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Maidstone, Kent [56]

Croydon, Surrey [6]

Pirbright, Surrey [6]

Croydon [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Farnham, Surrey [5]

Desborough, Northants [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Bearsted, Kent [3]

Boxley, Kent [3]

Horsham, Sussex [3]

London [3]

Reigate, Surrey [3]

Southwark, Surrey [3]

Woking, 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]

Clapham, Surrey [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hawkhurst, Kent [2]

Headley, Hampshire [2]

Hollingbourne, Kent [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Laughton [2]

Leatherhead [2]

Lingfield, Surrey [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Tottenham, Middlesex [2]

Walworth, Surrey [2]

Wandsworth, Surrey [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Worth, Sussex [2]

91 Shields Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [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]

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

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

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

Royal West Surrey [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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People [4653] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [56] Croydon, Surrey [6] Pirbright, Surrey [6] Croydon [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Farnham, Surrey [5] Desborough, Northants [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Bearsted, Kent [3] Boxley, Kent [3] Horsham, Sussex [3] London [3] Reigate, Surrey [3] Southwark, Surrey [3] Woking, 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] Clapham, Surrey [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hawkhurst, Kent [2] Headley, Hampshire [2] Hollingbourne, Kent [2] Islington, London [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Laughton [2] Leatherhead [2] Lingfield, Surrey [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Strood, Kent [2] Tottenham, Middlesex [2] Walworth, Surrey [2] Wandsworth, Surrey [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Worth, Sussex [2] 91 Shields Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland [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] The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [4] Royal West Surrey [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]

John W Tanner

British Army 29010 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army G/6062 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Lewis Hubball

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army 240855 Private 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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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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Alfred Shrubb

Born 1859

British Army 524 East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2468 Welsh Regiment

British Army 2166 Somerset Light Infantry

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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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Alfred Deeks

British Army 53371 Private Royal Scots

British Army 91887 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 155047 Private Labour Corps

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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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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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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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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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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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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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