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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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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]

Charles Henry Smith

Born 1885

Royal Navy 5526 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy 1019 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Thomas George Huntley

Born 1888

Royal Navy 2679 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 349 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Samuel John Bawden

Born 1881

British Army 208010 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/5177/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Bristol Z/913 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Robert Bates

Born 1883

British Army 244438 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Deal/5040/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Z/5216 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Walter Toulson

British Army 217781 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 207781 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Z/5115 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Richard Weston

British Army WR/42940 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 244163 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Z/6135 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Clyde

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George Burnett Robertson

Born 1891

Royal Navy Z/2870 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/2870 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 2077/S Private Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Stanley Victor Abernethy

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/5754 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy 5206 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/5754 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Frederick Charles Watson

British Army 244249 Corporal Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Deal/1381/S Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Robert Richer

Royal Navy Z/3242 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Deal/5402/S Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 236055 Acting Second Corporal Royal Engineers

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George R Dawe

British Army 235968 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Z/818 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 5163 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John W Gibson

British Army 235993 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 5164 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Z/5787 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Edward John Turner

British Army 236174 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Z/751 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Deal/1367/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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William E Stenhouse

British Army 127142 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Z/5263 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Deal/5201/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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William Colquhoun

British Army 236108 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 5300 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Z/6298 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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James Coley

British Army 244426 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 37198 Sapper Wiltshire Regiment

Royal Navy 5375 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Albert Woodcock

British Army 236094 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy BZ/4022 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Deal/5232/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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William Gillan

British Army 235994 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 5225 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Z/6215 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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