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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]

Henry John Turpin

Born 1888

Died 1976

Royal Navy M19741

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William George Mager

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Serjeant London Regiment 1/13 lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/13 lond Battalion

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William Bruin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 24461 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Needham Granshaw

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 13748 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Thomas Calvert

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army T1906 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 546358 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Sidney Harry Hart

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 374294 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8344 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Wright

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 53150 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas George Eldridge

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 11534 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/11534 Private HMS Duncan Royal Marine Light Infantry detachment

Royal Navy CH/11534 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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George William Owttrim

Born 1893

Died 1944

Canadian Expeditionary Force 57703 Private

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Walter Thomas Remon

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 8161 Private London Regiment

British Army 233604 Private London Regiment

British Army 233604 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Lomas

Born 1890

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95193 Royal Flying Corps 73 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

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James Charles Day

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 373864 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5344 Rifleman London Regiment 10th (County of London) Battalion

British Army 7016 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles(

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William Dismon

Born 1882

Died 1956

British Army 15457 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15457 Driver Royal Filed Artillery 81st Battery

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Frederick Corse

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 11123 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alfred Ernest Morecock

Born 1876

British Army 11106 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11106 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11106 Farrier Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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John Henry Corse

Born 1883

Died 1969

British Army 64375 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Thomas Crease

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 303819 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt

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Frederick William Turpin

Born 1892

Died 1977

Royal Navy J65123 Able Seaman

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Charles Bunyan

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army 283426 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 154366 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army WR/21929 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Burry

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11106 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 11106 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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