Lancaster Regiment/ Honourable Artillery Company Infantr

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Stanley Lancaster Kind

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Staff Captain Infantry Brigade Headquarters

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Francis E R Hewetson

British Army 499 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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Francis A Higgins

British Army 402 Wheeler Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Robert William Lewis Hill

British Army 4671 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment attached Royal West Kent Regiment

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Alfred Sydney Newborn

British Army 3166 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Alexander Robert Mcclure

British Army 2783 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant General List Attached Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Alexander Duncan Mcdonald

British Army Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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