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Aston, Birmingham [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Briton Ferry [1]

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1]

Bulford, Wiltshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex [1]

Hindustan [1]

Innellan, Argyllshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Lewisham [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

South Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Southgate, Middlesex [1]

Swanscombe, Kent [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1]

Waterlooville [1]

Wells, Somerset [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Wittingham, Sussex [1]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [88]

Private [40]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [19]

Sapper [11]

Signalman [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Colonel [3]

Interpreter [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Cyclist [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major General [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Brigadier General [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet Officer [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain The Reverend [1]

Captain U.S.A.M.C. [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deck Steward [1]

Dragoon [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrician [1]

Unit

London Regiment [62]

Royal Naval Division [52]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [45]

London Division [13]

Royal Engineers [10]

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division: HMS CANADA [9]

RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BLACK PRINCE [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS MALAYA [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT [6]

RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5]

London Division Territorial Army [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division [4]

RNVR London - HMS LION [3]

RNVR London - HMS Superb [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Division Cyclist [2]

London Division Cyclist Company [2]

London Division Cyclist Corps [2]

London Division Supply Column Army Service Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers London Division [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS TIGER [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1st Canadian Division Cyclist [1]

1st Division [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1]

2nd Division Derbyshire [1]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

4 Gorkha Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122]

British Army [110]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

C [24]

S [22]

H [19]

W [19]

M [16]

R [15]

T [14]

A [10]

D [8]

L [8]

P [8]

F [6]

E [5]

G [5]

K [5]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

India [2]

Belgium [1]

Greece [1]

Malta [1]

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People [219] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aston, Birmingham [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Briton Ferry [1] Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1] Bulford, Wiltshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Dublin [1] Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex [1] Hindustan [1] Innellan, Argyllshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Islington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Lewisham [1] Marylebone, London [1] South Lambeth, Surrey [1] Southgate, Middlesex [1] Swanscombe, Kent [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1] Waterlooville [1] Wells, Somerset [1] Whitechapel, London [1] Wittingham, Sussex [1] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [88] Private [40] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [24] Captain [19] Sapper [11] Signalman [10] Lance Corporal [8] Major [8] Ordinary Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sub Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Colonel [3] Interpreter [3] Brigadier General [2] Cyclist [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major General [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Brigadier General [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet Officer [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain The Reverend [1] Captain U.S.A.M.C. [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Deck Steward [1] Dragoon [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Electrician [1]

Unit

London Regiment [62] Royal Naval Division [52] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [45] London Division [13] Royal Engineers [10] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division: HMS CANADA [9] RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BLACK PRINCE [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS MALAYA [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT [6] RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5] London Division Territorial Army [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division [4] RNVR London - HMS LION [3] RNVR London - HMS Superb [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Army Service Corps [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Labour Corps [2] London Division Cyclist [2] London Division Cyclist Company [2] London Division Cyclist Corps [2] London Division Supply Column Army Service Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers London Division [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS TIGER [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1st Canadian Division Cyclist [1] 1st Division [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1] 2nd Division Derbyshire [1] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 4 Gorkha Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122] British Army [110] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] C [24] S [22] H [19] W [19] M [16] R [15] T [14] A [10] D [8] L [8] P [8] F [6] E [5] G [5] K [5] J [2] N [2] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211]

Country

United Kingdom [111] India [2] Belgium [1] Greece [1] Malta [1]

Charles Renton

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2530 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt

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Ivan John Warren

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 8265 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

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Harry Kent Capper

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 5 Training Depot Station, RAF Collyweston

British Army London Regiment (Artists Rifles)

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W G Chapman

British Army 10/3044 Chief Petty Officer Drake Battalion/London Division

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Leon R Gyssels

Born 1895

British Army 3811 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

Other Empire Force Premier Maréchal des Logis - Interprète Belgisch Leger - Tolkenkorps

British Army 3698 Private London Regiment 3/3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford

Born 1865

Died 1953

British Army Brigadier General Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division France

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division Italy

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division, Flanders (Presentation of medals to 10th R.W. Surreys at Steenvoorde)

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Percy Bartholomew

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/ 2686 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Leonard George Worters

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1942 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Harold Slingsby

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/2153 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Frederick William Solly

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/4503 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Frank Vincent Wise

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/2954 Signalman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Charles William Hurell

Born 1892

Royal Navy Z/2181 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/2181 Signalman London Regiment rnvr lond Battalion

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Charles Marsh Read

Born 1896

Royal Navy 1/3199 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London Benbow Battalion

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L Holloway

British Army 637 Serjeant London Division Engineers

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George Hollingbury

British Army 546014 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 2200194 Serjeant London Division

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Herbert Castle Barton Way

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 56th Division

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George C Weston

British Army 957 Sapper London Division Royal Engineers

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Cliff Hanson Abbott

British Army 1915 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Naval Division

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Moses James Hall

British Army 556450 Sapper Royal Engineers London Division

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Henry Charles Kendrick

British Army 349 Cyclist London Division Cyclist Corps

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