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Hackney, London [2448]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [636]

South Hackney, London [104]

Hackney Wick, London [44]

West Hackney, London [31]

South Hackney, London, Middlesex [27]

Hackney London [19]

Homerton, Hackney, London [8]

Central Hackney, London [7]

Hackney, East London [7]

Dalston, Hackney, London [6]

North Hackney, London [6]

Hackney, London North [5]

Hackney, North East London [5]

Clapton, Hackney, London [3]

Hackney London England [3]

Hackney Wick, London, Middlesex [3]

Hackney, London, England [3]

Hackney, North London [3]

Hackney,London. [3]

South West Hackney, London [3]

Hackney London [2]

Hackney London, Middlesex [2]

Hackney, London East [2]

London, Hackney, Middlesex [2]

South East Hackney, London [2]

Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2]

hackney,london [2]

106 Great Cambridge St, Hackney, London [1]

14 London Place, Hackney, East London [1]

147 Mare Street, Hackney, London [1]

29 Eaton Place, South Hackney, London [1]

6 Castle Street, Kingsland, Hackney, London [1]

61 Victoria Road, Hackney, London [1]

67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1]

Cressington Road, Hackney, London [1]

East Hackney, London [1]

HACKNEY, London England [1]

Hackney ,London [1]

Hackney ,London England [1]

Hackney Downs London [1]

Hackney Kirk, London [1]

Hackney Road, London [1]

Hackney Street, London [1]

Hackney Wicks, London [1]

Hackney, Dalston, London [1]

Hackney, London England [1]

Hackney, London Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London NE [1]

Hackney, London North East [1]

Rank

Private [177]

Able Seaman [53]

Rifleman [35]

Gunner [25]

Boy 1st Class [23]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Corporal [22]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Serjeant [15]

Captain [13]

Driver [11]

Deck Hand [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Sapper [7]

Guardsman [5]

Major [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Engineer Lieutenant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Musician [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2 Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [102]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

HMS Vanguard [9]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS Impregnable [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [6]

HMS TIGER [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS Ajax [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS DEFENCE [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

19th Hussars [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2443]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [689]

British Army [295]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [389]

S [330]

C [310]

H [300]

W [281]

M [201]

P [199]

G [193]

D [180]

R [150]

L [146]

T [133]

A [118]

F [116]

J [82]

E [81]

N [65]

K [55]

O [35]

V [20]

Y [18]

I [16]

U [7]

Q [5]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3399]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [173]

Australia [2]

India [2]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Hackney, London [2448] Hackney, London, Middlesex [636] South Hackney, London [104] Hackney Wick, London [44] West Hackney, London [31] South Hackney, London, Middlesex [27] Hackney London [19] Homerton, Hackney, London [8] Central Hackney, London [7] Hackney, East London [7] Dalston, Hackney, London [6] North Hackney, London [6] Hackney, London North [5] Hackney, North East London [5] Clapton, Hackney, London [3] Hackney London England [3] Hackney Wick, London, Middlesex [3] Hackney, London, England [3] Hackney, North London [3] Hackney,London. [3] South West Hackney, London [3] Hackney London [2] Hackney London, Middlesex [2] Hackney, London East [2] London, Hackney, Middlesex [2] South East Hackney, London [2] Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2] hackney,london [2] 106 Great Cambridge St, Hackney, London [1] 14 London Place, Hackney, East London [1] 147 Mare Street, Hackney, London [1] 29 Eaton Place, South Hackney, London [1] 6 Castle Street, Kingsland, Hackney, London [1] 61 Victoria Road, Hackney, London [1] 67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1] Cressington Road, Hackney, London [1] East Hackney, London [1] HACKNEY, London England [1] Hackney ,London [1] Hackney ,London England [1] Hackney Downs London [1] Hackney Kirk, London [1] Hackney Road, London [1] Hackney Street, London [1] Hackney Wicks, London [1] Hackney, Dalston, London [1] Hackney, London England [1] Hackney, London Middlesex [1] Hackney, London NE [1] Hackney, London North East [1]

Rank

Private [177] Able Seaman [53] Rifleman [35] Gunner [25] Boy 1st Class [23] Ordinary Seaman [23] Corporal [22] Stoker 1st Class [20] Lance Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [17] Boy 2nd Class [15] Lieutenant [15] Serjeant [15] Captain [13] Driver [11] Deck Hand [8] Acting Corporal [7] Leading Seaman [7] Sapper [7] Guardsman [5] Major [5] Petty Officer [5] Trooper [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Chief Petty Officer [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Engineer Lieutenant [2] Flying Officer [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Musician [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2 Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [102] Royal Field Artillery [27] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Engineers [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] HMS Vanguard [9] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Army Service Corps [7] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS Impregnable [7] South Wales Borderers [7] H.M.S. "Formidable." [6] HMS TIGER [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS Ajax [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS DEFENCE [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] 19th Hussars [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Calliope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2443] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [689] British Army [295] Australian Imperial Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [389] S [330] C [310] H [300] W [281] M [201] P [199] G [193] D [180] R [150] L [146] T [133] A [118] F [116] J [82] E [81] N [65] K [55] O [35] V [20] Y [18] I [16] U [7] Q [5] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3399] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [173] Australia [2] India [2] China [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Thomas James Wills

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11483 Serjeant 49th Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11483

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Barnett Griew

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1398 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 300863 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 1398 Private London Regiment d company, 13th platoon, lond Battalion

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Harold Reginald Jorden

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army GS/4614 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army 4614 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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John Russell Bishop

Born 1896

Died 1957

British Army 011678 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot

British Army 011678 Lance Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 011678 2nd Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Albert Edward Brittain

Born 1885

British Army 719 Household Brigade

British Army 2724 Royal Horse Guards

British Army 2724 Trooper Household Battalion

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Albert Giles Shadwell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1987 Private London Regiment 1/7th (City of London) Battalion

British Army 1987 Private London Regiment

British Army 1987 Serjeant London Regiment 1/7th (City of London) Battalion

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Harry Byron Snow

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 320444 Acting lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2006, 320444 Private London Regiment

British Army 320444 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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James Arthur Riley

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army T2/018214 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward Wilfred Wilkinson

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Spts/2848 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 2848 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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William Edward Blaiklock

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army 1150 Corporal London Regiment 32nd Provisional Battalion, Tilbury

British Army 1150 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 1150 Corporal London Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Bowtle

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 4274 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4274 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st Battalion

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James Donald Sutherland 'don' Munro

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Australian Imperial Force 82 Staff Serjeant

Australian Imperial Force 150 Gunner 1st Field Artillery Brigade 1st Battery

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Joseph Maximillian Littaur

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 691 Private London Regiment

British Army 420250 Serjeant London Regiment

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Frank Samuel John Storey

Born 1896

Died 1990

British Army 283374 Private London Regiment

British Army 6932 Private London Regiment

British Army 283374 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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William Stanley Norman

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1709 Private London Regiment

British Army 1709 Corporal London Regiment 1/13th Kensington Battalion

British Army 1709 Acting Corporal London Regiment 1/13th Battalion

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George William Weddell

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army TF/2352 Driver Army Service Corps Transport

British Army T4/240020 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army TF/2352 and T4/24002 Driver Army Service Corps

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Henry Francis Whittick

Born 1877

Died 1949

British Army

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105460 2 Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps 2 ASD

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105460 3 Air Mechanic Royal Air Force 2 ASD

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Lewis Francis Atterbury

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 8513 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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Charles Royston Jones

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3638 Private London Regiment

British Army 3638 Private London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Francis Will Stevens

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2112 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/2112(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Batt.

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