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Mile End, London [1047]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [192]

Mile End Old Town, London [77]

Mile End, East London [10]

Mile End, London East [10]

Mile End London [7]

Mile End, Old Town, London [6]

Mile End Road, London [4]

Mile End London [3]

Mile End New Town, London [3]

Mile End Old Town registration district, London [3]

Mile End Old Town, London East [3]

London Mile End [2]

Mile End Old Town London [2]

Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2]

Mile End Old Town,London [2]

Mile End Road, London East [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]

Bow, Mile End, London [1]

Huddart Street, Mile End, London [1]

Huddart Street, Mile End. London England [1]

London Mile End [1]

London, Mile End [1]

London, Mile End, Middlesex [1]

Mile End London [1]

Mile End London England [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 Road,London [1]

Mile End, Tottenham, London [1]

Mile End,Stepney, London [1]

Mile End. London [1]

Mile end Old Town London [1]

Mile-End, London [1]

Whitechapel, Mile End New Town, County of London [1]

Rank

Private [108]

Rifleman [28]

Able Seaman [23]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Corporal [11]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Leading Seaman [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Petty Officer [3]

Signalman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Cooper [1]

A/Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissioned Telegraphist [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cooper 4th Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Fireman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Merchant Seaman [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [55]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Implacable [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1043]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197]

British Army [154]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [140]

H [127]

S [125]

C [120]

W [118]

M [105]

P [87]

L [72]

R [72]

G [65]

D [58]

T [56]

A [45]

F [42]

K [39]

J [36]

E [34]

N [24]

V [10]

I [9]

Y [8]

O [7]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1388]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [1402] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mile End, London [1047] Mile End, London, Middlesex [192] Mile End Old Town, London [77] Mile End, East London [10] Mile End, London East [10] Mile End London [7] Mile End, Old Town, London [6] Mile End Road, London [4] Mile End London [3] Mile End New Town, London [3] Mile End Old Town registration district, London [3] Mile End Old Town, London East [3] London Mile End [2] Mile End Old Town London [2] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2] Mile End Old Town,London [2] Mile End Road, London East [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] Bow, Mile End, London [1] Huddart Street, Mile End, London [1] Huddart Street, Mile End. London England [1] London Mile End [1] London, Mile End [1] London, Mile End, Middlesex [1] Mile End London [1] Mile End London England [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 Road,London [1] Mile End, Tottenham, London [1] Mile End,Stepney, London [1] Mile End. London [1] Mile end Old Town London [1] Mile-End, London [1] Whitechapel, Mile End New Town, County of London [1]

Rank

Private [108] Rifleman [28] Able Seaman [23] Ordinary Seaman [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Corporal [11] Stoker 1st Class [10] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Leading Seaman [6] Acting Corporal [5] Driver [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Petty Officer [3] Signalman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Cooper [1] A/Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissioned Telegraphist [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cooper 4th Class [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Fireman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Merchant Seaman [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [55] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Army Service Corps [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Essex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Engineers [5] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Implacable [2] HMS LION [2] HMS ONSLAUGHT [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1043] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197] British Army [154] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [140] H [127] S [125] C [120] W [118] M [105] P [87] L [72] R [72] G [65] D [58] T [56] A [45] F [42] K [39] J [36] E [34] N [24] V [10] I [9] Y [8] O [7] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1388] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [83] Canada [1] China [1] Ireland [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas W Fredericks

Born 1887

Died 1987

British Army L/8671 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army L/8671 private Middlesex regt

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William Alexander Goddard

Born 1890

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130722 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

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Charles Doe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 19062 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William George Harvey

Born 1887

Died 1961

Royal Navy M18816

Royal Navy M18816 4th Class Cooper Ships various

Royal Navy M18816 Cooper 4th Class SS Alnwick Castle and others

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John Samuel Cox

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5618 London Regiment

British Army 108436 Private Liverpool Regiment 25th Battalion

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Thomas Wiggett

Born 1883

Died 1926

Australian Imperial Force 1445

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Fred Gould

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 310133 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

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Thomas George March

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 375581 Rifleman London Regiment

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George Edward Minster

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army 1129 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 311241 Sergeant Labour Corps

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Henry William Miles

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army 9766 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269771 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269771 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Batallion

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James A Kneller

Born 1890

Died 1930

British Army 8990 Acting Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 72283 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 8990 Unpaid Acting Corporal South Lancashire

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Ernest Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army PS/2062 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Briggs

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 26654 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army London 13th Battalion. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 26654 Private 18th [2nd London Welsh] Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Joseph Curran

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2226 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370541 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370541 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William James Shearwood

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 14648 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur John Askew Chambers

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy K33586

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class

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Arthur Stanley Bolton

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 236901

Royal Navy 236901. (Ch) Petty Officer

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William Charles Herbert

Born 1907

Died 1915

British Army L/11883 Acting Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/11883 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/11883 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Oscar Stanley Watts

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army 2605 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2605 Sergeant Manchester Regiment

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Barnet Billing

Born 1896

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42998 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42998 Royal Air Force

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