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Islington, London [5]

London [5]

Paddington, London [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Camberwell, London [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Westminster, London [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dulwich, London [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Maidstone England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Port-of-Spain [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Southall, Middlesex [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Stepney, Middlesex [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Sydenham, Kent [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

13 Threlfall Street, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alsager, Cheshire England [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [232]

Second Lieutenant [133]

Private [107]

Captain [100]

Probationary Flight Officer [94]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [77]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [75]

Able Seaman [73]

Corporal [47]

Ordinary Seaman [44]

Flight Lieutenant [42]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [36]

Sub Lieutenant [35]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [33]

Serjeant [33]

Leading Mechanic [30]

Major [29]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [26]

Private 2nd Class [26]

Petty Officer [23]

Sapper [22]

Private 1st Class [20]

Aircraftman 1st Class [19]

Flying Officer [18]

Corporal Mechanic [17]

Petty Officer Mechanic [17]

Squadron Leader [17]

Able Seaman Driver [16]

Flight Commander [16]

Group Captain [13]

Temporary Captain [13]

Wing Commander [13]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [12]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Sergeant [12]

Air Commodore [11]

Air Mechanic [10]

Leading Seaman [10]

Acting Captain [9]

Lieutenant Commander [9]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Driver [7]

Pilot Officer [7]

Air Vice-Marshal [6]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [6]

Assistant Paymaster [6]

Chief Motor Mechanic [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Unit

Royal Air Force [764]

Royal Naval Air Service [616]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [167]

Royal Naval Reserve [57]

Royal Naval Division [56]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [31]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [30]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

Naval Force [22]

Royal Flying Corps [18]

London Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [9]

General List [6]

HMS President II [6]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [6]

Naval Forces [5]

Nyasaland Field Force [5]

President II [5]

British Red Cross Society [4]

Citizen Military Force [4]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Australian Navy [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

13th Field Artillery Brigade [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3]

Royal Air Force Reserve [3]

Royal Australian Naval Reserves (O) [3]

1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS "Daedalus" [2]

HMS ENGADINE [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Tregantle [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [601]

Royal Navy [593]

British Army [411]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [130]

S [100]

H [99]

C [73]

W [70]

M [62]

G [51]

P [49]

L [42]

A [41]

D [40]

R [38]

T [38]

F [26]

J [23]

E [20]

K [20]

N [15]

V [12]

O [8]

U [3]

I [2]

Q [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [940]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225]

Canada [14]

Australia [7]

United States [7]

New Zealand [4]

South Africa [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

Ecuador [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malaysia [1]

Nigeria [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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People [967] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Islington, London [5] London [5] Paddington, London [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Kensington, London [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Camberwell, London [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Westminster, London [3] Aberdeen [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cambridge [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dulwich, London [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Maidstone England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Port-of-Spain [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Southall, Middlesex [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Stepney, Middlesex [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Sydenham, Kent [2] Wandsworth, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] 13 Threlfall Street, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alsager, Cheshire England [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [232] Second Lieutenant [133] Private [107] Captain [100] Probationary Flight Officer [94] Air Mechanic 1st Class [77] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [75] Able Seaman [73] Corporal [47] Ordinary Seaman [44] Flight Lieutenant [42] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [36] Sub Lieutenant [35] Flight Sub Lieutenant [33] Serjeant [33] Leading Mechanic [30] Major [29] Aircraftman 2nd Class [26] Private 2nd Class [26] Petty Officer [23] Sapper [22] Private 1st Class [20] Aircraftman 1st Class [19] Flying Officer [18] Corporal Mechanic [17] Petty Officer Mechanic [17] Squadron Leader [17] Able Seaman Driver [16] Flight Commander [16] Group Captain [13] Temporary Captain [13] Wing Commander [13] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [12] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [12] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Sergeant [12] Air Commodore [11] Air Mechanic [10] Leading Seaman [10] Acting Captain [9] Lieutenant Commander [9] Boy 2nd Class [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Driver [7] Pilot Officer [7] Air Vice-Marshal [6] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [6] Assistant Paymaster [6] Chief Motor Mechanic [6] Chief Petty Officer [6]

Unit

Royal Air Force [764] Royal Naval Air Service [616] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [167] Royal Naval Reserve [57] Royal Naval Division [56] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [31] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [30] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [29] Royal Engineers [28] Naval Force [22] Royal Flying Corps [18] London Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [9] General List [6] HMS President II [6] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [6] Naval Forces [5] Nyasaland Field Force [5] President II [5] British Red Cross Society [4] Citizen Military Force [4] HMS President II (Tregantle) [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Australian Navy [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached Royal Naval Air Service [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 13th Field Artillery Brigade [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3] Royal Air Force Reserve [3] Royal Australian Naval Reserves (O) [3] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Australian Flying Corps [2] Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS "Daedalus" [2] HMS ENGADINE [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Tregantle [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [601] Royal Navy [593] British Army [411] Australian Imperial Force [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [130] S [100] H [99] C [73] W [70] M [62] G [51] P [49] L [42] A [41] D [40] R [38] T [38] F [26] J [23] E [20] K [20] N [15] V [12] O [8] U [3] I [2] Q [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [940] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225] Canada [14] Australia [7] United States [7] New Zealand [4] South Africa [2] Trinidad and Tobago [2] Ecuador [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Malaysia [1] Nigeria [1] Sri Lanka [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

Cornelius Jackson

British Army 3/4918 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army F 334090 Private Royal Naval Air Service

British Army 233490 Private Royal Air Force

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William Lewis Reeves

British Army 2212 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 9065 Private The Queen's Regiment

Royal Navy 653/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Ernest Tertius Decimus Fletcher

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain Middlesex Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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P Goodman

British Army K.P.304 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

British Army K.P.304 Private 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Territorial Force

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Walter Harold Ferguson Mattinson

Born 1886

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Joseph Watts Lethbridge

British Army Able Seaman Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Ossulston

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army Captain Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force

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