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Edmonton, London [663]

Edmonton, London, Middlesex [117]

Lower Edmonton, London [17]

Lower Edmonton, London, Middlesex [7]

Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6]

Upper Edmonton, London [4]

Edmonton London, Middlesex [3]

Edmonton Middlesex London [2]

Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2]

Edmonton District, London [1]

Edmonton London [1]

Edmonton London, Essex [1]

Edmonton, Enfield, London [1]

Edmonton, London North [1]

Edmonton, North London [1]

Edmonton, london [1]

Edmonton,London [1]

Edmonton,London. [1]

Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1]

Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1]

Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1]

London, Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Ponders End, Edmonton, London [1]

Town Edmonton, London [1]

Upper Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1]

Wood Green, Edmonton, London [1]

Wood Green,Edmonton,London,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Able Seaman [15]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Rifleman [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/C 2 [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Bugler 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegrapher [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic (Airship) [1]

Corporal Rigger (Airship) [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Pte. 2 [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Women's Royal Air Force [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1]

5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1]

8th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HMS 'Viknor' [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Eden [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable & HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Impregnable (training establishment) [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [129]

British Army [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [118]

H [80]

C [78]

W [73]

S [67]

M [59]

P [53]

R [38]

F [35]

D [31]

L [30]

T [29]

A [23]

G [22]

E [21]

K [21]

J [18]

N [15]

O [15]

V [6]

U [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Portugal [1]

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Place of birth

Edmonton, London [663] Edmonton, London, Middlesex [117] Lower Edmonton, London [17] Lower Edmonton, London, Middlesex [7] Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6] Upper Edmonton, London [4] Edmonton London, Middlesex [3] Edmonton Middlesex London [2] Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2] Edmonton District, London [1] Edmonton London [1] Edmonton London, Essex [1] Edmonton, Enfield, London [1] Edmonton, London North [1] Edmonton, North London [1] Edmonton, london [1] Edmonton,London [1] Edmonton,London. [1] Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1] Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1] Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1] London, Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Ponders End, Edmonton, London [1] Town Edmonton, London [1] Upper Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1] Wood Green, Edmonton, London [1] Wood Green,Edmonton,London,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [33] Able Seaman [15] Ordinary Seaman [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Rifleman [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Signalman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/C 2 [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Bugler 1st Class [1] Boy Telegrapher [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic (Airship) [1] Corporal Rigger (Airship) [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Pte. 2 [1] Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Steward [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS Ajax [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] Royal Air Force [4] HMS Impregnable [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS VALIANT [2] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Women's Royal Air Force [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1] 5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1] 8th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HMS 'Viknor' [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Eden [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable & HMS Crescent [1] HMS Impregnable (training establishment) [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [129] British Army [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [118] H [80] C [78] W [73] S [67] M [59] P [53] R [38] F [35] D [31] L [30] T [29] A [23] G [22] E [21] K [21] J [18] N [15] O [15] V [6] U [3] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [38] France [1] Germany [1] Portugal [1]

William G Hart

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 8059 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 72452 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

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Florence Beatrice Green

Born 1901

Died 2012

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22360 Women's Royal Air Force RAF Marham

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Leslie J Buin

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1603 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 300994 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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George Annis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 777 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1/8th London (Howitzer) Brigade

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Frederick Egan

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J8844

Royal Navy J8844 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J8844 Ordinary Seaman HMS Shearwater

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Charles William Greenaway

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14983 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Percival Cecil Welham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 372706 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5369 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert William Job Ambrose

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 34568 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Barker

Born 1888

Died 1920

Royal Navy K13516 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

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James Sivier Richardson

Born 1887

British Army 10178 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10178 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Robert Edward Olive

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 551690 Private London Regiment

British Army 4453 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Herbert Hollywell

Born 1894

British Army 10809 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Bertram Waller

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J38741

Royal Navy J38741 Boy Telegrapher HMS Eden

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Frederick Charles Rayment

Born 1901

Died 1979

Royal Navy L11038

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Guy Harold Woods

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J37108 Signalman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy J/37108 Signalman HMS Vindictive

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Reginald Risley

Born 1896

Died 1981

Royal Navy J23181

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Ronald D'albertanson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battallion attached 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment

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Harry Thomas Dowling

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3880 Private London Regiment

British Army 471248 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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William Stingemore

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J19505

Royal Navy J/19505 Able Seaman HMS Thetis

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Leonard Walpole Everson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3025 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 350969 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army Company Sergeant Major London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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