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Stoke Newington, London [606]

Newington, London [321]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex [200]

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187]

Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian [54]

Newington, Surrey [52]

Stoke Newington [31]

Newington, Kent [28]

Newington Edinburgh [17]

Newington Butts, London [15]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England [15]

Stoke Newington, North London [14]

Newington, Edinburgh [12]

North Newington, Banbury Oxon [11]

Newington, Midlothian [8]

Saint Mary Newington, London [8]

Stoke Newington England [8]

Newington [7]

Newington, Southwark, London [7]

West Newington, London [7]

Newington, South London [6]

Newington, London, Middlesex [4]

Stoke Newington, London North [4]

Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland [3]

Newington, London South East [3]

North Newington, Oxon [3]

Hackney, Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2]

Newington London [2]

Newington Bagpath, Gloucestershire [2]

Newington Edinborough [2]

Newington England [2]

Newington Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Newington London [2]

Newington Scotland [2]

Newington Surrey [2]

Newington, Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Newington, Hythe, Kent [2]

Newington, Lancashire [2]

Newington, Oxfordshire [2]

Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Newington, Southwark [2]

Newington, Southwark, Surrey [2]

Newington,Edinburgh. [2]

South Newington, London [2]

South Newington, Oxfordshire [2]

South Newington,Oxfordshire [2]

Stoke Newington Middx [2]

Stoke Newington Middlesex [2]

Stoke Newington, Hackney [2]

Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2]

Rank

Private [172]

Rifleman [28]

Corporal [25]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Serjeant [19]

Gunner [18]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [15]

Able Seaman [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Driver [6]

Major [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Sergeant [5]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Pte [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [71]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1003]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [440]

British Army [292]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [197]

C [173]

H [149]

S [133]

W [130]

M [121]

P [112]

G [97]

R [81]

D [80]

L [76]

F [69]

T [68]

J [56]

K [52]

A [46]

E [45]

N [34]

O [13]

V [10]

Y [10]

I [9]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1739]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [172]

France [2]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

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Stoke Newington, London [606] Newington, London [321] Stoke Newington, Middlesex [200] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187] Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian [54] Newington, Surrey [52] Stoke Newington [31] Newington, Kent [28] Newington Edinburgh [17] Newington Butts, London [15] Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England [15] Stoke Newington, North London [14] Newington, Edinburgh [12] North Newington, Banbury Oxon [11] Newington, Midlothian [8] Saint Mary Newington, London [8] Stoke Newington England [8] Newington [7] Newington, Southwark, London [7] West Newington, London [7] Newington, South London [6] Newington, London, Middlesex [4] Stoke Newington, London North [4] Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland [3] Newington, London South East [3] North Newington, Oxon [3] Hackney, Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2] Newington London [2] Newington Bagpath, Gloucestershire [2] Newington Edinborough [2] Newington England [2] Newington Hull, Yorkshire [2] Newington London [2] Newington Scotland [2] Newington Surrey [2] Newington, Hull, Yorkshire [2] Newington, Hythe, Kent [2] Newington, Lancashire [2] Newington, Oxfordshire [2] Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Newington, Southwark [2] Newington, Southwark, Surrey [2] Newington,Edinburgh. [2] South Newington, London [2] South Newington, Oxfordshire [2] South Newington,Oxfordshire [2] Stoke Newington Middx [2] Stoke Newington Middlesex [2] Stoke Newington, Hackney [2] Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2]

Rank

Private [172] Rifleman [28] Corporal [25] Second Lieutenant [25] Serjeant [19] Gunner [18] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [15] Able Seaman [12] Lieutenant [12] Sapper [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Deck Hand [6] Driver [6] Major [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Sergeant [5] Boy 1st Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major Lieutenant Colonel [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Pte [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [71] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] South Wales Borderers [11] Middlesex Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Scots [8] Army Service Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Pembroke [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1003] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [440] British Army [292] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [197] C [173] H [149] S [133] W [130] M [121] P [112] G [97] R [81] D [80] L [76] F [69] T [68] J [56] K [52] A [46] E [45] N [34] O [13] V [10] Y [10] I [9] U [3] Q [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1739] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [172] France [2] India [2] Canada [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1]

William Thomas Cutler Rust

Born 1874

Died 1937

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Andrew Edmond Inglis

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 1989 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 8 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry

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Alfred George Humberstone

Born 1882

Died 1968

British Army 7008 Driver Royal Engineers 5th Field Company

British Army 7008 Driver Royal Engineers 5th Field Company

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Raymond Wilberforce Spooner

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9219 Private London Regiment London Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Flying Corps

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Douglas Reginald Stanley Kennedy

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army G/17681 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 322342 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 322342 Pioneer Royal Engineers Bedford Depot

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Walter William Burman

Born 1889

Died 1922

British Army 3865 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 551281 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 551281 Rifleman London Regiment 16th Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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John Robert Dunham

Born 1879

Died 1953

British Army 570156 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 1458 Serjeant Kings Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1458 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles R Goodburn

Born 1896

Died 1940

British Army 121667 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James John Halden

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Royal Field Artillery B Battery 174 Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/28445 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "B" Battery

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Joseph Henry Cobb

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army M-281301 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M-281301 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Arthur Albert Martin

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 73110 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 73110 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers Air Line Service

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Clarence Jarman

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army G/1644 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army The Queens Regiment 7th Bn.

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Frank Herbert Dennis

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army S/3/03127 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 202879 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 202879 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Scott Marshall

Born 1880

Royal Navy Deal/155/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army Major Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Acting Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Thomas James Page

Born 1882

British Army 5973 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army M17111 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T/17111 Driver Army Service Corps

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Albert Edward Hills

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2527 Private West Kent Yeomanry C Squadron

British Army GS/7259 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas James Nutkins

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army 1860 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Arthur Morgan

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 370278 Sergeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1728 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Dumbleton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 96129 Private Royal Defence Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300669 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Frank George Jolley

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army S4/109425 Private Army Service Corps

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