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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]

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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]

Edgar Charles Thomas Owen

British Army 536520 Private London Division Field Ambulance

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Frank Palmer

British Army 2289 Sapper Royal Engineers London Division

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Leonard Frank Cecil Arnold

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 3rd (city of lond Battalion

Royal Navy London Z/920 Able Seaman Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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Richard Hayward Taylor

Died 1917

British Army A/10974 Sapper Canadian Division

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army A/10974 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

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Henry Ernest Lewis Jones

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/5629 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division

Royal Navy London Z/5629 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: SS Feltria (London)

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Ira Towner

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/8730 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division

Royal Navy Z/8730 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS Vivid

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Charles Cattell

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10241 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division HMS London

Royal Navy PLY/10241 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS London

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Walter Briggs

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 7891 Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 7891 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/7891 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS London

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Ernest Edward Watts

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13785 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/13785 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "London."

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Lionel Forbes Ashburner

Born 1874

Died 1923

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers commanding 23rd (s) battalion royal fusiliers (first Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Hayes

British Army T666 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 546046 Lance Corporal London Division Territorial Army

British Army 2200193 Lance Corporal London Division Territorial Army

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Norbert Joseph Mccrory

Born 1892

Died 1945

Royal Navy 1183 Leading Stoker HMAS Australia

Royal Navy 1183 Leading Stoker HMS Thetis

Royal Navy 1183 Ordinary Seaman Royal Australian Navy

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Archibald R Turner

British Army 470 Cyclist London Division Cyclist Corps

British Army 8562 Private London Regiment

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Edward Albert Brookbank Chandler

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 1/17th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 47th Division

British Army Captain London Regiment 3/17th reserve lond Battalion

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Frank Read

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1/2203 Leading Seaman RNVR London - HMS LION

Royal Navy 1/2203 Able Seaman RNVR London Division - HMS LION

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Eric Dalrymple Payne

Born 1895

Royal Navy London 8/3526 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 8/3526 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

Royal Navy 3526 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (London) - SS John H Barry

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Francis Frederick Chick

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 10175 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

British Army 260 Private London Regiment

British Army Drummer Devon Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Cooper

Born 1877

Royal Navy Z/3136 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/3136 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Temeraire

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Horace Martin Simmons

Born 1894

Royal Navy 2828 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/2828 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Hercules

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Alfred Edwin Bastone

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/2230 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/2230 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Nottingham

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