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Hoxton, London [795]

Hoxton, London, Middlesex [163]

Hoxton Old Town, London [12]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7]

Hoxton New Town, London [5]

Hoxton, East London [4]

Felton Street, Hoxton, London [3]

Hoxton, London, England [3]

Hoxton London [2]

Hoxton Newtown, London [2]

Hoxton, Borough of Hackney, London [1]

Hoxton, London. [1]

Hoxton, N London [1]

Hoxton,Holborn,London. [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1]

London Hoxton [1]

London, Hoxton [1]

London, Hoxton, Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1]

St Lukes Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Able Seaman [17]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [8]

Corporal [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Driver [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman. [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Mechanic [1]

Officers Steward 3rd class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS BENBOW [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

D.N..T. Calais [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1]

H.M.S. Ocean [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS ARDENT [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Astraea [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Blanche [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Boscawen I [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Service

Royal Navy [777]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171]

British Army [63]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [116]

H [95]

S [87]

C [85]

M [73]

W [73]

P [60]

R [56]

A [52]

G [47]

T [47]

L [46]

E [30]

D [28]

F [24]

K [23]

J [22]

N [20]

O [9]

V [4]

I [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1001]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Mauritius [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Hoxton, London [795] Hoxton, London, Middlesex [163] Hoxton Old Town, London [12] Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7] Hoxton New Town, London [5] Hoxton, East London [4] Felton Street, Hoxton, London [3] Hoxton, London, England [3] Hoxton London [2] Hoxton Newtown, London [2] Hoxton, Borough of Hackney, London [1] Hoxton, London. [1] Hoxton, N London [1] Hoxton,Holborn,London. [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1] London Hoxton [1] London, Hoxton [1] London, Hoxton, Middlesex [1] Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1] St Lukes Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

Rank

Private [45] Able Seaman [17] Stoker 1st Class [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Ordinary Seaman [11] Serjeant [9] Rifleman [8] Corporal [6] Deck Hand [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Driver [4] Leading Stoker [4] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bombardier [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman. [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Leading Signalman [1] Mechanic [1] Officers Steward 3rd class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private RMLI [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker First Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] South Wales Borderers [9] Royal Flying Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS BENBOW [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS BULWARK [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] D.N..T. Calais [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] H.M.S. Ocean [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS ARDENT [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Astraea [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Blanche [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Boscawen I [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Service

Royal Navy [777] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [171] British Army [63] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [116] H [95] S [87] C [85] M [73] W [73] P [60] R [56] A [52] G [47] T [47] L [46] E [30] D [28] F [24] K [23] J [22] N [20] O [9] V [4] I [3] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1001] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Mauritius [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick Thomas Graham

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286775

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Henry William Hart

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286301

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George Henry Fisher

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207033

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John Kinder

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277814

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George Henry Wheeler

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198589

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Benjamin Frederick Barnard

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1483

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James William Hawes

Born 1886

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 397

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Thomas Allen

Died 1917

British Army 374063 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8080 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert William Lammas

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98839

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Alfred Munday

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95896

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Alfred Shearing

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34486

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Thomas William Nodder

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241353

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Percy Duckworth

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226760

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Joseph George William Webb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205421

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John Frederick Downey

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6904

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John Arnold Osterritter

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49890

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George Henry Thirkettle

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21719

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Henry Cook

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46687

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George Evan Jones

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292575

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Henry George Larter

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205996

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