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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]

Jonathan Edward Bakewell

Died 1914

British Army 50679 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 39th Battalion

British Army 50679 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 39th Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Judah Mendes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3176 Trooper Household Cavalry 2nd Life Guards

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Horace Leslie Birks

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army 2673 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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John Michael James Murphy

Born 1875

Died 1917

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant

Royal Navy Engineer Commander

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John Instance Self

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2869 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2869 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2869 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Sapstead

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army 85167 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army B.64/BDE: R.F.A

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Frederick Thomas Merchant

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4734 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372216 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Henry Russell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1756 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370288 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick A Cue

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 6836 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323624 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John Conrey

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1737 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Henry Dixey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50778 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert Henry Ockwell

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J34214

Royal Navy J/34214 Boy Telegraphist

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William Alfred Betteley

Born 1896

Died 1975

Royal Navy F8387

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William Edward Macdonald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 281888 Private London Regiment

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion, London Regiment

British Army 4534 Private London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Augustus Baden Poore

Born 1900

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156520

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Lawrence George Stutter

Born 1892

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 2033

Australian Imperial Force 2033 4th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2033 AMTS/ASC

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Geoffrey Herbert Witherick

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261907

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Cecil Herbert Marsh

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 372148 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4607 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leslie William Bestow

Born 1893

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/4773 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Ernest Arthur Birch

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 265703 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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