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Maidstone, Kent [7]

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [2]

Laughton [2]

Surrey [2]

Aythorpe Roding [1]

Bailiff Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Barford Stream, Churt, Surrey [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Benefield, Northamptonshire [1]

Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1]

Brockley, London SE [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Dover [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Farnham [1]

Fraisthorpe Yorkshire [1]

Framsden, Suffolk [1]

Fulham,Middlesex [1]

Gnosall, Staffordshire [1]

Halifax Yorkshire [1]

Hersham, Surrey, England [1]

Kennington Road, Lambeth [1]

Kingsland London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Manningtree, Essex [1]

Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Newport, Monmouth [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Norwood, Surrey [1]

Paddington, Middlesex [1]

Penge, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Pulham Market Norfolk [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex [1]

Shepherds Bush Middlesex [1]

St Issey, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1]

St. Pancras, Middx. [1]

Stanbridgeford, Bedfordshire [1]

Swinton Yorkshire [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Weston-Under-Penyard, Hereford [1]

Woodford, Essex [1]

Yalding, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [807]

Corporal [44]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Serjeant [31]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Sapper [7]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Appointed Acting Corporal [1]

Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1]

Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal and Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporl [1]

Corporol [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private. Granted Prof. Pay Class 1 [1]

Promoted Corporol [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Serjeant Major [1]

ra [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [875]

The Queen's Regiment [818]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [53]

Labour Corps [50]

Royal Engineers [49]

London Regiment [41]

East Kent Regiment [26]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [8]

Military Foot Police [8]

The East Surrey Regiment [7]

Lancers [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Surrey Yeomanry [4]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

16th Lancers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment attached The Queen's Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [910]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [109]

C [91]

S [86]

W [86]

H [79]

M [62]

G [53]

D [42]

P [42]

R [38]

T [32]

L [29]

E [28]

F [26]

A [24]

K [23]

J [20]

O [13]

N [11]

V [7]

I [5]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [910]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [910] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [7] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [2] Laughton [2] Surrey [2] Aythorpe Roding [1] Bailiff Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Barford Stream, Churt, Surrey [1] Barming, Kent [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Benefield, Northamptonshire [1] Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1] Brockley, London SE [1] Dalston, London [1] Dover [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Farnham [1] Fraisthorpe Yorkshire [1] Framsden, Suffolk [1] Fulham,Middlesex [1] Gnosall, Staffordshire [1] Halifax Yorkshire [1] Hersham, Surrey, England [1] Kennington Road, Lambeth [1] Kingsland London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Manningtree, Essex [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] Newport, Monmouth [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Norwood, Surrey [1] Paddington, Middlesex [1] Penge, Croydon, Surrey [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Pulham Market Norfolk [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex [1] Shepherds Bush Middlesex [1] St Issey, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1] St. Pancras, Middx. [1] Stanbridgeford, Bedfordshire [1] Swinton Yorkshire [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Weston-Under-Penyard, Hereford [1] Woodford, Essex [1] Yalding, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [807] Corporal [44] Second Lieutenant [33] Serjeant [31] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [9] Sapper [7] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Appointed Acting Corporal [1] Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1] Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal and Lance Serjeant [1] Corporl [1] Corporol [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private. Granted Prof. Pay Class 1 [1] Promoted Corporol [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Serjeant Major [1] ra [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [875] The Queen's Regiment [818] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [53] Labour Corps [50] Royal Engineers [49] London Regiment [41] East Kent Regiment [26] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [23] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Fusiliers [20] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal West Surrey Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [8] Military Foot Police [8] The East Surrey Regiment [7] Lancers [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Surrey Yeomanry [4] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] 16th Lancers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment attached The Queen's Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Essex Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [910] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [109] C [91] S [86] W [86] H [79] M [62] G [53] D [42] P [42] R [38] T [32] L [29] E [28] F [26] A [24] K [23] J [20] O [13] N [11] V [7] I [5] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [910]

Country

United Kingdom [34] India [1] Ireland [1]

Henry Duncan Ryan Reilly

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Captain The Queens Regiment attached East Surrey Regiment

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Frederick Herbert N Larke

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army G/47615 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 47615 Private East Surrey Regiment No 301st Depot, 16th Labour Company

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Francis James Price

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/26429 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/81293 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Sidney Leopold Holman

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 17366 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/24305 Private The Queen's Regiment

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William Albert Edwards

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 15411 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25691 Private East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Naylor

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 242334 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 30189 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 30189 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William James Giles

Died 1918

British Army 1886 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 1886 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

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John Carter

Died 1917

British Army T-4408 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 202000 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 202000 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Charles Hubert Cousins

Born 1899

Died 1974

British Army British Red Cross Society

British Army G-70192 Private The Queen's Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army G-27158 Private East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Roper

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8178 Private East Surrey Regiment attached The Queen's Regiment

British Army 8178 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 8178 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Robert William Riley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army G/3076 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3076 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army 3785 Private East Kent Regiment

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Henry A Chowney

Died 1917

British Army 13556 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25708 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Bowles

Died 1918

British Army 15194 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25706 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Benjamin Gibson

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 60572 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 50043 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Charles Gander

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 15217 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25707 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Percy Cyril Turk

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 15141 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25699 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frederick G Earwaker

Born 1899

Died 1972

British Army 241080 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army L/14218 Private The Queen's Regiment

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William Wells

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 13955 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25680 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Harry Perry

Died 1919

British Army 60556 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 50061 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Clements

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 15120 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 25694 Private East Surrey Regiment

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