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East Ham, Essex [386]

East Ham, Essex, England [108]

East Ham, West Ham, Essex [12]

East Ham, Stratford, Essex [3]

East Ham, essex [3]

East Ham London, Essex [2]

Manor Park, East Ham, Essex [2]

Upton Park, East Ham, Essex [2]

East Ham West Ham, Essex [1]

East Ham essex [1]

East Ham, Forest Gate, Essex [1]

East Ham, Manor Park, Essex [1]

East Ham,Essex [1]

Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1]

Silvertown, East Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Cadet [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Sergeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Ajax Chemical Company [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [1]

H.M.S. Bristol [1]

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Laforey [1]

HMS MAENAD [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

HMS Osiris [1]

HMS Vengeance [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King’s Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Labour Corps/RN Surveys [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1]

Royal Sussex [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [238]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [152]

British Army [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [55]

B [50]

C [48]

S [48]

H [46]

M [40]

R [30]

P [26]

A [22]

D [22]

F [21]

G [21]

L [19]

K [17]

T [16]

E [13]

J [11]

N [7]

O [5]

V [3]

I [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [414]

Merchant Navy [107]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [1]

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People [525] Stories Communities

Place of birth

East Ham, Essex [386] East Ham, Essex, England [108] East Ham, West Ham, Essex [12] East Ham, Stratford, Essex [3] East Ham, essex [3] East Ham London, Essex [2] Manor Park, East Ham, Essex [2] Upton Park, East Ham, Essex [2] East Ham West Ham, Essex [1] East Ham essex [1] East Ham, Forest Gate, Essex [1] East Ham, Manor Park, Essex [1] East Ham,Essex [1] Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1] Silvertown, East Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [16] Ordinary Seaman [7] Able Seaman [5] Deck Hand [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Cadet [1] Leading Seaman [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Sergeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [3] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Ajax Chemical Company [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Connaught Rangers [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. Bristol [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Laforey [1] HMS MAENAD [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Nestor [1] HMS Osiris [1] HMS Vengeance [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vindictive [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King’s Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Labour Corps/RN Surveys [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1] Royal Sussex [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [238] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [152] British Army [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [55] B [50] C [48] S [48] H [46] M [40] R [30] P [26] A [22] D [22] F [21] G [21] L [19] K [17] T [16] E [13] J [11] N [7] O [5] V [3] I [2] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [414] Merchant Navy [107]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [1]

Benjamin Bailey Curtis

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army 1745 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1745 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1745 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edwin Arthur Schirn

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 2551 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 300368 Serjeant Essex Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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William Ernest Goldspink

Born 1899

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120360

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John Thomas Bailey

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 51493 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army 51493 Private The Queen's (Royal west Surrey) Regiment

British Army 81653 Private Labour Corps

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Charlie Edgar Rowley

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 113274 Corporal Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Charles Dabrymple Atkins

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J19169 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J19169 Boy I H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J19169 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Bristol

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William Dawson

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 158329 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Poole

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237121

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Henry John Deeprose

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/3773 Private East Kent Regiment 8TH BATTALION

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Walter Ernest Coleman

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J42512 Boy 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Francis William Rogers

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205893

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Walter George Baskett

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265690

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Albert English

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army R43010 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/43010 Private King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Nevill Vaughan Guthrin Brasnett

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 9582 Private East Surrey Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78746 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army L/9582 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Richard Layton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101154

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Frederick White

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216137

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Harry Gannaway

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161216

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Alfred John Talbot

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189406

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William John Beasley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267866

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Benjamin Walker Agar

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241561

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