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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]

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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]

George Frith

Born 1898

Died 1981

British Army 39659 Private Northumberland Fusiliers Depot

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William Frederick Venables

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 201329 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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William Pepper

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 4449 Private Rifle Brigade

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William John Brinton

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K1806 Stoker Petty Officer HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Florence Beatrice Patterson

Born 1901

Died 2012

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Steward Women's Royal Air Force R.A.F. Marham

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Albert Edward Baxter

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 241788 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Christopher John Mason

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J28617 Boy 1st Class HMS 'Viknor'

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James Chalena Rayment

Born 1896

Died 1981

Royal Navy J29353

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Charles Thomas Sturmey

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy K16909

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Mina Florence Livett

Born 1891

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11760

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Alfred George Wedd

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS112670 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

Royal Navy SS112670 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Geoffrey Thompson

Born 1889

Died 1916

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners

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Charles Henry Crockford

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217927

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Robert Frederick Stevenson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219892

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George Hanson Hoyle

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221847

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Charles William Gessey

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223532

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Sidney Thorogood Willis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223734

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George Duncan Cathcart

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229737

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Robert Daniel Hardy

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235334

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Gordon Heane Sly

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238784

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