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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]

Bruce Joseph Goodchild

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215344

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George C Hinde

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3466 Rifleman London Regiment

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William Charles Woodfield

Died 1918

British Army 30959 Essex Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army G/18926 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Harold Spurr

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 1403 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Kingsley Davis

Born 1893

Died 1944

Royal Navy J6319

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Joseph Frederick Holliday

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221439

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Leonard Ingram

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223508

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Augustus John Hayes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226617

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Roger Wesley Haines

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232989

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George Edward Cowland

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233909

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George Walter Scott

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235344

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Edward Percy Alexander

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238043

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William Halll Smith

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240227

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Arthur Cecil John Dowding

Born 1899

Died 1978

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244621

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Fred Stone

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 8384 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 8384 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

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Sydney Charles Mott

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4982

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Harry Gordon Teverson

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army 2478 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

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George Collinson Gosnell Neal

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46144

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Edwin Mills

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 197120 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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George Vincent Brooks

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 292139 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292139 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial).

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