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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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People [309] Stories Communities

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]

W M Marsh

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/7096(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers RME Warrington

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John Cecil Beesley

Born 1880

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Mercantile Marine

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine

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Gilford George Roberts

Born 1899

Died 1941

British Army 2355 Driver Royal Engineers 1st South Midland Home Service Field Company

Royal Navy 15246 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 15246 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery: HMS Resolution

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William Evans

Born 1892

British Army 7198 Sapper Royal Engineers Royal Marine

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Edgar Baxter

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1193 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 1193 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Boughey

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/1299(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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George Ernest Smith

Born 1884

Royal Navy RME/2333/S Private Royal Marine Engineers

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John Beavis Waddoup

Born 1893

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6833 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6833 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps - 13 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6833 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps - 13 Squadron

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Joseph Clark

Born 1871

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490644 Pioneer Canadian Engineers 1st Pioneer Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490644 Private Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490644 Private Canadian Army Pay Corps

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Walter H Jefford

British Army 199949 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 796 Sapper Royal Marine Engineers

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Daniel Hazell

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 115084 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Deal/15624/S Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Nicholas Ferron

British Army 205801 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/355106 Sapper Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force 205801 Mercantile Marine

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Frederick Jones

British Army WR/355021 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 272181 Sapper Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force 746553 Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Lewis P Davis

British Army 306239 Sapper Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine Reserve

British Army WR/554000 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Fisher

British Army 240865 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/25336 Pioneer Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Robert Colston Craig

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Merchant Marine

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David Todd Fulton

Born 1880

British Army Captain Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

British Army Captain General List

Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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Benjamin Cowen

Died 1918

British Army 246402 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy CH/18678 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Herbert Preston Gunn

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army PO/1284/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

British Army 246401 Sapper Royal Engineers Depot Field Survey Company

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H O Webb

British Army Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine Engineers

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