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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]

Louis Bennett

British Army 301867 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 5359 Private Manchester Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 350800 Private Royal Engineers

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Robert Halliday

British Army 20/796 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20/796 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2200697 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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William Richard Groves

British Army Major East Yorkshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Engineers Staff

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Douglas Collin Chapman

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 8792 Lance Corporal Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Gilbert Ashley Rogers

British Army Second Lieutenant East Anglian Field Company Territorial Force

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Frederick Brayne

British Army 287331 Staff Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 287331 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 509399 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William H Field

British Army 4152 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 510238 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 4153 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Rees Fewtrell

British Army 253043 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 9900 Private Hertfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 269897 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Josiah Barker

British Army 36680 Private Essex Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 272762 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 17908 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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James Grant

British Army 1469 Serjeant Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 414012 Serjeant Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 414012 Serjeant Lowland Divisional Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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John Cumner

British Army 1202 Private Rifle Brigade Territorial Force

British Army 2014 Private Rifle Brigade Territorial Force

British Army 30069 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Robert Miles

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army 768 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Artillery

British Army 18820 Private Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 1st Battalion Militia

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Benjamin Davies

British Army 247 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 276317 Gunner Royal Engineers

British Army WR/178950 Gunner Royal Engineers

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James George

British Army 20035 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance

British Army 121 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

British Army 538774 Driver Royal Engineers

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Charles Bull

British Army 3883 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 306132 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 502384 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Sidney Croft

British Army 171479 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1625 Sapper Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army TR/7/208 Sapper Training Reserve Battalion

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Sidney J W Allum

British Army 5167 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army T22847 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 11552 Corporal Royal Defence Corps

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George Baker

British Army 1961 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 1313 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 528095 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Thomas Cavanagh

British Army 7711 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army WR/266985 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 248071 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Glasham

British Army 1693 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army WR175279 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 206280 Sapper Royal Engineers

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