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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]

Harold Wisbey

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army M2/104090 Corporal Army Service Corps Salonica

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps Mesopotamia

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Alfred George Head

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army

British Army L/9229 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/9229 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Stanley George Beresford Heath

Born 1889

Died 1951

Royal Navy 233326 Boy 2nd Class HMS St. Vincent

Royal Navy 233326 Able Seaman

Australian Imperial Force 275241 Private Australian Militia Forces 44th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Fensom

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 4214 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371866 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leslie John Bassett

Born 1882

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 4312

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Edward John Poole

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616763 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/2nd Battalion

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Leslie Cromer Asser

Born 1901

Died 1980

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Apprentice Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Port Phillip" (London)

Other Empire Force Apprentice Mercantile Marine - SS Port Albany (London)

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Edmund Joseph Appleyard

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 12578 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Albert Victor Fenwick

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 370231 Lance Sergeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1617 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Vernon Vincent Suddes

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy L962

Australian Imperial Force 2226 Private Australian Infantry 11th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2226 Private Australian Infantry 51st Battalion

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Sydney Ronald Chapman

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th (Service Battalion)

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Ernest Germain

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 50255 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion

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Francis Gideon Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11843 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Albert James Charles Tebbutt

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 27488 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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Herbert W Reed

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 302172 Private London Regiment

British Army 345009 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Leonard Victor Roots

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/5652 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

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William Charles Jacobs

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 10961 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Samuel Prior

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army R 10790 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R 10790 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Alexander Mcqueen

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6610 Leading Telegraphist HMS Flirt

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Thomas A Davis

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 73676 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 72496 Private Labour Corps

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