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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]

Ernest Ambrose Brown

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2575 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200677 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200677 Private East Yorkshire Regiment No. 2575

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Harold Dale Kember

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army PS/258 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools)

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Herbert Richard Johnson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3/1354 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 3/1354 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Kennedy

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 42455 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery XVII Heavy Brigade

British Army 42455 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery XVII Heavy Brigade, 28th Division

British Army 42455 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery XXXVII Heavy Brigade

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Horace Leslie Halse

Died 1916

British Army 1438 Private London Regiment 1st Batalion

British Army 1438 Rifleman London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Evenden Edgley

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army 4865 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade).

British Army 302946 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade).

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William George Ell

Born 1891

Died 1980

British Army 134564 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

Royal Garrison Artillery 6th Siege Battery

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Harold William Thorling

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 13914 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Percy Victor Mount

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 23256 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

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Walter Samuel Collier

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army G/22446 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Claude Frederick Clark

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2300 Serjeant London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment Territorial Force

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William Harry Gatsell

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7477 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edgar Corble

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 9628 Private London Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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James Burchell

Born 1893

British Army 68088 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

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Edward William Cremer

Born 1892

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 2 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Rifle Brigade 2 Battalion

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Harry Reginald Avery

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 5730 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army A/200503 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

British Army A/200503 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

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Cephas Alexander Maynard

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army PS/5287 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Wilfrid John Thompson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2633 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 7th Battalion attached 10th Battalion

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Ernest Thomas Rolls

Born 1887

Died 1941

Royal Navy 1886 Royal Marines Crystal Palace

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Philip Francis Davy

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77384 Private 7th Canadian Infantry Batallion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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