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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]

George Palmer

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6280 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Henry Percy Clements

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army 2/9301 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 961 Private Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion

British Army 961 Private Royal Defence Corps Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion

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Harry Edgar Dutton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 25042 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Cyril De Putron

Born 1874

Died 1941

British Army Major London Regiment 2/15th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Colonel 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1st Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frederick Hale Puckle

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers Wager Scouts

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Walter Jeacocke

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 374630 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8686 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Howes Hubbard

Born 1890

Died 1929

British Army 5834 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 512094 Acting Serjeant London Regiment attached King's African Rifles

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Nagel Smith

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 373644 Private London Regiment

British Army 373644 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6755 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur John Morgan

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4274 Private London Regiment

British Army 551562 Private London Regiment

British Army 4274 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Edward Fay

Died 1917

British Army 6985 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393209 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 393209 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Framp

Born 1863

Died 1919

British Army 14694 Private Royal Defence Corps 116th Protection Company [London District]

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Stanley George Beresford Heath

Born 1889

Died 1951

Royal Navy 233326 Boy 2nd Class HMS St. Vincent

Royal Navy 233326 Able Seaman

Australian Imperial Force 275241 Private Australian Militia Forces 44th Battalion

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John Warman

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 2980 Private London Regiment

British Army 27501 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn

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Frank The Kaffir Howett

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 412 Company Quarter Master Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 412 Warrant Officer Class 1 London Regiment

British Army 412 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 1/15

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Arthur Thomas Revitt

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 374499 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8554 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William James Hardie

Died 1914

British Army 6392 Guardsman Scots Guards 2nd Battalion

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George Frederick Dollittle

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 16128 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 16128 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Arthur Charles Lemon

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy PO/10859 Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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George Henry Dumbleton

Born 1876

Died 1939

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150890

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Edward George Fiegehen

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve East Anglian RE (T)

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