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Private [2370]

Rifleman [249]

Corporal [96]

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Serjeant [75]

Lance Corporal [40]

Driver [25]

Acting Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sapper [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Cor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Barman [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

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Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pri [1]

Private Rifleman [1]

Pte [1]

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Transport Corporal [1]

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London Regiment [2594]

Royal Irish Rifles [2237]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [346]

Army Service Corps [93]

Royal Engineers [46]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [39]

Labour Corps [22]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Royal Irish Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Air Force [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Army Pay Corps [8]

Training Reserve Battalion [8]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

London Irish Rifles [5]

London Regiment London Irish Rifles [5]

London Regiment attached Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Connaught Rangers [4]

London Regiment Irish Rifles [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Attached Royal Irish Rifles [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Irish Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

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British Army [2627]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [275]

B [241]

H [239]

C [232]

M [220]

W [208]

P [136]

R [131]

G [123]

D [112]

T [108]

L [100]

A [95]

F [92]

J [70]

K [61]

E [58]

N [44]

O [35]

V [18]

I [17]

Y [6]

Q [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2618]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

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London [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Folkestone [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Tunbridge Wells [2] Banbury, Oxford [1] Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Battersea [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Blaby, Leicestershire [1] Bow London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brockley, Kent [1] Calcutta, India, Visitor [1] Canterbury Kent [1] Chedzoy, Somerset [1] Chelsea [1] Chelsea, South West London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chipping Norton [1] Cinderford, Gloucestershire [1] City of Westminster, London [1] Clerkenwell, North London [1] County Armagh [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] E Stanton [1] EALING, WEST LONDON [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Emscote, Nth Warwickshire [1] Eversholt, Bedfordshire [1] Framfield [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Goole, Yorkshire (West Riding) [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Harlington [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Islington [1] Islington, North London [1] Kensington, South West London [1] King's Norton, Worcestershire [1] Lambeth Surrey England [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lancaster [1] Leicester [1] Lewisham [1] Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [2370] Rifleman [249] Corporal [96] Second Lieutenant [76] Serjeant [75] Lance Corporal [40] Driver [25] Acting Corporal [23] Lieutenant [22] Captain [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Sapper [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Cor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Barman [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pri [1] Private Rifleman [1] Pte [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [2594] Royal Irish Rifles [2237] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [346] Army Service Corps [93] Royal Engineers [46] Machine Gun Corps [43] Royal Irish Fusiliers [39] Labour Corps [22] Rifle Brigade [21] Royal Fusiliers [21] Royal Irish Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Air Force [16] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Army Pay Corps [8] Training Reserve Battalion [8] Leinster Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [5] London Irish Rifles [5] London Regiment London Irish Rifles [5] London Regiment attached Royal Irish Rifles [5] Training Reserve [5] Connaught Rangers [4] London Regiment Irish Rifles [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [2] Attached Royal Irish Rifles [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Irish Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [2627] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [275] B [241] H [239] C [232] M [220] W [208] P [136] R [131] G [123] D [112] T [108] L [100] A [95] F [92] J [70] K [61] E [58] N [44] O [35] V [18] I [17] Y [6] Q [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2618]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Charles George Rey

Died 1916

British Army 1970 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1970 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

British Army 1970 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Sidney Eric Smith

Died 1916

British Army 1996 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1996 Lance Corporal London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

British Army 1996 Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Frederick Silver

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2932 Serjeant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

British Army 2932 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

British Army 2932 Corporal London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Thomas Richard Sindall

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 351 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 590037 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 590037 Serjeant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Sidney Arthur Thompson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5736 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 593072 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 593072 Serjeant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Charles Eric Windus

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1663 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Hubert Frank Horwood

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 4029 Private London Regiment

British Army 9/43519 Private Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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William Morgan

Died 1917

British Army 594534 Private London Regiment

British Army 594534 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 594534 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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David Ireland

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 20/22602 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Sidney Miller

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1681 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 18th Battalion

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Herbert Callaghan

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4963 Private London Regiment

British Army 4963 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Sydney Wagstaff

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 591508 Private London Regiment

British Army 591508 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Thomas Wanstall

Died 1916

British Army 6303 Private London Regiment

British Army 6303 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Asher James Charles Ward

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2971 Private London Regiment

British Army 2971 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Philip H Darker

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4126 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 4126 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Ernest George Gray

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2476 Serjeant London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 2476 Serjeant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Thomas Dwyer

Died 1915

British Army 1822 Private London Regiment

British Army 1822 Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Ernest Edward Elliott

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 594662 Private London Regiment

British Army 594662 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Hedley W D Jones

Died 1915

British Army 2106 Private London Regiment

British Army 2106 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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James Grant Malcolmson

Born 1862

Died 1914

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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