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London [5]

Camberwell, London [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Hendon, Middlesex [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Brixton, London [3]

Islington [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Chiswick [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Paddington [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Watford [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Willesden [2]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Arthuret, Cumberland [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bedford [1]

Bengal [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bexley [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

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Bloefield [1]

Boston, Lincs [1]

Bow [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

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Brixton,Lambeth,London [1]

Brockley [1]

Burnley [1]

Burnley, Lanashire [1]

Bushey, Hertfordshire [1]

Camberwell [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Catford, Kent [1]

Charing Cross, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Private [451]

Rifleman [393]

Lance Corporal [69]

Corporal [65]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Serjeant [42]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sergeant [2]

ALIAS Rifleman [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Major [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1]

Rifleman/Private [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [623]

London Regiment [581]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Queen Victoria's Rifles [5]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3]

London Regiment/Queen Victoria's Rifles [3]

Border Regiment [2]

County of London/London Regiment/Queen Victoria's Rifles [2]

London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles [2]

London Regiment/ Queen Victoria's Rifles [2]

11th King's Royal Rifles [1]

Artists Rifles, Officer Training Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

City of London Queen Victoria Rifles [1]

City of London Rifles [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Country London Regiment [1]

County of London (Queen Victoria's) Regiment [1]

County of London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifes) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Natal Mounted Rifles [1]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Queen Victoria's Rifles attached Air Force [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Automobile Club [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Territorial Force [1]

The London Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [640]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [77]

S [76]

H [60]

W [51]

C [49]

M [46]

F [34]

L [33]

P [33]

D [27]

R [27]

T [26]

G [25]

A [17]

J [17]

E [11]

K [10]

N [10]

V [4]

O [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [634]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

London [5] Camberwell, London [4] Hackney, London [4] Hendon, Middlesex [4] Paddington, London [4] Brixton, London [3] Islington [3] Marylebone, London [3] Chiswick [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Hampstead, London [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Paddington [2] Poplar, London [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Watford [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Willesden [2] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Arthuret, Cumberland [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bedford [1] Bengal [1] Bermondsey [1] Bexley [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Blackheath London [1] Bloefield [1] Boston, Lincs [1] Bow [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Brixton,Lambeth,London [1] Brockley [1] Burnley [1] Burnley, Lanashire [1] Bushey, Hertfordshire [1] Camberwell [1] Camberwell London [1] Cambridge [1] Catford, Kent [1] Charing Cross, London [1] Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Private [451] Rifleman [393] Lance Corporal [69] Corporal [65] Second Lieutenant [46] Serjeant [42] Captain [17] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Company Serjeant Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sergeant [2] ALIAS Rifleman [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honorary Captain [1] Major [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1] Rifleman/Private [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/ Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [623] London Regiment [581] Middlesex Regiment [20] Queen Victoria's Rifles [5] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3] London Regiment/Queen Victoria's Rifles [3] Border Regiment [2] County of London/London Regiment/Queen Victoria's Rifles [2] London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles [2] London Regiment/ Queen Victoria's Rifles [2] 11th King's Royal Rifles [1] Artists Rifles, Officer Training Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] City of London Queen Victoria Rifles [1] City of London Rifles [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Country London Regiment [1] County of London (Queen Victoria's) Regiment [1] County of London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifes) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Natal Mounted Rifles [1] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1] Queen Victoria's Rifles attached Air Force [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Automobile Club [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Territorial Force [1] The London Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [640] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [77] S [76] H [60] W [51] C [49] M [46] F [34] L [33] P [33] D [27] R [27] T [26] G [25] A [17] J [17] E [11] K [10] N [10] V [4] O [3] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [634]

Country

United Kingdom [90] Ireland [1]

Douglas Edward Wells

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2380 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Arthur Revely Williams Gunnell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2760 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Alfred George Perrott

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3186 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Walter Ernest Peagam

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2759 Lance Serjeant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Gilbert Norwood Harris

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2830 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Lionel William Taylor

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2414 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Cecil Buckler Fielder

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1231 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Reginald Harry Larkin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2890 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Bertrand J Davies

Died 1916

British Army 1925 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Leslie Eaton Terry

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1858 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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John Alfred Stephenson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3784 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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George Arthur Penney

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2814 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Herbert John Albert Little

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4825 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Frederick George Rowland

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 394625 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Francis Frampton

Died 1916

British Army 4849 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 3rd/9th Battalion

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Alfred Verney Brewer

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4407 Rifleman London Regiment Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Sydney Clarence Collier

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 392030 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 392030 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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Hubert Barnett Downie

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 390697 Private London Regiment

British Army 3040 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Henry George Easterbrook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Frank Massey

Died 1917

British Army 415260 Private London Regiment

British Army 415260 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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