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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]

Thomas Bone

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1457 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Frederick John Plater

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman RNVR

Royal Navy 5262 Sapper 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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Gerald Hope Murphy

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy 388 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 2nd Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 11th reserve battalion

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Henry Smith

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1246 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ernest Robert Hillman

Born 1879

Died 1927

Royal Navy 492 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Thomas Henry Ladd

Born 1893

Royal Navy 774 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion

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Robert William Harris

Born 1882

Royal Navy 403 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Harry Harold Nightingale

Born 1895

Royal Navy 754 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Herbert Douglas Gamble

Born 1885

Royal Navy 692 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ernest Phillip Elwin

Born 1881

Royal Navy 91 acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ronald Francis Orfeur

Born 1895

Died 1959

Royal Navy 5291 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines

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Albert Reginald Saward

Born 1888

Royal Navy Royal Marines

Royal Navy RME/2461/S Acting Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Thomas Sidney Seldon Bullock

Born 1884

Died 1971

Royal Navy 1339 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 283995 Royal Engineers Water and Railway (WR)

British Army 207890 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field Co.

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Robert Humby Alias Stoltenhoff

Born 1890

Died 1965

Royal Navy Serjeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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William Charles Evershed

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy Deal/1422/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 207531 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Francis George Anderson

Born 1874

British Army 199921 Sapper Royal Engineers 166th Fortress Company

Royal Navy 541 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Samuel John Hartley

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1465 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal battalion

British Army 207954 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field Company

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Frank Curling

Born 1894

Died 1923

British Army 207721 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 873 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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