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Deal [2]

Glasgow [2]

Newcastle [2]

Alveston, Derbyshire [1]

Antrim [1]

Ashton-under-Lyme, Manchester [1]

Battersea [1]

Berbice [1]

Bolton [1]

Breightmet, Bolton [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carisbrook, Isle of Wight [1]

Cleethorpes [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Dolgelly, Merioneth [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee [1]

Eastry [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Favesham [1]

Fermoy [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Jarrow-on-Tyne [1]

Kings Lynn [1]

Lambeth [1]

Leeds [1]

Limehouse London [1]

Litchborough [1]

London England [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Marylebone [1]

Minehead, Somerset [1]

Oldham [1]

Pelton, Durham [1]

Penang Island [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rilla, Cornwall [1]

Royston, Herts. [1]

Salford [1]

Salumstead, Bannister, Berkshire [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

St Giles, Edinburgh [1]

St Margarets at Cliffe Dover kent [1]

St Pancras [1]

St Pauls, Deptford, Kent [1]

Tedegar, Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [969]

Corporal [91]

Serjeant [70]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lieutenant [65]

Private [63]

Acting Corporal [35]

Captain [29]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Corporal 2nd [20]

Able Seaman [19]

Major [17]

Lance Corporal [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Acting Corporal 2nd [11]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

2nd Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Able Seaman RNVR [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

sapper [3]

Acting 2nd Corporal [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Gunner [2]

Lt [2]

Skipper [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

11th Corporal [1]

2nd Corp [1]

A.B. [1]

Able Seaman and Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [1273]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [947]

Royal Naval Division [302]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [27]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Royal Engineers Royal Naval Division [23]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [19]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13]

Royal Marines (Royal Naval Division Engineers) [12]

Royal Naval Division Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Marines [6]

General List [4]

Naval Forces [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [4]

Royal Marine Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Division: Engineers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Engineers Depot [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [2]

Royal Naval Division/Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Engineers Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

royal naval division [2]

1st Division [1]

2nd Field Company Royal Naval Division Engineers [1]

2nd Royal Naval Division [1]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1]

3rd Field Company [1]

3rd Indian Army Corps [1]

3rd field co RND, Engineers [1]

4th Battalion Royal Naval Division Engineers [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1]

5th Squadron Division Royal Naval Volunteer Service [1]

Service

British Army [1333]

Royal Navy [89]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [136]

S [136]

C [111]

M [110]

W [110]

H [105]

R [82]

T [72]

D [64]

P [64]

L [57]

G [56]

F [52]

A [49]

E [31]

J [27]

N [27]

K [21]

O [11]

Y [7]

V [6]

U [4]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1341]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Deal [2] Glasgow [2] Newcastle [2] Alveston, Derbyshire [1] Antrim [1] Ashton-under-Lyme, Manchester [1] Battersea [1] Berbice [1] Bolton [1] Breightmet, Bolton [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff [1] Carisbrook, Isle of Wight [1] Cleethorpes [1] Deal, Kent [1] Dolgelly, Merioneth [1] Dublin [1] Dundee [1] Eastry [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Favesham [1] Fermoy [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Jarrow-on-Tyne [1] Kings Lynn [1] Lambeth [1] Leeds [1] Limehouse London [1] Litchborough [1] London England [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1] Marylebone [1] Minehead, Somerset [1] Oldham [1] Pelton, Durham [1] Penang Island [1] Portsmouth [1] Rilla, Cornwall [1] Royston, Herts. [1] Salford [1] Salumstead, Bannister, Berkshire [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] St Giles, Edinburgh [1] St Margarets at Cliffe Dover kent [1] St Pancras [1] St Pauls, Deptford, Kent [1] Tedegar, Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [969] Corporal [91] Serjeant [70] Second Lieutenant [67] Lieutenant [65] Private [63] Acting Corporal [35] Captain [29] Acting Serjeant [25] Corporal 2nd [20] Able Seaman [19] Major [17] Lance Corporal [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Acting Corporal 2nd [11] Staff Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] 2nd Corporal [5] Acting Captain [5] Driver [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Leading Seaman [4] Petty Officer [4] Able Seaman RNVR [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] sapper [3] Acting 2nd Corporal [2] Brigadier General [2] Gunner [2] Lt [2] Skipper [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] 11th Corporal [1] 2nd Corp [1] A.B. [1] Able Seaman and Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissary [1] Commissioned Instructor [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [1273] Royal Naval Division Engineers [947] Royal Naval Division [302] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [27] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Royal Engineers Royal Naval Division [23] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [19] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13] Royal Marines (Royal Naval Division Engineers) [12] Royal Naval Division Royal Engineers [12] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Marines [6] General List [4] Naval Forces [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [4] Royal Marine Engineers [4] Royal Naval Division: Engineers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Navy [3] Tank Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Engineers Depot [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [2] Royal Naval Division/Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Engineers Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] royal naval division [2] 1st Division [1] 2nd Field Company Royal Naval Division Engineers [1] 2nd Royal Naval Division [1] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1] 3rd Field Company [1] 3rd Indian Army Corps [1] 3rd field co RND, Engineers [1] 4th Battalion Royal Naval Division Engineers [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] 5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1] 5th Squadron Division Royal Naval Volunteer Service [1]

Service

British Army [1333] Royal Navy [89] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [136] S [136] C [111] M [110] W [110] H [105] R [82] T [72] D [64] P [64] L [57] G [56] F [52] A [49] E [31] J [27] N [27] K [21] O [11] Y [7] V [6] U [4] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1341]

Country

United Kingdom [58] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Turkey [1]

Herbert Thomas Ager

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army 213266 Sapper Royal Engineers 483rd field co

Royal Navy 5866 Sapper Royal Naval Engineers Division Deal

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Frederick George Gyton

Born 1884

Died 1969

British Army 207972 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 628 Sapper Royal Naval Division - engineers Deal

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Hubert Alfred Mackrill

Born 1894

Died 1957

British Army 207932 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 332 Sapper Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal

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Arthur Elgar Taylor

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 236083 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th field company

Royal Navy 836 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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John William Saxton

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5863 Royal Naval Division Deal

British Army 213235 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

British Army 66307 Royal Engineers

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Walter Joseph Barrett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 207881 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field co.

Royal Navy S/392 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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Cyril Joseph Feeny

Born 1883

Died 1961

Royal Navy Deal/55 S Serjeant Major Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

British Army 207651 Sgt. Major Royal Engineers

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Charles Edward Redman

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 236053 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 5015 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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Frederick Thomas Redman

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 207913 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 753 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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Wilson Moore Stephenson

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army 337 Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal battalion

British Army 207871 Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Herman Shaw

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 481 (S) Sargeant Royal Naval Division Deal

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 248th Field Co

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Stewart Patrick Brown

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S/1473 Sapper Naval Forces

British Army S/1473 Acting Serjeant 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve

Royal Navy 1473 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Harlow Butters

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant RNVR 63rd (RN) Division

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant RNVR 2nd Reserve Battalion

Royal Navy LZ/1131 A.B. Public Schools Battalion

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Louis Arthur Skinner

Born 1878

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 419 Lance Corporal Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal battalion

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William Arnold Craighill

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 200025 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 1174 Sapper Royal Naval Division, Engineers Deal Battalion

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Morley Twisse

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 991 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

British Army 236082 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 249th Field Co

British Army 236082 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

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Frederick Samuel De Vere Gould

Born 1887

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Naval Division RND Reserves

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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William P Rook

Born 1884

British Army 207959 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army E1058 Sapper Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy 1058 sapper Royal Naval Division Deal battalion

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Godfrey Ewart Morgans

Born 1879

Died 1948

British Army Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward Peake

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy WS/407 Sapper Royal Naval Division Deal engineers

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