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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]

Charles Frederick Jasper Ward

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army B/20043 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 20043 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Edwin Jeremiah Mccarthy

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army B/23295 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 23295 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Geoffrey Barker

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4423 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army 4423 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 20th Battalion

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William John Spiller

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army STK/2599 Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/52031 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 24th Battalion

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Arthur Draycott

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23375 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

British Army B/23373 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Walter Mepham

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 12685 Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army B/23792 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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William Samuel Wright

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army B/19990 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

British Army B/19990 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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James Ferrand Dearden

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army Temp Captain Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st Battlion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Francis Paddock

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 31st Battalion

British Army Cadet OTC Corpus Chrsti College, Cambridge

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Sydney Wallace Lambrick

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army GS/51940 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army STK/1685 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 51940 Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22nd Battalion

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Charles Henry Coop

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4660 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army PS/4660 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army 4660 Private Royal Fusiliers (city of London regiment) 20th Battallion

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Alister Leslie Munger

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army GS/49785 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army STKS/1936 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 49785 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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William Arthur Rush

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army GS/51995 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army STK/2682 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 51995 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 22nd Battalion

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Arthur Killingworth Bourne Brandreth

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army PS/2492 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 23rd Battalion

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Woolf Weinberg

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army J/1042 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 38th

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Spencer George Mayor

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army PS/1798 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 18th Battalion (1st Public Schools)

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Thomas Edward Albert Adams

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army L/16489 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Herbert George Evans

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army PS/2643 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Nathan Alick

Died 1918

British Army J/1110 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 38th. Judeans

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Arthur Gordon Wood

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army B/20045 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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