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Leytonstone, Essex [435]

Leytonstone, Essex, England [70]

Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [17]

Leyton, Leytonstone, Essex [6]

Leytonstone Essex [5]

Leytonstone,Essex [5]

Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4]

Leytonstone, Leyton, Essex [2]

Leytonstone, London, Essex [2]

West Ham, Leytonstone, Essex [2]

Leytonstone London, Essex [1]

Leytonstone, Essex. [1]

Leytonstone, London Essex [1]

Leytonstone, Stratford, Essex [1]

Leytonstone,West Ham,Essex [1]

Stratford, Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Wanstead, Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Driver [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [4]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Writer [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Steward [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

2 Squadron Royal Air Force [1]

4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian A coy Brigade Expeditionary Force [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

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

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

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

HM Submarine E42 [1]

HMAS Cerberus [1]

HMAS Sydney [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [249]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [163]

British Army [73]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [61]

B [53]

S [53]

H [51]

M [47]

C [37]

G [31]

P [31]

D [29]

L [27]

F [20]

A [19]

R [18]

T [18]

K [12]

N [12]

J [9]

E [8]

I [8]

O [5]

Q [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [482]

Merchant Navy [70]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Leytonstone, Essex [435] Leytonstone, Essex, England [70] Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [17] Leyton, Leytonstone, Essex [6] Leytonstone Essex [5] Leytonstone,Essex [5] Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4] Leytonstone, Leyton, Essex [2] Leytonstone, London, Essex [2] West Ham, Leytonstone, Essex [2] Leytonstone London, Essex [1] Leytonstone, Essex. [1] Leytonstone, London Essex [1] Leytonstone, Stratford, Essex [1] Leytonstone,West Ham,Essex [1] Stratford, Leytonstone, Essex [1] Wanstead, Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [46] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [5] Driver [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Rifleman [4] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Writer [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Steward [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1] Signaller [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Good Hope [2] Labour Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 2 Squadron Royal Air Force [1] 4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian A coy Brigade Expeditionary Force [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] City of London Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Achilles." [1] H.M.S. "Amphion" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] HM Submarine E42 [1] HMAS Cerberus [1] HMAS Sydney [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Tiger [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [249] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [163] British Army [73] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [61] B [53] S [53] H [51] M [47] C [37] G [31] P [31] D [29] L [27] F [20] A [19] R [18] T [18] K [12] N [12] J [9] E [8] I [8] O [5] Q [2] V [2] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [482] Merchant Navy [70]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Canada [1] India [1]

Charles Montague Chaplin

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

British Army 105574 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Hugh Bales Chaplin

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st/1st Bn.

British Army Major Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Wilfred Sydney Dawson

Born 1890

Died 1959

British Army L/9325 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Askham Cook

Born 1882

Died 1944

British Army 137078 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Alfred Humberstone

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9249 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Hugh Kitchener

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army WR150821 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot

British Army 308269 Labour Corps

British Army 530677 Royal Engineers

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Leslie Herbert Fereday

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2434 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick Mcinnes Petrie

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3178 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

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Robert William Hidden

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6244 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Lewis Henry Townsend

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 12183 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 12183 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Archibald Hawkins James

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1585 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Angus Roy Gunn

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army P313 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/63113 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Alexander Rendall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 862 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Arthur Charles Lockwood

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 22116 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 22116 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Walter Poore

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87645

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Percy Hawkins

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195197

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Frederick Orford

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114304

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Albert Michael Schneiders

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29919 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

British Army 29919 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps 16 Squadron

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Ernest Archibald Littlewood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77939

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Ernest Victor Smith

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263034

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