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Mile End Old Town, London [77]

Mile End, Old Town, London [6]

Mile End Old Town registration district, London [3]

Mile End Old Town, London East [3]

Mile End Old Town London [2]

Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2]

Mile End Old Town,London [2]

105 Elsa Street, Mile End Old Town, London [1]

31 Coutts Road, Mile End Old Town, London, E3, England [1]

4 Monsey Street, Mile End Old Town, London [1]

9 Silver St, Mile End Old Town, London, England [1]

Battersea,Mile End Old Town,London. [1]

Mile End Old Town Western, London [1]

Mile End Old Town, East London [1]

Mile End Old Town, London, England [1]

Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mile End Old Town, South London [1]

Mile End Old Town, Stepney, London. [1]

Mile End Old Town, Western London. [1]

Mile end Old Town London [1]

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Private [33]

Rifleman [8]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

A/Lance Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Fireman [1]

Merchant Seaman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pilot 1st Class [1]

Saddler [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

6th Munster Fusiliers [1]

Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

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

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMS ABDIEL [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Medina [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - RFA "Montenol" [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

R.N.V.R. [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Own Consort's) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53]

British Army [49]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [11]

S [10]

C [9]

G [9]

P [9]

W [9]

B [8]

R [8]

T [8]

L [7]

H [6]

F [3]

K [3]

A [2]

D [2]

E [2]

J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [103]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [108] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mile End Old Town, London [77] Mile End, Old Town, London [6] Mile End Old Town registration district, London [3] Mile End Old Town, London East [3] Mile End Old Town London [2] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2] Mile End Old Town,London [2] 105 Elsa Street, Mile End Old Town, London [1] 31 Coutts Road, Mile End Old Town, London, E3, England [1] 4 Monsey Street, Mile End Old Town, London [1] 9 Silver St, Mile End Old Town, London, England [1] Battersea,Mile End Old Town,London. [1] Mile End Old Town Western, London [1] Mile End Old Town, East London [1] Mile End Old Town, London, England [1] Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex, England [1] Mile End Old Town, South London [1] Mile End Old Town, Stepney, London. [1] Mile End Old Town, Western London. [1] Mile end Old Town London [1]

Rank

Private [33] Rifleman [8] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] A/Lance Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Fireman [1] Merchant Seaman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pilot 1st Class [1] Saddler [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 6th Munster Fusiliers [1] Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMS ABDIEL [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Medina [1] HMS TIGER [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - RFA "Montenol" [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [1] Merchant Navy [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] R.N.V.R. [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Own Consort's) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53] British Army [49] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [11] S [10] C [9] G [9] P [9] W [9] B [8] R [8] T [8] L [7] H [6] F [3] K [3] A [2] D [2] E [2] J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [103] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Canada [1] China [1] Ireland [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Reginald Herbert Bowstead

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army 7561 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 7561 Private 6th Munster Fusiliers

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Harry Glover

Born 1899

Royal Navy J76569

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William George Taylor

Born 1883

Royal Navy 202533

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Charles Thomas Henry Colley

Born 1883

Royal Navy 203857

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George Whiteway

Born 1884

Royal Navy 208140

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Walter J Edwards

Born 1883

Died 1927

British Army 2826 Private London Regiment

British Army 720797 Private London Regiment

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Frederick Edward Martin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 323816 Private London Regiment

British Army 323816 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 6th Battalion

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Albert Ernest Edwards

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 1623 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1623 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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