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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]

William Alexander Fordham

Born 1883

Royal Navy 202554

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Thomas Richard Strutton

Born 1883

Royal Navy 206280

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Rudolph Alfred Muller

Born 1884

Royal Navy 206002

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Ernest Lawrence

Born 1882

Royal Navy 207338

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John James Barnard

Born 1884

Royal Navy 207292

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Frederick James Castell

Born 1884

Royal Navy 207698

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Ernest Alfred Lambson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 208213

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Herbert William Maples

Born 1884

Royal Navy 209968

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William Mackie Cochrane

Born 1884

Royal Navy 214739

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Leonard John Relf

Born 1886

Royal Navy 216814

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Albert Edward Beale

Born 1886

Royal Navy 220536

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John Alexander Ruston

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34589 Boy 1st Class HMS IRON DUKE

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