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Chelsea, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Ashbrook Towers, Cheshire [1]

Ballyporeen, Tipperary [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Beulah Villa, Wimbledon, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Worcestershire [1]

Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bromyard, Worcestershire [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire,England [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Carleton in Craven [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Chudleigh, Devon [1]

Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucester [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Deanby Edinburgh [1]

Douglas [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Dunoon, Argyllshire [1]

Durham, South Africa [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Frankby, Cheshire [1]

Gainsborough, Lancashire [1]

Garforth, Yorkshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goole [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [68]

Captain [41]

Able Seaman [34]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Ordinary Seaman [30]

Private [18]

Sub Lieutenant [17]

Flight Lieutenant [13]

Probationary Flight Officer [11]

Squadron Leader [11]

Major [10]

Pilot Officer [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [7]

Chief Motor Mechanic [6]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [6]

Flying Officer [6]

Lieutenant RNVR [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Signalman [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal Mechanic [3]

Flight Sergeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [3]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer Mechanic [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Acting Wing Commander [2]

Air Commodore [2]

Air Marshall [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman Class Two [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Corporal [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Group Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Motor Mechanic [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [166]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [153]

Royal Naval Air Service [59]

Royal Naval Division [27]

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve [15]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Army Service Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

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

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

HMS President II [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Middlesex Yeomanry [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Yorkshire Dragoons [2]

17th Lancers [1]

20th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company [1]

3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Volunteer Hospital [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

City Of London Yeomanry [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Civilian Motor Driver [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Divisional Supply Column [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Exam Services [1]

Force in Egypt [1]

General List Royal Air Force [1]

General List and Special List [1]

General Staff [1]

H.M.S. Ark Royal [1]

HMS Carribean [1]

HMS Cromwell [1]

HMS Pembroke III [1]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [1]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [1]

Home Guard [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171]

Royal Navy [160]

British Army [63]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [25]

B [23]

S [15]

C [13]

M [13]

W [13]

A [11]

P [8]

T [8]

G [7]

K [7]

V [7]

D [5]

R [5]

F [4]

E [3]

J [3]

L [3]

O [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [177]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

United States [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [178] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chelsea, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Westminster, London [2] Ashbrook Towers, Cheshire [1] Ballyporeen, Tipperary [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Beulah Villa, Wimbledon, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Worcestershire [1] Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bromyard, Worcestershire [1] Burslem, Staffordshire,England [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Carleton in Craven [1] Chiswick, London [1] Chudleigh, Devon [1] Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Cirencester, Gloucester [1] Clapham, London [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Deanby Edinburgh [1] Douglas [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Dulwich, London [1] Dunoon, Argyllshire [1] Durham, South Africa [1] Eastbourne [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Edmonton, London [1] Finchley, London [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Frankby, Cheshire [1] Gainsborough, Lancashire [1] Garforth, Yorkshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goole [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [68] Captain [41] Able Seaman [34] Second Lieutenant [31] Ordinary Seaman [30] Private [18] Sub Lieutenant [17] Flight Lieutenant [13] Probationary Flight Officer [11] Squadron Leader [11] Major [10] Pilot Officer [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [7] Chief Motor Mechanic [6] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [6] Flying Officer [6] Lieutenant RNVR [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Aircraftman 2nd Class [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Petty Officer [5] Temporary Captain [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Flight Sub Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Signalman [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal Mechanic [3] Flight Sergeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [3] Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer Mechanic [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Petty Officer [2] Acting Wing Commander [2] Air Commodore [2] Air Marshall [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman Class Two [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Corporal [2] Flight Cadet [2] Group Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Motor Mechanic [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [166] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [153] Royal Naval Air Service [59] Royal Naval Division [27] Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve [15] Royal Flying Corps [12] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Army Service Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached Royal Naval Air Service [4] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] HMS President II [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Middlesex Yeomanry [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Yorkshire Dragoons [2] 17th Lancers [1] 20th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company [1] 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Volunteer Hospital [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] City Of London Yeomanry [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Civilian Motor Driver [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Divisional Supply Column [1] Essex Regiment [1] Exam Services [1] Force in Egypt [1] General List Royal Air Force [1] General List and Special List [1] General Staff [1] H.M.S. Ark Royal [1] HMS Carribean [1] HMS Cromwell [1] HMS Pembroke III [1] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [1] HMS President II (Tregantle) [1] Home Guard [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171] Royal Navy [160] British Army [63] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [25] B [23] S [15] C [13] M [13] W [13] A [11] P [8] T [8] G [7] K [7] V [7] D [5] R [5] F [4] E [3] J [3] L [3] O [2] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [177]

Country

United Kingdom [57] United States [2] Canada [1] France [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Horace Girdlestone

Born 1887

British Army 2901 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

Royal Navy Lieutenant RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Captain Royal Air Force

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David Fredman

British Army 31817 Corporal Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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James Adamson

Born 1890

Royal Navy Clyde Z/660 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy F19330 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service HMS Daedalus (Cranwell)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219330 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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David Doig Waddell

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/3710 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/3710 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS THUNDERER

Royal Navy F45218 Royal Naval Air Service

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John Holland Ward

British Army DM2/096627 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

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Donald Chisholm

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81932 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Royal Navy Clyde 4/2335 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 4/2335 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Nelson Battalion

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George Neil Campbell

Born 1893

Royal Navy Z/754 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy London Z/754 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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

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Robert Owen Williams

Born 1894

Royal Navy London 7/2954 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 7/2954 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Frederick Langdon

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List and Special List

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Arthur Cecil Or Cyril Baldwin

Born 1897

British Army 766959 Private London Regiment 2/28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

Royal Navy London AA/1826 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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

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Ralph Algernon Coote

British Army Captain 17th Lancers

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Robert Owen Williams

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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Noel Wilfrid Hughes

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Air Force attached Royal Navy Volunteer 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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Arthur Courtenay Snow

British Army 28234 Corporal Machine Gun Corps Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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William Allan Foot

Born 1896

British Army MR/47568 Private Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Navy Z/803 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy PO/771/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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James Adger

Born 1894

Royal Navy F14205 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F14205 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F14205 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II (Tregantle)

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John Munro Mackenzie

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army Major Royal Scots

British Army Major Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders

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