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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]

John Rowland Sewell

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9243 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9243 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Boston

Born 1879

Died 1935

British Army 92287 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George William Peterson

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 9560 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 2nd

British Army 9560 Corporal West Riding Regiment 2nd

British Army 9560 Serjeant West Riding Regiment 2nd

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Sidney Thomas Tipper

Born 1899

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92622

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Francis George Searle

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5779 Private London Regiment 2/13th Battalion

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Arthur Alfred Branscombe

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263275

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Edward Bright

Died 1916

British Army 16193 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Cooper

Died 1916

British Army 1303 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 1303 Acting Corporal London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 1303 Corporal London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

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Thomas Colven

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 375579 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 375579 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Godfrey Hewlett Sharman

Born 1887

Died 1970

British Army 27849 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 27849 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Henry Lethieullier Perry

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS106791 (RFR/B/9486) Stoker 1st Class

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Walter Stone

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34053

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James Frederick Kenyon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208308

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Daniel Mccarthy

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162084

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Albert Edward Markham

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3/2563 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Percy King

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404306

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Percy John Adkins

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202763

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Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 22 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 20 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 22 Squadron

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William Beer

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33028

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Albert Victor Pugh

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231525

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