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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]

Alfred Edward Butland

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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F King

British Army 463128 Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)

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Alexander Smith Russell

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Edward Moncur Buttars

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 635 Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 29498 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 29498 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Thomas Islip

Born 1895

British Army 2296 Private Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) 2nd London Sanitary Corps

British Army 106370 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Arthur John Holmes

Born 1884

Died 1943

British Army 353651 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force)

British Army 765171 London Regiment 51st Battalion

British Army Royal Engineers

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Ernest Butler

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4500 Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 130051 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Sidney C Ayres

Died 1916

British Army 1782 Pioneer Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 130044 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Hamilton Robinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1060 Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)

British Army 350083 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Barclay

British Army 8197 Corporal Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 8197 Serjeant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 76002 Serjeant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Charles Garden

British Army WR/313542 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 337856 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 315254 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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James Gosling

British Army 6533 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 6533 Trumpeter Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 76201 Trumpeter Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Frederick O Creighton

British Army 256 Corporal Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 70394 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 8 Serjeant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Alfred Coltman

British Army 2656 Driver Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 2656 Corporal Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 498049 Corporal Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Thomas George Banks

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 477 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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James Robson Beckton

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 3611 Sapper Royal Engineers South Midlands

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Frederick Henry Bowers

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Robert Gilman

British Army 7709 Driver Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 426182 Driver Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Frederick T Ball

British Army T 1193 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 586352 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Alfred Casewell

British Army 1034 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 78558 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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