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Bethnal Green, London [2421]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [546]

Bethnal Green, East London [19]

Bethnal Green London [12]

Bethnal Green, London East [10]

Bethnal Green, London. [7]

Bethnal Green,London. [3]

Bethnal Green , London [2]

Bethnal Green, London E [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex, London, England [2]

London, Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

bethnal green, london [2]

150 Corfield Street, Bethnal Green Road, London [1]

31 Matilda Street, Bethnal Green, London, England [1]

Bethnal Green London Middlesex [1]

Bethnal Green London England [1]

Bethnal Green London Middlesex [1]

Bethnal Green London Middlesex England [1]

Bethnal Green London, Middlesex [1]

Bethnal Green, London E. [1]

Bethnal Green, London, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London, England. [1]

Bethnal Green, North London [1]

Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London [1]

Bethnal Green,East London. [1]

Bethnal Green,Greater London, Middlesex, [1]

Bethnal Green,London [1]

Camden St, Bethnal Green, London [1]

London, Bethnal Green [1]

Medhurst Rd, Bethnal Green, London [1]

Saint Peters Bethnal Green, London [1]

St Peter's Vicarage, Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [200]

Rifleman [38]

Stoker 1st Class [38]

Able Seaman [35]

Ordinary Seaman [29]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [17]

Driver [15]

Stoker 2nd Class [15]

Lance Corporal [13]

Sapper [11]

Leading Seaman [10]

Deck Hand [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sick Berth Attendant [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

AB [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mech 2 [1]

Air Mech. I [1]

Air Mech. II [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [67]

Royal Engineers [21]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

South Wales Borderers [18]

Rifle Brigade [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

HMS Chester [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS Fearless [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS DEFENCE [3]

HMS Formidable [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Princess Irene [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2207]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [557]

British Army [282]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [348]

C [311]

S [307]

H [243]

W [239]

M [207]

D [171]

P [157]

G [149]

R [139]

T [126]

L [112]

A [104]

F [104]

J [82]

K [64]

E [55]

N [41]

O [40]

Y [16]

V [14]

U [9]

I [8]

Q [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3028]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Canada [5]

France [2]

Belgium [1]

Germany [1]

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Bethnal Green, London [2421] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [546] Bethnal Green, East London [19] Bethnal Green London [12] Bethnal Green, London East [10] Bethnal Green, London. [7] Bethnal Green,London. [3] Bethnal Green , London [2] Bethnal Green, London E [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex, London, England [2] London, Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] bethnal green, london [2] 150 Corfield Street, Bethnal Green Road, London [1] 31 Matilda Street, Bethnal Green, London, England [1] Bethnal Green London Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green London England [1] Bethnal Green London Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green London Middlesex England [1] Bethnal Green London, Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green, London E. [1] Bethnal Green, London, England [1] Bethnal Green, London, England. [1] Bethnal Green, North London [1] Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London [1] Bethnal Green,East London. [1] Bethnal Green,Greater London, Middlesex, [1] Bethnal Green,London [1] Camden St, Bethnal Green, London [1] London, Bethnal Green [1] Medhurst Rd, Bethnal Green, London [1] Saint Peters Bethnal Green, London [1] St Peter's Vicarage, Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [200] Rifleman [38] Stoker 1st Class [38] Able Seaman [35] Ordinary Seaman [29] Boy 1st Class [24] Gunner [18] Corporal [17] Serjeant [17] Driver [15] Stoker 2nd Class [15] Lance Corporal [13] Sapper [11] Leading Seaman [10] Deck Hand [8] Leading Stoker [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [6] Petty Officer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy [3] Cook's Mate [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer Telegraphist [2] Sergeant [2] Sick Berth Attendant [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Stoker [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] AB [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mech 2 [1] Air Mech. I [1] Air Mech. II [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [67] Royal Engineers [21] Royal Field Artillery [21] South Wales Borderers [18] Rifle Brigade [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Army Service Corps [10] Essex Regiment [10] Labour Corps [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] East Surrey Regiment [5] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] HMS Chester [5] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS Fearless [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS DEFENCE [3] HMS Formidable [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Hampshire [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Princess Irene [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2207] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [557] British Army [282] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [348] C [311] S [307] H [243] W [239] M [207] D [171] P [157] G [149] R [139] T [126] L [112] A [104] F [104] J [82] K [64] E [55] N [41] O [40] Y [16] V [14] U [9] I [8] Q [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3028] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Canada [5] France [2] Belgium [1] Germany [1]

Alfred David Duncombe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3986 Private London Regiment

British Army 3986 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William James Bedwell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 574315 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 505059 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 505059 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Burchell

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 25723 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Bomber Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Edward Marriott M M

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57969 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick Charles Fletcher

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st

British Army 8708 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8708 Private North Staffordshire 1st

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William Henry Rawlins

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 40563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 7th Siege Battery

British Army 40563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery attached Tank Corps attached Command Depot

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Theodore James Auvache

Born 1890

Died 1972

Royal Navy 224425 Air Mech. II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224425 Air Mech. I

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Robert Henry Tolliday

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 6336 Private Lancers

British Army 41919 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 6336 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Alfred Edward Harris

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 374062 Private London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374062 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8079 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leslie Arthur George Bowen

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas James Johnson

Born 1894

British Army 1005 Gunner Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1005 Gunner London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 947679 Gunner Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 2nd Section

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Thomas Carter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2446 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370675 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Aka James George Dorey

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army 22472 Saddler Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 7825 Saddler Royal Horse Artillery

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Albert Henry Chignell

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10159 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10159 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Walter William Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 54274 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10438 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Henry Wire

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11002 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Thomas Hockett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2429 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370665 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William John Doree

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 16205 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Samuel Gibbs

Born 1889

Died 1973

British Army 8032 Bandsman Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8032 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 39639 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Charles Huskinson

Born 1876

Died 1940

British Army 111337 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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