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Canning Town, London [490]

Canning Town, Essex [178]

Canning Town, Essex, England [124]

Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [16]

Canning Town [12]

Canning Town England [8]

Canning Town, Middlesex [5]

Canning Town, West Ham [5]

Canning Town, East London [4]

Canning Town London, Essex [3]

Canning Town, West Ham, London [3]

West Ham, Canning Town, Essex [3]

Canning Town Essex [2]

Canning Town, Stratford, Essex [2]

Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2]

Custom House, Canning Town, Essex [2]

25 Swanscombe Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

25 Swanscombe Street, Canning town, West Ham, Essex [1]

36 Shirley Street, London Canning Town [1]

8 Peter Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

CANNING TOWN ESSEX [1]

Canning Town East [1]

Canning Town London East, Essex [1]

Canning Town West Ham, Essex [1]

Canning Town, Kent [1]

Canning Town, London East [1]

Canning Town, London, Essex [1]

Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1]

Canning Town,London [1]

Canning Town. London. [1]

Canning town London [1]

Canning town, Sussex [1]

Portland Road Tidal Basin Canning Town [1]

Tidal Basin, Canning Town, Essex [1]

Tidal Bassin Canning Town, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Able Seaman [16]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Serjeant [9]

Gunner [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Rifleman [7]

Corporal [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sergeant [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Coastguard [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Machinist [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer/Driver/Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Storekeeper [1]

WO2 BSM [1]

Unit

London Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Essex Regiment [5]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Pathfinder [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

(RFR/CH/IC/386). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Civilian War Death [1]

Civilian war death [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HM Submarine C16 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMS ABDIEL [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [601]

British Army [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [92]

B [90]

H [85]

C [70]

M [66]

W [65]

P [63]

G [44]

F [37]

L [36]

T [36]

R [34]

D [32]

E [24]

A [23]

K [22]

J [20]

O [17]

N [9]

V [4]

I [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Merchant Navy [124]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Canning Town, London [490] Canning Town, Essex [178] Canning Town, Essex, England [124] Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [16] Canning Town [12] Canning Town England [8] Canning Town, Middlesex [5] Canning Town, West Ham [5] Canning Town, East London [4] Canning Town London, Essex [3] Canning Town, West Ham, London [3] West Ham, Canning Town, Essex [3] Canning Town Essex [2] Canning Town, Stratford, Essex [2] Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2] Custom House, Canning Town, Essex [2] 25 Swanscombe Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] 25 Swanscombe Street, Canning town, West Ham, Essex [1] 36 Shirley Street, London Canning Town [1] 8 Peter Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] CANNING TOWN ESSEX [1] Canning Town East [1] Canning Town London East, Essex [1] Canning Town West Ham, Essex [1] Canning Town, Kent [1] Canning Town, London East [1] Canning Town, London, Essex [1] Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1] Canning Town,London [1] Canning Town. London. [1] Canning town London [1] Canning town, Sussex [1] Portland Road Tidal Basin Canning Town [1] Tidal Basin, Canning Town, Essex [1] Tidal Bassin Canning Town, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46] Able Seaman [16] Stoker 1st Class [10] Serjeant [9] Gunner [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Leading Seaman [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Rifleman [7] Corporal [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Lance Corporal [5] Driver [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Leading Stoker [3] Sergeant [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Sapper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Coastguard [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Machinist [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer/Driver/Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Storekeeper [1] WO2 BSM [1]

Unit

London Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [7] Essex Regiment [5] HMS INFLEXIBLE [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Pathfinder [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] (RFR/CH/IC/386). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Civilian War Death [1] Civilian war death [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HM Submarine C16 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMS ABDIEL [1] HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [601] British Army [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Australian Imperial Force [8] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [92] B [90] H [85] C [70] M [66] W [65] P [63] G [44] F [37] L [36] T [36] R [34] D [32] E [24] A [23] K [22] J [20] O [17] N [9] V [4] I [3] Y [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742] Merchant Navy [124]

Country

United Kingdom [39] India [2] Canada [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Bertie Bradnam

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 33540 Gunner Royal Artillery, 44th Battery.

British Army 33540 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George Henry Saddington

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1435 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/1435 Sergeant Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army GS/1435 Sergeant Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Thomas Bond

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 13841 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13841 WO2 BSM Royal Field Artillery 67th Brigade

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Robert Whiting

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army F/74 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/74 Lance Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/74 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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John Daniels

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 354873 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 354873 Private London Regiment

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Robert Carrington Gooding

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 6743 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323548 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323548 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John William Hutchinson

Born 1899

Died 1959

British Army 616484 Private London Regiment

British Army 275385 Private London Regiment

British Army Private

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Ernest John Emberson

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 82082 Lance Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery R., & R.F.A. Clearing Office

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Albert George Spencer

Born 1893

Died 1943

British Army 60429 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 60429 Pioneer/Driver/Sapper Royal Engineers Cabel Section BEF france

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Thomas Robert Anthony

Born 1877

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 243701 (Devonport) Storekeeper Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "India"

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George William Potter

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 372708 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5372 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Smith

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 268518

Royal Navy 268518 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HM Submarine H5

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Walter Ernest Sharp

Born 1881

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Machinist Civilian War Death Brunner Mond Chemical Works

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Walter Edward Chilmaid

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1706 Serjeant London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 1706 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1706 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert James Gilbert

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Alfred Scutt

Died 1915

British Army G/1036 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Stott

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 22807 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 15th. Battalion

British Army 22807 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 17th. Battalion

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Alfred Hemmings

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS101624

Royal Navy SS/101624 Stoker 1st Class (RFR/CH/IC/386). H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Henry George Williams

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 407125

Canadian Expeditionary Force 407125 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Royal Howard

Born 1897

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian war death

British Army S/7105 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 5th Battalion

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