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Stoke Newington, London [606]

Newington, London [321]

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187]

Newington Butts, London [15]

Stoke Newington, North London [14]

Saint Mary Newington, London [8]

Newington, Southwark, London [7]

West Newington, London [7]

Newington, South London [6]

Newington, London, Middlesex [4]

Stoke Newington, London North [4]

Newington, London South East [3]

Trinity Newington, London [3]

Newington London [2]

Newington London [2]

South Newington, London [2]

Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex, London [2]

West Newington, London, Middlesex [2]

127 Gibson Buildings, Stoke Newington, London [1]

158 Munton Road, Newington, London [1]

185 High Street Stoke Newington, London, England [1]

4 Rodney Place, Newington, London [1]

414 Munton Road, Newington, London [1]

80 Larcom Street, Newington, Walthworth, London [1]

Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1]

Hackney, Stoke Newington, London [1]

London [1]

London stoke newington [1]

London, Pallatine Road, Stoke Newington [1]

London, Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1]

Newington Bath, London [1]

Newington Battersea London [1]

Newington Butts, London, Middlesex [1]

Newington London England [1]

Newington St Saviours Southwark London [1]

Newington, Borough of Southwark, London [1]

Newington, Lambeth, London [1]

Newington, London, N. [1]

Newington, Walworth, London [1]

STOKE NEWINGTON LONDON [1]

Saint Mary's, Newington, London [1]

Saint Mary, Newington, London [1]

St Mary Newington, London [1]

Stoke Newington / London [1]

Stoke Newington London [1]

Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London [1]

Stoke Newington, London N [1]

Stoke Newington,Hackney,London. [1]

Stoke, Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Rifleman [21]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Able Seaman [11]

Gunner [9]

Captain [8]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Deck Hand [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [48]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

South Wales Borderers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

20th Hussars [1]

7th Canadian Infantry Batallion [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Militia Forces [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Field Artlllery [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [896]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [195]

British Army [138]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [145]

C [117]

H [113]

S [101]

W [86]

P [77]

M [67]

G [60]

R [60]

D [56]

L [52]

F [50]

J [44]

K [44]

T [41]

A [29]

E [28]

N [27]

O [7]

V [7]

I [6]

Y [6]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1219]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [98]

Canada [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Stoke Newington, London [606] Newington, London [321] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187] Newington Butts, London [15] Stoke Newington, North London [14] Saint Mary Newington, London [8] Newington, Southwark, London [7] West Newington, London [7] Newington, South London [6] Newington, London, Middlesex [4] Stoke Newington, London North [4] Newington, London South East [3] Trinity Newington, London [3] Newington London [2] Newington London [2] South Newington, London [2] Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2] Stoke Newington, Middlesex, London [2] West Newington, London, Middlesex [2] 127 Gibson Buildings, Stoke Newington, London [1] 158 Munton Road, Newington, London [1] 185 High Street Stoke Newington, London, England [1] 4 Rodney Place, Newington, London [1] 414 Munton Road, Newington, London [1] 80 Larcom Street, Newington, Walthworth, London [1] Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1] Hackney, Stoke Newington, London [1] London [1] London stoke newington [1] London, Pallatine Road, Stoke Newington [1] London, Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1] Newington Bath, London [1] Newington Battersea London [1] Newington Butts, London, Middlesex [1] Newington London England [1] Newington St Saviours Southwark London [1] Newington, Borough of Southwark, London [1] Newington, Lambeth, London [1] Newington, London, N. [1] Newington, Walworth, London [1] STOKE NEWINGTON LONDON [1] Saint Mary's, Newington, London [1] Saint Mary, Newington, London [1] St Mary Newington, London [1] Stoke Newington / London [1] Stoke Newington London [1] Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London [1] Stoke Newington, London N [1] Stoke Newington,Hackney,London. [1] Stoke, Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [79] Rifleman [21] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Able Seaman [11] Gunner [9] Captain [8] Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Deck Hand [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major Lieutenant Colonel [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [48] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] South Wales Borderers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 20th Hussars [1] 7th Canadian Infantry Batallion [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Militia Forces [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Field Artlllery [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [896] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [195] British Army [138] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [145] C [117] H [113] S [101] W [86] P [77] M [67] G [60] R [60] D [56] L [52] F [50] J [44] K [44] T [41] A [29] E [28] N [27] O [7] V [7] I [6] Y [6] U [3] Q [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1219] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [98] Canada [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Clarence Middelton Mcgregor Shaw

Born 1883

Royal Navy 215136

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Arthur George Boyce

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221592

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Sidney Gordon Hitchins

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222987

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Frank Davis Church

Born 1887

Royal Navy 225068

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Frederick Snowden Hammond

Born 1873

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/11th lond Battalion

British Army Major Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment

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John Cubbage

Born 1894

Royal Navy K20153 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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William Arthur Trower

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57070

Royal Navy SS124545 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ark Royal

Royal Navy K60601 Stoker 1st Class HMS Caradoc

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Alfred Ernest Coulson

Born 1876

Royal Navy 169119 Petty Officer HMS Comus

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Herbert Arthur Gorton

Born 1884

Royal Navy M17010 2nd Cook's Mate HMS ACTIVE

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Violet Elizabeth Carcas

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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