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Mile End, London, Middlesex [192]

Mile End, Middlesex [51]

Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [6]

Mile End, Middlesex, England [5]

2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [1]

London, Mile End, Middlesex [1]

Mile End Middlesex [1]

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

Mile End, Bow, Middlesex [1]

Mile End,Middlesex [1]

Mile End,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Capt [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lt [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pilot 1st Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

13th Hussars [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

RAF Fishguard [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [204]

British Army [26]

Royal Navy [25]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [27]

B [26]

C [23]

W [21]

H [20]

M [15]

P [15]

K [14]

A [12]

F [12]

L [12]

R [12]

G [11]

T [9]

D [8]

E [8]

N [5]

J [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

Mauritius [1]

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People [261] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mile End, London, Middlesex [192] Mile End, Middlesex [51] Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [6] Mile End, Middlesex, England [5] 2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [1] London, Mile End, Middlesex [1] Mile End Middlesex [1] Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex, England [1] Mile End, Bow, Middlesex [1] Mile End,Middlesex [1] Mile End,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [13] Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Capt [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Lieutenant [1] Lt [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pilot 1st Class [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] 13th Hussars [1] Border Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] RAF Fishguard [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Territorial Force Nursing Service [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [204] British Army [26] Royal Navy [25] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [27] B [26] C [23] W [21] H [20] M [15] P [15] K [14] A [12] F [12] L [12] R [12] G [11] T [9] D [8] E [8] N [5] J [3] I [2] V [2] Y [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [11] India [2] Ireland [1] Mauritius [1]

John Baugh

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 26410 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 26606 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Henry Steel

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 84220 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 84220 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army PS/2062 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Henry James Whitney

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army G/3181 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th (Service) Battalion

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Alfred John Samson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army R25171 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Rifleman

British Army 12th Battalion

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Annie Elizabeth Betambeau

Born 1887

Died 1959

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Donald Thomas Nisbett

Born 1885

Died 1967

British Army 265027 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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John Morris

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6830 Corporal 13th Hussars

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Ernest William Cox

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214873

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Frederick Henry Unwin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8 Sergeant Major

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Roland Fordham

Born 1886

Died 1945

British Army 763202 Private London Regiment

British Army 763202 Private 28 Battalion London Regiment Artists Rifles

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Joseph John Embury

Born 1879

Died 1945

British Army G/11339 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 11339 Private Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalio,

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Arthur Alfred Branscombe

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263275

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Thomas James Lawrence

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215789

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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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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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Frederick Thomas Wilson

Died 1917

British Army TF/290914 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 15th Battalion

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