All WW1 Names

ABBOTT FRANK MACLEAN

 Of HMS Surprise died 23.12.1917 age 24, son of John Colpoys and Nellie Buchanan Abbott of Travancore, India. Memorial CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, grave 20. Found

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ABBOTT, JOHN GURNEY

Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 6th Bn. attd. 59th Trench Mortar Bty.  Died 21/09/1917 Age 27 Panel 145 to 147.TYNE COT MEMORIAL.   Son of Donald

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ABEL JAMES EDGAR MC

 2nd Lt RWK 6th Bn. Died 22.12.1917 age 37, buried at HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY. Son of  James born 1845, manager bookbinding and Hannah Ruth born

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ABURROW WILLIAM

Pioneer 124824 Royal Engineers 13th Labour Bn. Died 23/01/1916 age 47 Grave Pink’s. 8. 20.  PORTSMOUTH (KINGSTON) CEMETERY  Husband of Ellen Aburrow, of 7, Stanmore

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ABURROW WILLIAM

Pioneer 124824 Royal Engineers13th Labour Bn. Died 23/01/1916 age 47 Grave Pink’s. 8. 20.  PORTSMOUTH (KINGSTON) CEMETERY. Husband of Ellen Aburrow, of 7, Stanmore Terrace,

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ADAMS P L

Two possibilities Lt Adams of Machine Gun Corps died 3.10.1916 bur Doingt Communal Cemetery East. Or Private Adams of the York and Lancaster 6th Bn

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ADCOCK JOSEPH BENJAMIN

Sapper Royal Engineers, L Signal Bn, died 21.4.1918. Buried HARINGHE BANDAGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY. Born abt 1886 Wandsworth, married Lilian Baker of Bromley 1915.

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AERTS, NORMAN ARTHUR

Rifleman 303096 London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th Bn.  Died 13/05/1917 Age 19 Grave XVIII. M. 18A. ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY  Son of Emily Clara and

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AITCHISON DOUGLAS JAMES

RAF and Royal Field Artillery died 17.4.1918 of septicaemia at the RFC hospital, Hampstead, age 21 following an aeroplane accident in Palestine 30-12-17 Buried CAMBERWELL

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ALISON, LAUGHTON HASSARD

Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Died15/05/1915, Panel 30. Memorial LE TOURET MEMORIAL. Visitor to 27 Southend Rd, Beckenham as a Cambridge student in

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ALLFREY N L

Not in CWGC or among 90 in National Archives. But could it be Capt Hugh Lionel Allfrey son of Edward Richmond Allfrey of Eden Park

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AMNER GEORGE CECIL

29087  Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 6th Bn formerly 1218, City of London R. Fusiliers. Born Brixton, lived Bermondsey,  Killed in action 23 Aug

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ANDERSON, HENRY LAWRENCE

Lieutenant Colonel 9th Bhopal Infantry Died 29/10/1914 Age:47 Grave VI. F. 2. PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE  Son of Maj. Gen. Robert Patrick Anderson and

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ARCHER WILLIAM GEORGE

33892 Private  Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s  Own (Yorkshire Regiment)  13th Bn, formerly 043735, R.A.S.C.  Killed in action  21 Dec 1917.   Grave  II. A. 14.

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ARNOLD CHARLES

S/1118  Private Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)  1st Bn  Died of wounds 25 April 1915 in the Canadian Dressing Station at St Julien as

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ASHDOWN ALBERT

Serjeant G/378 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)”A” Coy. 8th Bn. Died 5/10/1918 Age 30 Panel 7. VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL  Son of John and Jemina Ashdown,

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ASTE NORMAN HENRY

2nd Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery23rd Heavy Bty.  Died 04/08/1916 Age 27 Grave I. M. 22.  ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION  Son of John and Margaret Aste.

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ASTON DOUGLAS PHILIP

Private 43329 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1st Bn.  Died 23/04/1917 Age 21 Panel 6, ARRAS MEMORIAL. Son of Christopher Penrhyn Aston and Emma Aston, of 28, St.

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ATKINSON LEWIS De BURGH

1413, Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn. Awards:Mentioned in Despatches Died 16/08/1916 Age 35  Pier and Face 7 C THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Educated at The Whitgift

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AUDOYER JOHN

Killed in action on or about 21/8/1915 Son of Mrs Audoyer 14 Villiers Rd, Beckenham, born abt 1888 Lewisham. BJ 10/8/1918 recorded his brother Thomas

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BARTON WILLIAM DUNN

Rifleman R/3219 King’s Royal Rifle Corps  12th Bn   Died of wounds 19 Mar 1917 France & Flanders, age 25. Enlisted Southwark, born Kensington abt 1887

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BASKERVILLE, JOHN FRANCIS

Private 19398 Coldstream Guards 3rd Bn. Died 30/11/1917 Age 32 Panel 2. CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL  Son of John Baskerville; husband of Alice Maud Baskerville, of

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BEASLEY CHARLES

Pte Australian Infantry AIF 25th Bn. Died 5/8/1916 just before his brother William, age 28 VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL. Reported missing 29 July 1916. BJ 16/9/1916

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BEASLEY, WILLIAM

L/Corporal G/393 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)  6th Bn.  Died of wounds as POW 18/08/1916  Grave V. C. 7. HAMBURG CEMETERY Enlisted Bromley.  Family

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BECKFORD CYRIL EWART

 Rifleman  R/14365 King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Died of wounds 17/05/1916 Age: 22  Grave  III. L. 7.  ST. PATRICK’S CEMETERY, LOOS  Son of Joshua

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BEER ALBERT

Pte L/10976 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)  8th Bn.    Killed in action 16 Apr 1917 Bay 7 ARRAS MEMORIAL.  Born Lewisham, residence Penge. Enlisted

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BEER HENRY OLIVER

Second Lieutenant Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Bn Went out to France in August 1915. Killed in action in the advance at Loos

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BELCHER E A

 Gunner 207489 Royal Field Artillery, 4th reserve Bde. Died 6.3.1917 buried Little Totham All Saints churchyard, Essex. Only one of this name on the CWGC

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BELCHER FRANKLIN NARES

L/Corp 2916 7th London Regiment Born 1881, age at enlistment 37.  Died 9 Sept 1918, Kent. 1911 Address: The Briars Lessness Park Belvedere County: Kent

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BELCHER, ALBERT EDWARD

Private  G/11820 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Bn.  Killed in action 07/10/1916  Pier and Face 11 C.  THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Born abt 1894 Beckenham,

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BENHAM, WALTER EDWARD

 Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery “A” Bty. 245th Bde.   Died 03/11/1918 Age 32  Grave S. V. E. 4.  ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN  Husband of

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BENNETT, RISDON MACKENZIE

 Lieutenant Royal Air Force 204th Sqdn. formerly Royal Naval Air Service   Died 28/09/1918 Age 18 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL   Son of Dr. James H. Bennett,

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BERTOLLE, GUSTAVE

Rifleman A/200135 King’s Royal Rifle Corps 17th Bn. Killed in action 06/10/1916 Age 36 Grave I. G. 17.  BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD  Son of

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BEWSHEA, SIDNEY ROBERT

Private 8405 Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.   Killed in action 31/10/1914 Age 32  Grave I. D. 6.  LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURGL’AVOUE  Son of George Bewshea,

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BLAKE HENRY

L.Corp G/4074 Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Bn. Reported from a wounded comrade from B Co RWK 6thBn, in the Lewis Gun section.

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BOAKES WILLIAM

 Rifleman 3845 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade,  Died 25.4.15  L29 Y-FARM MILITARY CEMETERY BOIS-GRENIER Son John William and Elizabeth Boakes, 40 Chancery Lane, Beckenham, born abt

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BOILING ERIC

 Private G/2220 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Bn.  Killed in action 26/09/1915 Panel 15 to 19. LOOS MEMORIAL  Born Oxford, lived S Norwood, enlisted

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BOLTON, HENRY ROBERT ARTHUR

Rifleman 472466 London Regiment (The Rangers) “D” Coy. 12th Bn.      Killed in action. 09/04/1917 Age 19 Grave  I. A. 40.  LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE  Husband of

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BOND, ALBERT WILLIAM

Private 25198  East Surrey Regiment 1st Bn Died 20/05/1918 Age 37. Grave Plot 2. Row D. Grave 5. TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES  Son of Richard

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BOOTH, SYDNEY EDWIN

Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 20th Sqdn. Died in flying accident 03/12/1918 Grave N. 1. CHARLEROI COMMUNAL CEMETERY  Born 1895, served since Sept 1914, husband

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BOWDEN, STANLEY

Rifleman  650721 London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Bn. posted to 2nd/ 23rd Bn.  Died 25/4/1917 KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY  Son of Harry Charles and Rosa

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BOWMAN THOMAS FREDERICK

Private 41733 Royal Fusiliers  Died 26.3.1920 grave P7 8200 BECKENHAM CEMETERY  as reported in the BJ. Born abt 1878, married 1906 Ellen Freeman, 1911 lived

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BOWMAN, ALFRED JAMES

Rifleman 2938 London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Bn.  Died 01/10/1915 Age 24 Panel 134. LOOS MEMORIAL  Son of Thomas and Rosina Jane Bowman, of

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BRACKLEY HORACE

Pte G/20227 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Bn. Died of wounds 23/06/1917 Age 36  Grave XIV.  LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY  Husband of Daisy Olive Brackley,

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BRADY GERALD CHARLES

 Private  14981 Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Bn. Killed in action 26/09/1916  Pier and Face 7 B. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Born Kensington, Middlesex, lived Beckenham, enlisted London

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BRAND W

Private Walter Brand 2177  of the 6th Seaforth Highlanders who was killed in action on the 15th June 1915, Festubert, France. He was the second

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BRECK ALBERT G

Private  G/14419 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.   Died 18/09/1918 age 31 Grave VI. C. 9. JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION  Son of George and Nancy Breck,

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BROOK, JAMES EDWARD BLYTHE

Private 3019 Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 28th Bn. Died 29/07/1916 Age 26  VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL  Son of Benjamin Blythe Brook and the late Martha Elizabeth Brook, of

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BROWN JAMES LAMBERT

Private G/19322 Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) Bn1/8th (T.F.) Killed in action 30/11/1917 Panel 9 CAMBRAI MEMORIAL LOUVERAL Born Beckenham 1888, lived Chiswick, enlisted

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BROWN PHILIP ANTHONY

Lieutenant 12351 Durham Light Infantry 13th Bn. Killed in action  04/11/1915 age 29 Grave  I. F. 5.  RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES  Son of

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BROWN ROBERT JAMES

Private G/320 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Bn.  Killed in action 08/03/1916  age 18, Panel 95 to 97. LOOS MEMORIAL  Born Brixton, Surrey,

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BRYAN JOHN HOLT

Private 2675 Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment)  Died 11/12/1915 age 39.  Grave  E. 148. ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY  Son of John and

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BRYANT THOMAS ARTHUR

 Lance Corporal 56771  Welsh Regiment 14th Bn.   Killed in action 19/04/1918  Grave IV. F. 3. WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION  Born Beckenham, lived Anerley, enlisted  Cardiff

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BUNTING HARRY

Private 240896 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)  7th Bn.  Killed in action 28/03/1918 Panel 58 and 59. POZIERES MEMORIAL  Born Beckenham, enlisted Bromley. 

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BUNTING, JOHN HENRY

Private 8153 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of  Wales’s Own) 1st Bn.  Died 20/09/1914, age 27  LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, of

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BURCH HARRY MM

Corporal 16578 Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn.  Formerly 8000, Dragoons.   Died of wounds 13/10/1916  age 32  Grave I. L. 10.  GROVE TOWN

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BURGOYNE ALFRED

Driver T3/030457 Army Service Corps 211th H.T. Coy.  Died  Home, 04/03/1915, age 31 Grave Screen Wall. X4. 1. 6829. BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY  Husband of

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BURLES PHILLIP HENRY

Private  G/12901 Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Bn.  Died 28/08/1916 age19 Pier and Face 11 C. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  Son of Philip and Harriett

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BURTONSHAW JOHN HORACE

 Lance Corporal G/4829 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)  2nd Bn. Died 14/07/1916 Age 36 Grave XVI. X. 3. OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Husband of Selina

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BUSH JOHN EDWARD

Pte  228165 London Regiment 1st Bn (Royal Fusiliers) Formerly 936, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 20 Nov 1917 Grave B.8. LOUVERAL MILITARY CEMETERY

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BUTLER HARRY

Pte 3545 HAC 2nd Bn. Died of wounds 1/12/1916 age 26 grave Green Dump Cemetery Mem 11. ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY BEAUMONT HAMEL. Late of Manor

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BUTTERIS JOHN GEORGE

Private G/2669 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Bn.  Died of wounds 02/07/1916 Grave II. B. 30. DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION  Enlisted Lambeth, born

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BYRON CLEMENT JOHN

Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 2nd. Bn.   Killed in action 10/01/1917 Grave Reference B. 34. BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY.  Son of John and Clara Byron, of

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CANNON LEONARD ROBERT

Private TR/10/23441 East Surrey Regiment 10th Bn, Training Reserve 30th Bn.  Formerly T.R./9/2268 25th Bn Died Home 28/08/1917 Grave W5. 7421. BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY 

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CARMAN LESLIE GUY

Second Lieutenant Mentioned in Despatches. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Bn. K Killed in action 04/10/1916 , age 19. Grave XIII. F. 8. SERRE

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CARR, BERNARD WILLIAM JAMES

 Private 515859 London Regiment Bn: 14th (County of London) (London Scottish)     Killed in action 23/08/1918 Grave VIII. N. 26. CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ  Born Peckham,

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CARTER FREDERICK W

Rifleman 43758 B Co Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Bn. Died of wounds at 61st Field Ambulance 31/3/1918. SAINS-EN-AMIENOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY. Youngest son of Mr &

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CASSIDY ALBERT

Pte G/12671 British Expeditionary Force Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Bn.  Died of wounds 29 Nov 1917  III.A.17. TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. Born 1887, enlisted Bromley.

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CATHIE SIDNEY

Pte 31776, Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn.  Killed Somme Sunday 24/9/1916, age 26 Thiepval memorial,    BJ 22/9/1917

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