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Wandsworth, London [6]

Camberwell, London [5]

Woolwich, Kent [5]

London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Southwark, London [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Derby [2]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Landport, Portsmouth [2]

Nottingham [2]

Poplar, London, Middlesex [2]

Portsea, Portsmouth [2]

Portsmouth [2]

St Saviour's, London [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Whitechapel, London [2]

Addington, London [1]

Ainsdale, Formby, Lancahire [1]

Barking, London, Essex [1]

Bedford [1]

Belfast [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bootle, Liverpool [1]

Bristol [1]

Camberwell, London, Surrey [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colombo, Ceylon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Douglas [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dundee [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Eton Wick, Burnham, Bucks [1]

Everton [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Everton, Liverpool [1]

Rank

Musician [161]

Band Corporal [28]

Band Boy [26]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [11]

Private [8]

Bandmaster 1st Class [6]

Bandsman [4]

Bandmaster [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Acting Musician [1]

Band Master 1st Class [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Bandmaster (WO) [1]

Bandmaster R.M.B [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Bandmaster [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lee Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major/Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Musician 1st Class [1]

Musician R.M.B. [1]

Serjeant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Band [1257]

Royal Marine Artillery [513]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [358]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [305]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [272]

Royal Marine Band [16]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [12]

Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [11]

Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [10]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [9]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [7]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

Royal Marines Band - HMS NEPTUNE [7]

Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [7]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [7]

Royal Marine Band, HMS Agincourt [6]

Royal Marine Band; HMS Ajax [5]

Royal Marines Band - HMS CANADA [5]

Royal Marine Band; HMS Erin [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS COLLINGWOOD [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS MALAYA [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Monmouth [4]

Royal Marine Band, HMS Ajax [3]

Royal Marine Band, HMS Erin [3]

Royal Marine Band; HMS Agincourt [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS Natal [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS MONARCH [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Princess Royal [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS REVENGE [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Superb [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS TIGER [2]

2nd Royal Marine Band [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

HMS AGINCOURT [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Empress of India [1]

HMS GANGES [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1378]

British Army [10]

Last name first letter

B [156]

H [135]

S [127]

M [122]

W [118]

C [94]

P [77]

D [70]

R [67]

G [57]

T [57]

L [55]

F [54]

A [41]

J [41]

K [31]

N [25]

E [21]

O [12]

V [9]

Y [6]

I [5]

U [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1385]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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Place of birth

Wandsworth, London [6] Camberwell, London [5] Woolwich, Kent [5] London [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Paddington, London [3] Southwark, London [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brixton, London [2] Derby [2] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2] Fulham, London [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Landport, Portsmouth [2] Nottingham [2] Poplar, London, Middlesex [2] Portsea, Portsmouth [2] Portsmouth [2] St Saviour's, London [2] Stepney, London [2] Strood, Kent [2] Westminster, London [2] Whitechapel, London [2] Addington, London [1] Ainsdale, Formby, Lancahire [1] Barking, London, Essex [1] Bedford [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bootle, Liverpool [1] Bristol [1] Camberwell, London, Surrey [1] Camden Town, London [1] Cardiff [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colombo, Ceylon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Douglas [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dundee [1] Edmonton, London [1] Eton Wick, Burnham, Bucks [1] Everton [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Everton, Liverpool [1]

Rank

Musician [161] Band Corporal [28] Band Boy [26] Bandmaster 2nd Class [11] Private [8] Bandmaster 1st Class [6] Bandsman [4] Bandmaster [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Corporal [2] Acting Musician [1] Band Master 1st Class [1] Band Serjeant [1] Bandmaster (WO) [1] Bandmaster R.M.B [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Bandmaster [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lee Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major/Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Musician 1st Class [1] Musician R.M.B. [1] Serjeant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Band [1257] Royal Marine Artillery [513] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [358] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [305] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [272] Royal Marine Band [16] Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [12] Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [11] Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [10] Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [9] Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry [7] Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [7] Royal Marines Band - HMS NEPTUNE [7] Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [7] Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [7] Royal Marine Band, HMS Agincourt [6] Royal Marine Band; HMS Ajax [5] Royal Marines Band - HMS CANADA [5] Royal Marine Band; HMS Erin [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS COLLINGWOOD [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS MALAYA [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS Monmouth [4] Royal Marine Band, HMS Ajax [3] Royal Marine Band, HMS Erin [3] Royal Marine Band; HMS Agincourt [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS VALIANT [3] HMS Natal [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS MONARCH [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS Princess Royal [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS REVENGE [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS Superb [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS TIGER [2] 2nd Royal Marine Band [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Coldstream Guards [1] HMS AGINCOURT [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Empress of India [1] HMS GANGES [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1378] British Army [10]

Last name first letter

B [156] H [135] S [127] M [122] W [118] C [94] P [77] D [70] R [67] G [57] T [57] L [55] F [54] A [41] J [41] K [31] N [25] E [21] O [12] V [9] Y [6] I [5] U [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1385]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Percy Hammond

Born 1885

Died 1980

Royal Navy 39 Band Boy Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 39 Musician Royal Marine Band

Royal Navy 39 Band Corporal Royal Marine Band, HMS Euryalus

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John Thomas Woods

Born 1869

Died 1919

Royal Navy 14509 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy RMB/304 Musician Royal Marines Band

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Richard Frederick White

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy 12128 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMB/1412 Musician Royal Marines Band Royal Naval School of Music (Eastney)

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George Deacon

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 342784 Band Boy HMS GANGES

Royal Navy 342784 Bandsman HMS AGINCOURT

Royal Navy 342784 Bandsman HMS Empress of India

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Job Harry Alley

Born 1866

Died 1939

Royal Navy 11112 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 146 Royal Marines Band

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Fred Nutt

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy 12542 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1605 Musician Royal Marines Band

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Samuel Edgar Smith

Born 1875

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1131 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 11788 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMB/1131 Bandmaster 2nd Class Royal Marine Band: HMS Conqueror

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Charles Archibald Willmer

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 773 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 14577 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy RMB/773 Band Serjeant Royal Marine Band - HMS Monmouth

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William Charles Keeping

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy 14454 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 661 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy RMB/661 Musician Royal Marine Band

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Robert George Buckley

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14158 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy RMB/1092 Musician Royal Marine Band

Royal Navy 1092 Musician Royal Marine Band - HMS NEPTUNE

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Edward Averley Alias Roberts

Born 1886

British Army 30 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy 30 Musician Royal Marines Band R.N. School of Music

Royal Navy 30 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Collussus

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Arthur Green

Born 1884

Died 1955

Royal Navy 12111 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1395 Musician Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 1395 Band Corporal Royal Marines Band; HMS Cochrane

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William Guthrie

Born 1885

Royal Navy 11946 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1277 Musician Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 1277 Band Corporal Royal Marine Band, HMS Cumberland

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Henry Cooper

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13342 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy RMB/1073 Bandmaster 1st Class Royal Marines Band Royal Naval School of Music (Eastney)

Royal Navy 1073 Bandmaster 1st Class Royal Marines Band - HMS Shannon

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William Hugh Bates

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 14374 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 315 Musician Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 315 Musician Royal Marines Band RN School Of Music Eastney

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William Alfred Attrill

Born 1892

Died 1948

Royal Navy 1574 Band Boy Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 1574 Musician Royal Marine Band

Royal Navy 1574 Musician Royal Marine Band, HMS Agincourt

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Albert Stuart Kilmurray

Born 1891

Died 1971

Royal Navy 1150 Band Boy Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 15188 Band Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John Spencer Owens

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14857 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 982 Royal Marines Band

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James Andrew Harrison

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11554 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 975 Royal Marines Band

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Robert Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 11986 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1304 Musician Royal Marines Band

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