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Acton, Middlesex [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bombay, British Subject [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clapton, East London [1]

Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1]

Foleshill, Warwickshire [1]

Georgetown [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Highbury, Middlesex [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Musselburgh, Scotland [1]

Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Newington, London [1]

Newmarket, Cambs [1]

Newton Abbott, Deon [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Smethwick [1]

St Mildred's, Kent [1]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1]

Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Stockwell, London [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Sapper [194]

Private [85]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [58]

Corporal [48]

Driver [41]

Serjeant [35]

Captain [32]

Major [23]

Gunner [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Pioneer [11]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Signaller [3]

Signalman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Chaplain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier/Acting/Paid [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [319]

Royal Engineers [264]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [18]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [13]

Essex Regiment Territorial Force [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [6]

Royal Engineers Transport [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [5]

Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) [5]

20th Territorial Force Depot [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4]

Territorial Force [4]

20th Territorial Force Department [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Lowland Divisional Royal Engineers Territorial Force [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Territorial Force Depot [3]

Territorial Force Reserve [3]

5th Liverpool Regiment [2]

5th Liverpool Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Lowland Division Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [481]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

C [97]

G [83]

A [46]

F [41]

D [28]

H [26]

E [9]

R [4]

K [3]

M [3]

P [3]

T [3]

W [3]

I [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [479]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [481] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Acton, Middlesex [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bombay, British Subject [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clapton, East London [1] Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1] Foleshill, Warwickshire [1] Georgetown [1] Glamorganshire [1] Highbury, Middlesex [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Musselburgh, Scotland [1] Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1] Newington, London [1] Newmarket, Cambs [1] Newton Abbott, Deon [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Smethwick [1] St Mildred's, Kent [1] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Stockwell, London [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Sapper [194] Private [85] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [58] Corporal [48] Driver [41] Serjeant [35] Captain [32] Major [23] Gunner [16] Lance Corporal [14] Pioneer [11] Corporal 2nd [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Signaller [3] Signalman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Chaplain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier/Acting/Paid [1] Bugler [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [319] Royal Engineers [264] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [18] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [13] Essex Regiment Territorial Force [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [6] Royal Engineers Transport [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [5] Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) [5] 20th Territorial Force Depot [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4] Territorial Force [4] 20th Territorial Force Department [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Lowland Divisional Royal Engineers Territorial Force [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment Territorial Force [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Territorial Force Depot [3] Territorial Force Reserve [3] 5th Liverpool Regiment [2] 5th Liverpool Regiment Territorial Force [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Lowland Division Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [481] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] C [97] G [83] A [46] F [41] D [28] H [26] E [9] R [4] K [3] M [3] P [3] T [3] W [3] I [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [479]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Philip Dawson

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Keith White Adcock

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Lieutenant London Electrical Engineers attd Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)

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Gerard Wheatley Ball

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Blackwood Gowan

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Francis Rennie Daniel

Born 1896

British Army 1642 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th gordon highland Battalion

British Army 1642 Private Royal Engineers Territorial Force 51st Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force 320th Brigade

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Edward Terrence Braddell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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James Honney Forfar

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army 454968 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T660 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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William Bisset

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Honorary Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant (Temporary Major) Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Godfrey John Bull

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Robert Glegg

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Arthur G Feasey

Died 1917

British Army 3232 Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 127603 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Arthur

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 422522 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1737 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Ernest Cooke

Died 1915

British Army 2019 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 2019 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Michell Clarke

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army 3157 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Walter Scot Burns

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Stuart Gorringe

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Ernest Gardiner

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Tom Edwin Adlam

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 1842 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ernest Tristram Crutchley

Born 1878

Died 1940

British Army Captain Army Postal Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Eric Oatey Chandler

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 550992 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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