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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]

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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]

William Pretorious Smith

Born 1900

Royal Navy J69847

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George Newman

Born 1882

Royal Navy F11775

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Robert Ernest Hunt

Born 1894

Royal Navy J9250

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John Tidder

Born 1897

Royal Navy J19698

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Stephen Woolcomb

Born 1902

Royal Navy J93423

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Edward John Cockram

Born 1896

Royal Navy J18280 Able Seaman HMS PRINCESS ROYAL

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Henry Orsler

Born 1875

Died 1951

Royal Navy RFR/B/1029 Acting Petty Officer Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 171171 Acting Petty Officer Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy 171171 Leading Seaman HMS Chester

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William Pretorious Smith

George Newman

Robert Ernest Hunt

John Tidder

Stephen Woolcomb

Edward John Cockram

Henry Orsler