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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]

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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]

William Thomas Vinten

Born 1886

Died 1976

British Army G/20720 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 23435 Private East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Carrodus

British Army 29055 Private Lance Corporal The East Surrey Regiment

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Leonard Cecil Lunn

British Army 12889 Private Acting Serjeant The East Surrey Regiment

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Ernest William Joseph Metherell

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army 4824 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 74658 Private Labour Corps

British Army Labour Corps

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Morris Rodolph Munns

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army 243349 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army P/11766 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 243349 Private East Surrey Regiment queen's 6th east Battalion

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Harry W Chappell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38241 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/69413 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/69413 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Hubert Harold Hugh Ruffles

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20332 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/24460 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/24460 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Raymond Cecil Stedman

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 558 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army 558 Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 4th battalion, east Battalion

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Edgar Fewster

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 32443 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army GS/4596 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/9942 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Morgan Foster

British Army 1515 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 243192 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 206138 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Charles J S Williams

Died 1917

British Army G/6849 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army S/7006 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Joseph Hughes

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6794 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army S/7049 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Albert Woods

British Army 8382 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 8382 Serjeant The Surrey Regiment

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William Walter Peck

Died 1918

British Army 39887 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/14803 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/14803 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James H Bell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7126 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army S/7011 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/7011 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Robert Armstrong

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1263 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/24093 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/24093 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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William Henry Warren

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 11870 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/24323 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/24323 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Arthur Reuben Kemp

Died 1917

British Army 20308 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/24459 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/24459 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Herbert William Breading

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 38294 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/69410 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/69410 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Sidney Frank Pennell

Died 1918

British Army 30343 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/62927 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/62927 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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