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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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Place of birth

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]

Gordon Sheppard

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 7582 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 309 Siege Battery

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Samuel Johnson

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 864 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Attached 303rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Miller Ellis

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Captain Honourable Artillery Company

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Evelyn Charles Ellis

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 1331 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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Horace Arthur Link

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2382 Corporal 2nd Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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Hugh Tindall

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1550 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 1550 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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Arthur Frederick Strong Smallman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1283 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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James Robert Allan

Born 1895

British Army 7137 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 624576 Driver Honourable Artillery Company Royal Horse Artillery Reserve Battery T

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Alexander Johnstone

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4172 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 4172 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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Sterry James Bryan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Acting Captain Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Honourable Artillery Company

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Claude Smart

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 890 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 890 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Harry Norman Verrells

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3365 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 3365 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Reginald Unsworth Green

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 463 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 463 Company Serjeant Major Honourable Artillery Company

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Arthur Edward Gravatt

Died 1917

British Army 4138 Private Honourable Artillery Company 11th Battalion

British Army 4138 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Edgar Hoyle

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 1190 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 1190 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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Charles Frederick Nesham

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army Captain Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Major Honourable Artillery Company

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Howard Samuel Davy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Louis Egbert S Tucker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 463 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Collingwood Battalion

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Cecil James Frederick Abbott

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 125 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 2 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William James Gatward

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7549 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 7549 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 7549 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

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