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Limehouse, London [546]

Limehouse, London, Middlesex [82]

Limehouse, Middlesex [71]

Limehouse, Middlesex, England [50]

Limehouse [13]

Limehouse, London East [5]

Limehouse, East London [4]

Limehouse England [2]

Limehouse, Kent [2]

36 Northey Street, Limehouse, Middlesex [1]

Limehouse ENGLAND [1]

Limehouse London [1]

Limehouse, Essex [1]

Limehouse, London E. [1]

Limehouse, London South East [1]

Limehouse, London. [1]

Limehouse, Middlesex, London, England [1]

Limehouse, Stepney [1]

Limehouse, Stepney, London [1]

Limehouse, Stepney. London [1]

Limehouse, Tower Hamlets [1]

Limehouse,Stepney, London [1]

Ratcliffe, Limehouse, London [1]

Salmon Lane, Limehouse, Ratcliffe, London [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Able Seaman [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Rifleman [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Driver [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sapper [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Fitter [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Corporal, acting Sergeant [1]

Mechanician [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Sick Berth Steward [1]

Sergeant [1]

Steward Boy [1]

Stoker 1st cl. [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Depot [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

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

HM Submarine "E.18." [1]

HM Submarine "L.10" [1]

HMS CENTURION [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Egmont [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133]

British Army [69]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [92]

W [73]

H [72]

C [70]

S [62]

M [55]

P [49]

D [42]

L [38]

G [36]

R [32]

F [31]

T [31]

A [27]

J [24]

E [17]

K [13]

N [12]

V [7]

O [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [731]

Merchant Navy [50]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

China [1]

India [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Limehouse, London [546] Limehouse, London, Middlesex [82] Limehouse, Middlesex [71] Limehouse, Middlesex, England [50] Limehouse [13] Limehouse, London East [5] Limehouse, East London [4] Limehouse England [2] Limehouse, Kent [2] 36 Northey Street, Limehouse, Middlesex [1] Limehouse ENGLAND [1] Limehouse London [1] Limehouse, Essex [1] Limehouse, London E. [1] Limehouse, London South East [1] Limehouse, London. [1] Limehouse, Middlesex, London, England [1] Limehouse, Stepney [1] Limehouse, Stepney, London [1] Limehouse, Stepney. London [1] Limehouse, Tower Hamlets [1] Limehouse,Stepney, London [1] Ratcliffe, Limehouse, London [1] Salmon Lane, Limehouse, Ratcliffe, London [1]

Rank

Private [46] Able Seaman [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Gunner [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Rifleman [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Driver [3] Leading Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Sapper [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Fireman [1] Fitter [1] Greaser [1] Lance Corporal, acting Sergeant [1] Mechanician [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Second Sick Berth Steward [1] Sergeant [1] Steward Boy [1] Stoker 1st cl. [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [6] HMS INFLEXIBLE [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Army Service Corps [2] Dragoon Guards [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Depot [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine "E.18." [1] HM Submarine "L.10" [1] HMS CENTURION [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Egmont [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [133] British Army [69] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [92] W [73] H [72] C [70] S [62] M [55] P [49] D [42] L [38] G [36] R [32] F [31] T [31] A [27] J [24] E [17] K [13] N [12] V [7] O [3] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [731] Merchant Navy [50]

Country

United Kingdom [33] China [1] India [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick Edward Muir

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196277

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John Thomas Denham

Born 1883

Died 1954

Royal Navy 304280

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Stanley Eastall

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9998 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9998 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9998 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Edward White

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9523 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9523 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frank Charles Earl

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11790

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Frederick William Norman

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 485029 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 718009 Serjeant London Regiment

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Albert Joseph Gibbs

Born 1902

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Steward Boy Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Steward Boy Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight

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Albert Edward Pearce

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 533640 Private London Regiment

British Army 533640 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Harry Kosh

Born 1885

Died 1949

British Army 4/7825 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 203367 Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Reserve Battalion

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George Philip Peterson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167005

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William Naylor

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41511

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Michael Corbett

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206935

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Arthur Thomas Haggins

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90780

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George Henry Colvin

Born 1889

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle HMHS Galway Castle

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Herbert Henry John Hunt

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 375317 Private London Regiment

British Army 375317 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Bertie Saunter

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204736

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Ernest John Thake

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94

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Henry Dennis Cocklin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314155

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Albert Charles Grimsey

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208916

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John Dale

Died 1917

British Army 385059 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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