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Bolton Lancashire [3]

Hounslow, Middlesex [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Bedford [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton [2]

Brixton [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chester [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Didsbury, Manchester [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Ipswich [2]

Islington [2]

Islington, London [2]

Keighley [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leytonstone [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Oxford [2]

Poplar [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Spitalfields [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

West Ham [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1]

371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1]

ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Abercombie, Glam [1]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Astwood Bank [1]

BLEAN, WHITSTABLE, KENT [1]

Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1]

Bala [1]

Balderstone [1]

Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Barton under Irwell,Lancashire, England [1]

Battersea [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Bexley Heath [1]

Binbrook, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [356]

Second Lieutenant [55]

Lance Corporal [42]

Lieutenant [38]

Corporal [26]

Captain [22]

Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Major [8]

Fusilier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Major [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Pte [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2/LT (TP) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Barman [1]

Battalion Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

L/CPL [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Priavte [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [246]

Royal Fusiliers [208]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [109]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

City of London Regiment [17]

City of London Yeomanry [17]

Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

City of London Royal Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Training Reserve [4]

City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

City of London Regiment/Royal Fusiliers [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

General Staff [2]

Infantry Base Depot [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [2]

Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Fusiliers/City of London Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

107th T.R. [1]

15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

265th Infantry Battalion [1]

31st BCH (CM) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Infantry School [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

S [48]

H [45]

C [39]

W [29]

M [28]

L [27]

P [25]

G [24]

E [21]

R [21]

D [20]

A [19]

T [17]

F [16]

J [12]

N [10]

K [6]

O [4]

I [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [451]

Country

United Kingdom [250]

India [13]

Ireland [2]

France [1]

Kenya [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [472] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bolton Lancashire [3] Hounslow, Middlesex [3] Paddington, London [3] Bedford [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton [2] Brixton [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chester [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Didsbury, Manchester [2] Holborn, London [2] Ipswich [2] Islington [2] Islington, London [2] Keighley [2] Kensington, London [2] Leytonstone [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester [2] Oxford [2] Poplar [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Spitalfields [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] West Ham [2] West Ham, Essex [2] 34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1] 371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1] ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Abercombie, Glam [1] Alderton, Gloucestershire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Astwood Bank [1] BLEAN, WHITSTABLE, KENT [1] Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1] Bala [1] Balderstone [1] Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Barton under Irwell,Lancashire, England [1] Battersea [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Bexley Heath [1] Binbrook, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [356] Second Lieutenant [55] Lance Corporal [42] Lieutenant [38] Corporal [26] Captain [22] Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [8] Major [8] Fusilier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Major [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Pte [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2/LT (TP) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Barman [1] Battalion Major [1] Cadet [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] L/CPL [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lt Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer Cadet [1] Priavte [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [246] Royal Fusiliers [208] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [109] London Regiment [37] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [20] City of London Regiment [17] City of London Yeomanry [17] Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [7] Labour Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] City of London Royal Fusiliers [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Royal Engineers [4] Training Reserve [4] City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] City of London Regiment/Royal Fusiliers [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] General Staff [2] Infantry Base Depot [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [2] Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regiment) [2] Royal Fusiliers/City of London Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 107th T.R. [1] 15th (The Kings) Hussars [1] 265th Infantry Battalion [1] 31st BCH (CM) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Infantry School [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] S [48] H [45] C [39] W [29] M [28] L [27] P [25] G [24] E [21] R [21] D [20] A [19] T [17] F [16] J [12] N [10] K [6] O [4] I [2] V [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [451]

Country

United Kingdom [250] India [13] Ireland [2] France [1] Kenya [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Arthur H Pye

British Army 4534 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40697 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army GS/82799 Private London Regiment

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A G Simpson

British Army 2934 Private City of London Regiment

British Army Private London Regiment Royal Fusiliers

British Army Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Alfred Beale

British Army 1558 Corporal 2nd City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40723 Corporal 2nd Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army GS/8280 Corporal 2nd London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter R Bruce

British Army 4512 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40675 Private Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army GS/82794 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leslie Tovar

British Army 4470 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40686 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army GS/82796 Private London Regiment

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Ernest P A Carruthers

British Army 4685 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40614 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army GS/82785 Serjeant London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leslie A Pettit

British Army 4015 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40628 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army GS/82786 Private London Regiment

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Harry Liffiton

British Army 4844 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40676 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army GS/82795 Private London Regiment

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William Thomas Stephens

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 39314 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 53746 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 401959 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Francis Metcalfe

Born 1865

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army SR2411 / SR/11060 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Jack Wittaker

British Army 7326 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 203125 Company Serjeant Major Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Regiment

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Andrew Noble Pope

Born 1882

Died 1942

British Army Temporary Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

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Mortimer Pawson Hancock

Born 1871

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Infantry School

British Army Colonel Army Infantry School

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William Henry Cumber

British Army 10158 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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G E Harris

British Army 1390 Private City of London Regiment

British Army 47537 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 1390 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George E Harris

British Army 1390 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 1390 Private City of London Regiment

British Army 47537 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Alfred W Simmons

British Army 1850 Private City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers

British Army 381908 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

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John Arthur Eborall

Born 1896

British Army 2306 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 2306 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Walter J Humphreys

British Army 8362 Private City of London Regiment

British Army 43597 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army WR/335575 Private Royal Engineers

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Frank Starkey

British Army H/1427 Corporal City of London Regiment

British Army 1427 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army A/203356 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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