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Deal [4]

Gateshead [2]

Glasgow [2]

Newcastle [2]

Nottingham [2]

Sheffield [2]

Antrim [1]

Arbroath [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bathgate, Lanarkshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Bethnal Green [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexleyheath [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Byker, Newcastle [1]

Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1]

Colne [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Droxford, Hampshire [1]

Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [1]

Durham [1]

Edgbaston [1]

Fillwood, Bishopsworth, Bristol [1]

Hackney [1]

Hinkley [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1]

Hoxton [1]

Hull [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Leeds [1]

Leftwich, Cheshire [1]

Llanelly, Camarthen [1]

Margate [1]

Market Rasen, Lincs [1]

Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1]

Narborough [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

North Adams, Massachusetts [1]

Norwood, South London [1]

Oldham [1]

Penang Island [1]

Putney [1]

Putney, London [1]

Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Rank

Sapper [90]

Private [17]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [9]

Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Major [3]

sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [2]

Sargeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

2/AM [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd cpl [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Cpl [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corp [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Staff Sargeant [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

lance corporal [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3458]

Royal Engineers [85]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [29]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

Royal Marines [6]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2]

63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1]

Deal battalion [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Naval Forces [1]

Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

RND Deal Engineers [1]

RND Engineers [1]

RNVR Clyde [1]

Royal Engineeers [1]

Royal Engineers (Retired) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Engineers [1]

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [1]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [1]

Royal Marines: R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Divison [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

royal engineers [1]

royal naval division engineers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [3457]

British Army [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [370]

M [314]

S [313]

H [307]

C [278]

W [260]

R [184]

D [171]

P [169]

G [161]

T [152]

L [135]

F [119]

A [116]

J [89]

K [84]

E [79]

N [58]

O [41]

Y [18]

V [16]

I [12]

Q [6]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3454]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1]

Brazil [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [3458] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Deal [4] Gateshead [2] Glasgow [2] Newcastle [2] Nottingham [2] Sheffield [2] Antrim [1] Arbroath [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bathgate, Lanarkshire [1] Battersea [1] Bethnal Green [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexleyheath [1] Birkenhead [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Byker, Newcastle [1] Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1] Colne [1] Deal, Kent [1] Droxford, Hampshire [1] Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [1] Durham [1] Edgbaston [1] Fillwood, Bishopsworth, Bristol [1] Hackney [1] Hinkley [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1] Hoxton [1] Hull [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [1] Leeds [1] Leftwich, Cheshire [1] Llanelly, Camarthen [1] Margate [1] Market Rasen, Lincs [1] Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1] Narborough [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] North Adams, Massachusetts [1] Norwood, South London [1] Oldham [1] Penang Island [1] Putney [1] Putney, London [1] Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Richmond, Surrey [1]

Rank

Sapper [90] Private [17] Ordinary Seaman [14] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Corporal [9] Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Major [3] sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [2] Sargeant [2] Sergeant [2] 2/AM [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd cpl [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Major [1] Cpl [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Corp [1] Leading Seaman [1] Naval Instructor [1] Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Staff Sargeant [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] lance corporal [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3458] Royal Engineers [85] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [29] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] Royal Marines [6] Labour Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [3] Royal Naval Division Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2] 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1] Deal battalion [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Naval Forces [1] Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] RND Deal Engineers [1] RND Engineers [1] RNVR Clyde [1] Royal Engineeers [1] Royal Engineers (Retired) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Engineers [1] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [1] Royal Marines Medical Unit [1] Royal Marines: R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Divison [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal West Kent [1] South Wales Borderers [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] Tank Corps [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] royal engineers [1] royal naval division engineers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [3457] British Army [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [370] M [314] S [313] H [307] C [278] W [260] R [184] D [171] P [169] G [161] T [152] L [135] F [119] A [116] J [89] K [84] E [79] N [58] O [41] Y [18] V [16] I [12] Q [6] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3454]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1] Brazil [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Percy Oake

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy 533 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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William Pegden

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1093 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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James William Hart

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy Deal/495(S) Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Royal Marines 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers

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Stuart Ainsworth

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 207855 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers (Retired)

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Bernard Julius Pelmore

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Deal/286/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Deal/286/S Sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Eric Owen Stubbings

Born 1889

Died 1954

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/145/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

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Sydney Llewellyn Hall

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 104 Company Sergeant Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal 1st Field Company

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Frank Crompton

Born 1885

Died 1964

Royal Navy 1059 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers

Royal Navy 1059 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Hubert Edgar Nunn

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 378 Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal 2nd Field Company

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Vincent Joseph Michael Green

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 260 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Cyril William Wilkin

Born 1892

Died 1979

Royal Navy 1097 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy 1097 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 432 2/AM

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Thomas Bone

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1457 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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William Henry Pountain

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1011 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Josiah Alfred Donald

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 38 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Henry Alfred Roberts

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/532/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy RME/532 (S) Private Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Alfred Edward Cavell

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 841 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Deal/841 (S) Sapper Royal Marines Royal Naval Division Divisional Engineers

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Alfred Crees

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 946 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy DEAL/946/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Reserves

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John Scott Marshall

Born 1880

Royal Navy Deal/155/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army Major Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Acting Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Percy Donald Purkiss

Born 1897

Died 1966

Royal Navy 5294 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

British Army 236946 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Henry Edgar Orton

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1010 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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