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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [56]

Croydon, Surrey [6]

Pirbright, Surrey [6]

Croydon [5]

Desborough, Northants [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Farnham, Surrey [5]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Bearsted, Kent [3]

Boxley, Kent [3]

London [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Reigate, Surrey [3]

Battersea [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Bermondsey [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Blackwater, Hampshire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Brighton [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cheam, Surrey [2]

Crondall, Hampshire [2]

Dorking [2]

Forest Gate, Essex [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lingfield, Surrey [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Outwood, Burstow, Surrey [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Southwark, Surrey [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Tottenham, Middlesex [2]

Walworth, Surrey [2]

Woking, Surrey [2]

Worth, Sussex [2]

91 Shields Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Albury, Surrey [1]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1]

Aldershot [1]

Allington, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [4104]

Lance Corporal [286]

Corporal [241]

Serjeant [208]

Second Lieutenant [170]

Lieutenant [98]

Captain [91]

Acting Corporal [29]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Major [23]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Sergeant [14]

Driver [13]

Sapper [11]

Rifleman [9]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Drummer [5]

Gunner [5]

Private Acting Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal. [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Unit

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4331]

The Queen's Regiment [3964]

Labour Corps [309]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [261]

London Regiment [170]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [54]

East Surrey Regiment [46]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

Rifle Brigade [42]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Royal Engineers [31]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [21]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [14]

Army Cyclist Corps [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [10]

Queens Royal West Surrey [10]

Surrey Yeomanry [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Queen's Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Training Reserve [7]

'The Queen's' Royal West Surrey Regiment. [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [4653]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [508]

S [446]

C [443]

H [427]

W [424]

M [303]

P [280]

R [222]

T [216]

G [213]

L [193]

D [171]

F [162]

A [143]

K [113]

J [111]

E [96]

N [85]

V [24]

I [22]

Y [19]

O [16]

U [13]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4589]

Country

United Kingdom [403]

Gibraltar [5]

Ireland [3]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Myanmar [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [56] Croydon, Surrey [6] Pirbright, Surrey [6] Croydon [5] Desborough, Northants [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Farnham, Surrey [5] Ashford, Kent [3] Bearsted, Kent [3] Boxley, Kent [3] London [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Reigate, Surrey [3] Battersea [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Bermondsey [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Blackwater, Hampshire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Brighton [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brixton, London [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cheam, Surrey [2] Crondall, Hampshire [2] Dorking [2] Forest Gate, Essex [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hampstead, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Kempston, Bedfordshire [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lingfield, Surrey [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Outwood, Burstow, Surrey [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Southwark, Surrey [2] Strood, Kent [2] Tottenham, Middlesex [2] Walworth, Surrey [2] Woking, Surrey [2] Worth, Sussex [2] 91 Shields Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Albury, Surrey [1] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1] Aldershot [1] Allington, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [4104] Lance Corporal [286] Corporal [241] Serjeant [208] Second Lieutenant [170] Lieutenant [98] Captain [91] Acting Corporal [29] Acting Serjeant [23] Company Serjeant Major [23] Major [23] Lance Serjeant [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Sergeant [14] Driver [13] Sapper [11] Rifleman [9] Corporal 2nd [7] Acting Captain [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Drummer [5] Gunner [5] Private Acting Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] ALIAS Private [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Corporal. [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1]

Unit

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4331] The Queen's Regiment [3964] Labour Corps [309] Royal West Surrey Regiment [261] London Regiment [170] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [54] East Surrey Regiment [46] Royal Fusiliers [43] Rifle Brigade [42] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Royal Engineers [31] Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [26] Army Service Corps [25] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [21] Machine Gun Corps [19] East Kent Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [16] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [14] Army Cyclist Corps [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment [10] Queens Royal West Surrey [10] Surrey Yeomanry [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [9] Manchester Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Queen's Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Training Reserve [7] 'The Queen's' Royal West Surrey Regiment. [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [4653] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [508] S [446] C [443] H [427] W [424] M [303] P [280] R [222] T [216] G [213] L [193] D [171] F [162] A [143] K [113] J [111] E [96] N [85] V [24] I [22] Y [19] O [16] U [13] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4589]

Country

United Kingdom [403] Gibraltar [5] Ireland [3] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] Myanmar [1] South Africa [1]

William Hall

British Army 65615 Private Labour Corps

British Army 0367 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 332870 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Raoul Jullan Torcau De Marney

British Army 3086 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Macedonian Labour Corps

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James Stenning

British Army WR/22850 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 308127 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 29003 Pioneer Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William C Lester Smith

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Lieutenant (Acting Captain) The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Randal Mathews Burdon

British Army Lieutenant Attached 81st Pioneers Indian Army

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2 Battalion

British Army Captain 13/16 Cavalry

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Jerome Joseph O'neill

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Joseph Park

British Army 7035 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 302322 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 67877 Royal Fusiliers

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Stephen J Tellery

British Army 3876 Private London Regiment

British Army 321534 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 699014 Acting Corporal London Regiment

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William Broom

British Army 29867 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 40102 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 21623 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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George J Green

British Army 576175 Private Labour Corps

British Army 64082 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 49357 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Hugh N Johnson

British Army 66422 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91891 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155065 Private Labour Corps

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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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Frank Buckle Clark

British Army 547 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens

British Army 367479 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens

British Army 42330 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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