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London [6]

Brighton [3]

Dundee [3]

Arbroath [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bradford [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Kingston [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leeds [2]

Leicester [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester [2]

Nottingham [2]

Wandsworth [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Amritsar, Punjaub [1]

Appleby, Westmoreland [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bexleyheath, Kent [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Biddenden, Kent [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bowhill, Dumbarton [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cambridge [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1669]

Lieutenant [1239]

Captain [510]

Private [394]

Major [86]

Lance Corporal [64]

Cadet [62]

Corporal [60]

Flying Officer [54]

Serjeant [52]

Flight Officer [42]

Flight Lieutenant [34]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [20]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Gunner [13]

Squadron Leader [13]

Acting Captain [12]

Rifleman [11]

Sapper [11]

Trooper [11]

Driver [9]

AM3 Driver [8]

Sergeant Mechanic [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Private 2 [6]

AC1 Rigger Aero [5]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Observation Officer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Commissary [4]

Corporal Mechanic [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Corporal Clerk [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Wing Commander [3]

AC1 [2]

AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [2]

AC2 [2]

AC2 Driver [2]

AM1 Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2376]

Royal Air Force [291]

London Regiment [168]

Royal Flying Corps [166]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [146]

Royal Field Artillery [139]

Royal Engineers [76]

Army Service Corps [70]

Training Reserve Battalion [66]

Royal Fusiliers [57]

Middlesex Regiment [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Training Reserve [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Manchester Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

North Staffordshire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

East Kent Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Scots [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Border Regiment [19]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [18]

Honourable Artillery Company [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Seaforth Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2500]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [357]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

South African Services [5]

Royal Navy [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [271]

H [266]

M [249]

C [239]

S [231]

W [188]

P [158]

D [146]

R [115]

L [110]

F [107]

G [101]

A [79]

J [68]

T [65]

E [64]

K [60]

N [53]

O [45]

V [18]

I [16]

Y [14]

Q [4]

U [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2666]

Country

United Kingdom [89]

Trinidad and Tobago [3]

Jamaica [2]

Barbados [1]

Cuba [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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London [6] Brighton [3] Dundee [3] Arbroath [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bradford [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Eastbourne [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Fulham, London [2] Glasgow [2] Hackney, London [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Kingston [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leeds [2] Leicester [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester [2] Nottingham [2] Wandsworth [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Amritsar, Punjaub [1] Appleby, Westmoreland [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bexleyheath, Kent [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Biddenden, Kent [1] Birkenhead [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bowhill, Dumbarton [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Buenos Aires [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell London [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cambridge [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1669] Lieutenant [1239] Captain [510] Private [394] Major [86] Lance Corporal [64] Cadet [62] Corporal [60] Flying Officer [54] Serjeant [52] Flight Officer [42] Flight Lieutenant [34] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [20] Air Mechanic 1st Class [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Gunner [13] Squadron Leader [13] Acting Captain [12] Rifleman [11] Sapper [11] Trooper [11] Driver [9] AM3 Driver [8] Sergeant Mechanic [8] Temporary Captain [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Sergeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Private 2 [6] AC1 Rigger Aero [5] Aircraftman 2nd Class [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Observation Officer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Brigadier General [4] Commissary [4] Corporal Mechanic [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Corporal Clerk [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Temporary Major [3] Wing Commander [3] AC1 [2] AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [2] AC2 [2] AC2 Driver [2] AM1 Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2376] Royal Air Force [291] London Regiment [168] Royal Flying Corps [166] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [146] Royal Field Artillery [139] Royal Engineers [76] Army Service Corps [70] Training Reserve Battalion [66] Royal Fusiliers [57] Middlesex Regiment [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Training Reserve [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Durham Light Infantry [31] Manchester Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [28] North Staffordshire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Welsh Regiment [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [25] Highland Light Infantry [24] Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] East Kent Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] Hampshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Scots [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Border Regiment [19] Royal West Surrey Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [18] Honourable Artillery Company [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] Seaforth Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2500] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [357] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] South African Services [5] Royal Navy [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [271] H [266] M [249] C [239] S [231] W [188] P [158] D [146] R [115] L [110] F [107] G [101] A [79] J [68] T [65] E [64] K [60] N [53] O [45] V [18] I [16] Y [14] Q [4] U [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2666]

Country

United Kingdom [89] Trinidad and Tobago [3] Jamaica [2] Barbados [1] Cuba [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

John Roberts

Born 1879

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Edward George Oxborrow

Born 1879

Died 1931

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119497 Corporal Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Ralph England Hawkins

Born 1900

Died 1926

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84631 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Harold William Prickett

Born 1892

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84202 LAC Fitter Aero Engines 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Arthur Montagu Hepworth

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd/4th Bn.

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Peter Forrester Arnold

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force and 8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Dudley George Antoine Allen

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2nd Lancer Durham Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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Arthur Courtney Boddam-Whetham

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Colonel Royal Air Force

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George Henry Havelock-Sutton

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Stanley Charles Shillingford

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 79 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Wyndham Levy Grech

Born 1890

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Fred J Cook

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54694 Airman 1st Class Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Douglas Clyde Anderson

Born 1898

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68742 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Arthur Randall Brassington

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50001 Corporal Mechanic Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Edward William Sydney Jacobi

Born 1889

Died 1919

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

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Raymond Wilfred Cawston

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 117412 Airman / Flight Cadet Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Thomas James Lethbridge

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army M2/082523 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 66 Squadron

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David Henderson, K.

Born 1862

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant General Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff: Military Aeronaturics

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Sydney Theodore Jerome

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusilier 13th Battalion

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Stephen Walker

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 26806 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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