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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]

Ernest Henry Oakerbee

Born 1883

Died 1971

British Army 22110 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Henry James Oakerbee

Born 1887

Died 1963

Royal Navy SS1044 Ordinary Seaman Seamen and Communications Branch

Royal Navy SS1044 Able Seaman Seamen and Communications Branch

Royal Navy J5619 Able Seaman Seamen and Communications Branch

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Ernest Henry James Oakerbee

Born 1889

Royal Navy K42471 Stoker Second Class

Royal Navy K42471 Stoker First Class

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Henry Thomas Risley

Born 1892

Died 1982

Royal Navy SS111371 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS111371 Stoker 2nd Class

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Reginald Risley

Born 1896

Died 1981

Royal Navy J23181 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable & HMS Crescent

Royal Navy J23181 Ordinary Seaman Shore establishments

Royal Navy J23181 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Henry Payne

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9699 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert Henry James Oakerbee

Born 1885

Died 1939

British Army 38797 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 32166 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Herbert Howard Oakerbee

Born 1897

Died 1993

British Army 21432 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 25689 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Reginald Marcus Littaur

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy F50646

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James Thomas Budd

Born 1894

Died 1963

Royal Navy J15093

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Robert Harold Heath

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 5495 Private London Regiment

British Army 322652 Private London Regiment

British Army 322652 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Leonard John Kettle

Born 1896

Died 1975

Royal Navy K31191 Stoker I

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Leslie Edgar Tuckwood

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9964 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Alexander Christie

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 2492 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army 450685 Lance Corporal London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

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Leonard Henry Rochford

Born 1896

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Naval Air Service No. 3 Naval Squadron

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Owen Butt

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 9234 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9234 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Cecil K Woodhead

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army G/10849 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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Reginald Marcus Littaur

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy F50646 A/C 2 President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250949 Pte. 2

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Arthur William Thomas Utton

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190074 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force Photographic Sect.

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Victor Cornelius Coventry

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 551786 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4590 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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