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Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool [2]

Aston Cantlow [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bow, Tower Hamlets, London [1]

Bristol [1]

Buxton [1]

Cathays, Cardiff [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Crediton, Exeter [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Durham [1]

Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Forfar, Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1]

Hanbury [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Margate [1]

Morecombe [1]

Narborough, Leicestershire [1]

New Cross, Lancashire [1]

Pakenham, Suffolk [1]

Penkridge, Staffordshire [1]

Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Randalstown, Antrim [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Salford [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Spondon, Derbyshire [1]

St Aubyn, Devon [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Sunderland [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [126]

Sapper [64]

Lieutenant [55]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Captain [37]

Pioneer [16]

Major [15]

Gunner [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [7]

Sub Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Commander [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [3]

Driver [3]

Engineer (Temporary) [3]

Engineer Commander [3]

Engineer Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

2nd Officer [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Fireman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer [2]

*Mercantile Marine [1]

2nd Engineer [1]

3rd Officer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Boy [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [179]

Royal Indian Marine [57]

Royal Marine Engineers [48]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [47]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [25]

Mercantile Marine [22]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17]

General List [14]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [13]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [13]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [13]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Marine Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Special List [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nigerian Marine [2]

Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Scots Guards [2]

182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1]

1st Liverpool Regiment [1]

3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade (City of Ballarat Regiment) [1]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1]

52nd Divisional Signal Company [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1]

Admiralty [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1]

Australian Infantry Unattached List [1]

Cable Service [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [263]

Royal Navy [144]

Other Empire Force [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [32]

B [29]

S [29]

H [28]

W [27]

R [26]

C [25]

T [19]

D [14]

J [14]

G [13]

L [11]

F [9]

K [7]

P [6]

N [5]

A [4]

E [4]

O [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

United States [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool [2] Aston Cantlow [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bow, Tower Hamlets, London [1] Bristol [1] Buxton [1] Cathays, Cardiff [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Crediton, Exeter [1] Dover, Kent [1] Durham [1] Eccles, Lancashire [1] Forfar, Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucester [1] Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1] Hanbury [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1] Leeds [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Margate [1] Morecombe [1] Narborough, Leicestershire [1] New Cross, Lancashire [1] Pakenham, Suffolk [1] Penkridge, Staffordshire [1] Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland [1] Portsmouth [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Randalstown, Antrim [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Salford [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Spondon, Derbyshire [1] St Aubyn, Devon [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Sunderland [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [126] Sapper [64] Lieutenant [55] Second Lieutenant [38] Captain [37] Pioneer [16] Major [15] Gunner [13] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Corporal [10] Serjeant [7] Sub Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Temporary Captain [5] Commander [4] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [3] Driver [3] Engineer (Temporary) [3] Engineer Commander [3] Engineer Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] 2nd Officer [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Fireman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer [2] *Mercantile Marine [1] 2nd Engineer [1] 3rd Officer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Boy [1] Cadet [1] Captain Major [1] Chief Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [179] Royal Indian Marine [57] Royal Marine Engineers [48] Royal Marine Labour Corps [47] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [25] Mercantile Marine [22] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19] Mercantile Marine Reserve [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17] General List [14] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [13] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [13] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [13] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [12] Royal Marine Artillery [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] Army Service Corps [8] Special List [7] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nigerian Marine [2] Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2] Royal Navy [2] Scots Guards [2] 182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1] 1st Liverpool Regiment [1] 3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade (City of Ballarat Regiment) [1] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1] 52nd Divisional Signal Company [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1] Admiralty [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1] Australian Infantry Unattached List [1] Cable Service [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1] Canadian Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [263] Royal Navy [144] Other Empire Force [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [32] B [29] S [29] H [28] W [27] R [26] C [25] T [19] D [14] J [14] G [13] L [11] F [9] K [7] P [6] N [5] A [4] E [4] O [2] Q [2] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] United States [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Reginald Victor Mapson

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 19034 Boy Royal Engineers Territorial Force

Royal Navy 12676 Private Royal Marine Artillery Q Company

Royal Navy 12676 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery J Company

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Henry Frederick Charles Taylor

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/4885/S Private Royal Marine Engineers

Royal Navy RME/4885(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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Edward Johnson Scott Willey

Born 1883

Died 1941

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List - Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Lieutenant(Engineer) Royal Indian Marine

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John Vincent Stratford Lovatt

Born 1874

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Marine Engineers

Royal Navy RM28175/18 Captain Admiralty Civil Engineer in Chief's Department

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Hector Elie De Boissiere

Born 1874

Died 1953

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Marine Engineers

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George Henry Humberstone

Born 1884

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Z/1539 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division

Royal Navy Deal/1368/S Sapper Royal Marine Engineers Detachment

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Charles Grace

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Z/4336 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol Division

Royal Navy Deal/5371/S Sapper Royal Marine Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 235992 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

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Richard Hart Garstin

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army Major Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

Other Empire Force Commander Royal Indian Marine

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Harold Stanley Oxley

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 320530 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army WR/350215 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Robert Smith

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Mercantile Marine - SS Bassam

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Sidney John Leonard

Born 1897

Died 1966

Royal Navy Z/746 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Wales Division

Royal Navy Deal/1369/S Sapper Royal Marine Engineers Detachment

British Army 207899 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Benjamin Spendley

Born 1870

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/6889(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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William George Miles

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy RME/1277(S) Corporal Royal Marine Engineers

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Charles Henry Childs

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/6570(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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George Osmond

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 244195 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/5618/S Sapper Royal Marine RND Divisional Engineers

British Army 244195 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers "G" Depot Coy.

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Robert Bailey Fast

Born 1894

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

British Army 68066 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army WR/500082 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Richard St. George Augustus Watson

Born 1890

British Army 1824 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd Line 4th Northumbrian (Howitzer)

Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine - SS Manchester Port (Manchester)

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Daniel Clark

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/8197(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

Royal Navy R.M.E./8179 (S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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Hubert Barley

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy RME/3152(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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John Lindop

Born 1883

Died 1919

Royal Navy RME/5919(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers Chatham Div.

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