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Mile End, London [1047]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [192]

Mile End Old Town, London [77]

Mile End, Middlesex [51]

Mile End South Australia [29]

Mile End [27]

Mile End Old Town [18]

Mile End, East London [10]

Mile End, London East [10]

Mile End England [8]

Mile End London [7]

Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [6]

Mile End, Old Town, London [6]

Mile End, Essex [5]

Mile End, Middlesex, England [5]

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 Glasgow [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]

2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [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 Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Mile End London England [1]

Mile End Middlesex [1]

Mile End New South Wales [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]

Rank

Private [145]

Rifleman [33]

Able Seaman [26]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [17]

Gunner [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Driver [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Signalman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Cooper [1]

A/Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Capt [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]

Lance Corporal Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Fireman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lt [1]

Merchant Seaman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [73]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Devonshire 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 THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1080]

British Army [218]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149]

S [147]

H [137]

W [133]

C [129]

M [114]

P [102]

L [81]

R [80]

G [75]

D [65]

T [59]

F [55]

A [50]

K [46]

E [41]

J [38]

N [28]

V [11]

I [10]

Y [8]

O [7]

Q [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1544]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [106]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Mauritius [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, Middlesex [51] Mile End South Australia [29] Mile End [27] Mile End Old Town [18] Mile End, East London [10] Mile End, London East [10] Mile End England [8] Mile End London [7] Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [6] Mile End, Old Town, London [6] Mile End, Essex [5] Mile End, Middlesex, England [5] 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 Glasgow [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] 2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [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 Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Mile End London England [1] Mile End Middlesex [1] Mile End New South Wales [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]

Rank

Private [145] Rifleman [33] Able Seaman [26] Corporal [19] Serjeant [17] Gunner [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Lance Corporal [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Stoker 1st Class [10] Driver [7] Leading Seaman [6] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Petty Officer [3] Signalman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Leading Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Cooper [1] A/Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Capt [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] Lance Corporal Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Fireman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lt [1] Merchant Seaman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [73] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [9] Essex Regiment [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Devonshire 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 THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1080] British Army [218] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213] Australian Imperial Force [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149] S [147] H [137] W [133] C [129] M [114] P [102] L [81] R [80] G [75] D [65] T [59] F [55] A [50] K [46] E [41] J [38] N [28] V [11] I [10] Y [8] O [7] Q [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1544] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [106] India [2] Ireland [2] Canada [1] China [1] Mauritius [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick William Snelling

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1676 Private London Regiment

British Army 880 London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 1676 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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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 Frederick Norford

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 293 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 293 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army 350031 Corporal London Regiment 7th Battalion

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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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Reginald Herbert Leslie Norris

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1599 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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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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Thomas Wiggett

Born 1883

Died 1926

Australian Imperial Force 1445

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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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Joseph Gant

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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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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Joseph Lewis

Born 1871

Died 1914

Royal Navy CH/7208 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy CH/7208 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hawke

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Frederick John Gibbs

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 2400 Private Acting Corporal London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

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Albert Abraham Knight

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1652 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1652 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 1652 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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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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