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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]

Frederick T Wilding

British Army 260989 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 6705 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 242513 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

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Ernest A Stapleton

British Army 12891 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 41181 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 67976 Private Labour Corps

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William Chapman

British Army 347137 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 11453 Pioneer East Surrey Regiment

British Army TR10/20796 Pioneer Training Reserve 80th Battalion

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George J Harmes

British Army 84113 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army TR/15446 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 26566 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frank L Mold

British Army 39881 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 10016 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 69239 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Henry Bruce Attwood Conybeare

British Army 10th Canadian Infantry

British Army 20460 Private Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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William Oakes

British Army 109949 Private Labour Corps

British Army 30882 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 76965 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

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James Whittaker

British Army 1775 Lancers

British Army 3262 The King's Dragoon Guards

British Army N/219 Corporal and Lance Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Charles Richardson Knowles

British Army 285 Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred G Hassum

British Army G/21917 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 82643 Private Labour Corps

British Army ES/48382 Private Army Service Corps

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