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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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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]

Samuel Shearwood

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army S/16652 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army A/203173 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/203173 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George William Pendred

Born 1888

Died 1932

British Army A/202332 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/202332 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Btn.

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David Notman Banks

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 570355 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

British Army 1894 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

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Arthur John Baynes

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1381 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1381 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Ernest Victor Da Costa

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3677 Private London Regiment

British Army 531333 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frank Leonard Feasey

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14420 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14420 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald John Whall

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 371747 Private London Regiment

British Army 4047 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371747 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Hyam Woolf

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 7162 Private London Regiment

British Army 10/43305 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Henry A Cobb

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army R31617 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Moses Montanjees

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army J/2359 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry Edward Paine

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army 654429 Private London Regiment

British Army 235098 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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William Laurence Peters

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2387 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370644 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Harry Ribeiro

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4570 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 202189 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 202189 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Charles Thomas E Shadwell

Born 1890

Died 1957

British Army 3071 Private London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

British Army 301996 Private London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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Ernest William Cox

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214873

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Lazarus Israel

Died 1918

British Army 375033 Private London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 375033 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

British Army 375033 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph John Dodds

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1938 Private London Regiment

British Army 1938 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Henry Unwin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8 Sergeant Major

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Joseph Benjamin Oliver

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army 5/52752 Private Training Reserve 83rd Battalion

British Army SB/2210 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward Walter Masters

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 252909 Private London Regiment

British Army 6056 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1/3rd Battalion

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