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Place of birth

Edinburgh [2]

New Cross, Greenwich, London [2]

Acomb, Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Boscastle, Cornwall [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1]

Dublin [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hartfield, Sussex [1]

Haslingden, Lancashire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kennington, East Ashford district, Kent [1]

Llangattock, Breconshire [1]

London England [1]

Longueville [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Middlesex [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newington, South London [1]

Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St. George in the East, London [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Pensioner [46]

Private [27]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sapper [5]

Gunner [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Lance Corproal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant Instructor [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant Instructor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class I (Bandmaster) [1]

Unit

Royal Hospital Chelsea [48]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Hussars [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Hussars [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bengal Sappers and Miners [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment TA [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Rifle Brigade TF [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [7]

W [6]

M [5]

B [4]

P [4]

C [3]

K [3]

T [3]

G [2]

H [2]

L [2]

V [2]

A [1]

F [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

India [1]

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People [48] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edinburgh [2] New Cross, Greenwich, London [2] Acomb, Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Boscastle, Cornwall [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1] Dublin [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hartfield, Sussex [1] Haslingden, Lancashire [1] Islington, London [1] Kennington, East Ashford district, Kent [1] Llangattock, Breconshire [1] London England [1] Longueville [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Middlesex [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newington, South London [1] Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Southwark, London [1] St. George in the East, London [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1] Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Pensioner [46] Private [27] Serjeant [9] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Sapper [5] Gunner [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Captain [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Lance Corproal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant Instructor [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Instructor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class I (Bandmaster) [1]

Unit

Royal Hospital Chelsea [48] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Hussars [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Hussars [1] 6th Dragoons [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bengal Sappers and Miners [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment TA [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Rifle Brigade TF [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [7] W [6] M [5] B [4] P [4] C [3] K [3] T [3] G [2] H [2] L [2] V [2] A [1] F [1] N [1] Q [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [6] India [1]

Charles Robert Quinnell

Born 1895

Died 1984

British Army 533 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army GS/533 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 9th.Battalion

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William Thomas Goy

Born 1898

Died 1986

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 8707 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Edwin Painter

Born 1900

Died 1988

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army L/16761 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John Scannell

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 9131 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Victor Tilley

Born 1893

Died 1987

British Army 12974 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 12974 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Essex Regiment

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George Henry William Hatton

Born 1893

Died 1995

British Army S/1524 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army WR/300341 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles James Foan

Born 1890

Died 1941

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea Relocated to Ross on Wye for the duration of the war

British Army 81006 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 346 Siege Battery

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Albert Edward Miner

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army 1473 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3434074 Company Serjeant Major Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

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James Herbert Noake

Born 1891

Died 1983

British Army 27792 Transport Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 314021 Transport Serjeant Royal Engineers

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George Blaylock

Born 1895

Died 1992

British Army T2984 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 457834 Sapper Royal Engineers 20th T. F. Depot

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Ernest Albert Halsey

Born 1898

Died 1988

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 7141 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert George Tickner

Born 1901

Died 2000

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 900802 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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Albert John Burton

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army L/8199 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Dorrofield Wade

Born 1898

Died 1993

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 11th (Service) Battalion

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 5825073 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Suffolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Victor Joseph Brown

Born 1898

Died 1991

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 38080 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Herbert Lawrence Child

Born 1863

Died 1941

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army G/8196 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

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Edwin Thomas Mugford

Born 1892

Died 1987

British Army 2550 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 202606 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Randolph Lewis Morgan

Born 1896

Died 1988

British Army 1659 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 53828 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Thomas Hesp Sanderson

Born 1899

Died 1983

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 63634 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Richardson Collinge

Born 1894

Died 1993

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 19239 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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