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Deal [11]

Newcastle [7]

Walmer [4]

Durham [3]

Gateshead [3]

Lambeth [3]

Sandwich [3]

Aldershot [2]

Bethnal Green [2]

Bolton [2]

Dover [2]

Dundee [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow [2]

Manchester [2]

Nottingham [2]

Roscommon [2]

Scarborough [2]

Sheffield [2]

South Shields [2]

St Marys, Nottingham [2]

Walmer, Deal, Kent [2]

Wood Green [2]

Abercynon, Glamorgan [1]

Acton [1]

Airdrie [1]

Allhallows (City of London) [1]

Antrim [1]

Arbroath [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Barnoldswick [1]

Barrow on Furness, Lancs [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bathgate, Lanarkshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Beaulieu [1]

Bedford [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexleyheath [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Bolehill, Derbyshire [1]

Bowes Park, London [1]

Bradford [1]

Brighton [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Byker, Newcastle [1]

Rank

Sapper [217]

Lieutenant [23]

Private [23]

Corporal [22]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [15]

Captain [12]

2nd Corporal [7]

Major [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [6]

Acting Corporal [6]

Sargeant [6]

Sergeant [5]

Serjeant [5]

sapper [5]

2nd Lt. [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

acting corporal [2]

lance corporal [2]

2/AM [1]

2nd Lietenant [1]

2nd corporal [1]

2nd cpl [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Cpl [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corp [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sargeant Major [1]

Staff Sargeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3458]

Royal Engineers [178]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [161]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [34]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8]

Royal Marines [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

RNVR [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [2]

63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1]

Air Force (RN Air Service) [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Deal battalion [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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]

Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

RND Deal Engineers [1]

RND Engineers [1]

RNVR Clyde [1]

Royal Engineeers [1]

Royal Engineers (Retired) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [1]

Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Engineers [1]

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

Royal Marines Medical Unit [1]

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

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Divison [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent [1]

Royal engineers [1]

Sherwood Foresters [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Service

Royal Navy [3620]

British Army [202]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [392]

M [329]

S [327]

H [318]

C [286]

W [280]

R [192]

D [177]

P [177]

G [169]

T [160]

L [140]

A [126]

F [125]

J [92]

K [85]

E [81]

N [61]

O [45]

Y [18]

V [16]

I [13]

U [7]

Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3618]

Country

United Kingdom [193]

Ireland [4]

Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1]

Brazil [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Nigeria [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Deal [11] Newcastle [7] Walmer [4] Durham [3] Gateshead [3] Lambeth [3] Sandwich [3] Aldershot [2] Bethnal Green [2] Bolton [2] Dover [2] Dundee [2] Eastbourne [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow [2] Manchester [2] Nottingham [2] Roscommon [2] Scarborough [2] Sheffield [2] South Shields [2] St Marys, Nottingham [2] Walmer, Deal, Kent [2] Wood Green [2] Abercynon, Glamorgan [1] Acton [1] Airdrie [1] Allhallows (City of London) [1] Antrim [1] Arbroath [1] Ashton under Lyne [1] Barnoldswick [1] Barrow on Furness, Lancs [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bathgate, Lanarkshire [1] Battersea [1] Beaulieu [1] Bedford [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexleyheath [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bolehill, Derbyshire [1] Bowes Park, London [1] Bradford [1] Brighton [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Byker, Newcastle [1]

Rank

Sapper [217] Lieutenant [23] Private [23] Corporal [22] Ordinary Seaman [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [15] Captain [12] 2nd Corporal [7] Major [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [6] Acting Corporal [6] Sargeant [6] Sergeant [5] Serjeant [5] sapper [5] 2nd Lt. [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] acting corporal [2] lance corporal [2] 2/AM [1] 2nd Lietenant [1] 2nd corporal [1] 2nd cpl [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Major [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Cpl [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corp [1] Leading Seaman [1] Naval Instructor [1] Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Sargeant Major [1] Staff Sargeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3458] Royal Engineers [178] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [161] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [34] Royal Naval Division [15] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8] Royal Marines [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] RNVR [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division Engineers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [2] 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve [1] Air Force (RN Air Service) [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Deal battalion [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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] Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] RND Deal Engineers [1] RND Engineers [1] RNVR Clyde [1] Royal Engineeers [1] Royal Engineers (Retired) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [1] Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [1] Royal Marine Engineers [1] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisonal Engineers) [1] Royal Marines Medical Unit [1] Royal Marines: R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Divison [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal West Kent [1] Royal engineers [1] Sherwood Foresters [1] South Wales Borderers [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Service

Royal Navy [3620] British Army [202] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [392] M [329] S [327] H [318] C [286] W [280] R [192] D [177] P [177] G [169] T [160] L [140] A [126] F [125] J [92] K [85] E [81] N [61] O [45] Y [18] V [16] I [13] U [7] Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3618]

Country

United Kingdom [193] Ireland [4] Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1] Brazil [1] Germany [1] India [1] Nigeria [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Rowland Deacon

Born 1883

Died 1944

Royal Navy 542 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ralph Pacey Hulton

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 132 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Frederick Gravett Reed

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5370 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Samuel Bennett

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1172 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ernest George Martin

Born 1892

Died 1941

Royal Navy 5104 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion

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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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Samuel Mcintyre Saunders

Born 1883

Died 1946

Royal Navy 60 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Robert John Thomas Skardon

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army 200084 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co

Royal Navy 1496 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Francis Webster

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 464 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 464 2nd Corporal 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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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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Thomas Alfred Wing

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5118 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Wilfred Sutcliffe

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1209 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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William Walter Pullen

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 18 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Cornelius Robert Cleverly

Born 1895

Died 1973

Royal Navy 691 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Hugh Woodside

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 175 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Samuel Wooding

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 5199 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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William Frederick Garnham

Born 1888

Died 1966

Royal Navy 457 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Alexander Mcniven Hay

Born 1891

Royal Navy 612 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion

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