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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 Harold Woolley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/8044 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army G/8044 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd, 6th Battalion

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William Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 14th Bn. attd. 15th Bn.

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William George Pitcher

Born 1861

Died 1917

British Army 1147 Colour Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 325263 Colour Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 325263 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Scots

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Thomas John Chilman

Born 1896

Died 1962

British Army 2691 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320835 Corporal London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

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James Bardolph William Wedge

Born 1887

British Army 8179 Private Border Regiment

British Army 303162 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/300064 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Armitage

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army STK/899 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 9th

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Norman Platt Burgess

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 48936 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Fuller

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 28327 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion.

British Army 31130, Suffolk Regiment

British Army 28327 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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John Frederick Neil

Born 1898

British Army S/24202 Pte R.B.

British Army 64510 Private Machine Gun Corps 42

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Sidney Edward Rich

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps

British Army 87050 Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87655 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force No 31 Training Depot Station, RAF Fowlemere

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Ralph Crook

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1853 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Samuel Constantine Burke

Born 1867

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment

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Percy Henry Pease

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2486 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edward John Poole

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616763 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/2nd Battalion

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Leo Maxse Pibel

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army M2/155921 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Ernest Davis

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army 2629 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2529

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Reginald George Churchill

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6006 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 373043 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Robert Booker

Born 1893

British Army 70492 Driver Royal Engineers Haynes Park Signal Depot, London District Signal Company

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Harry Albert Chappell

Died 1918

British Army G/20469 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 34612 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Douglas Boff

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5731 Rifleman London Regiment 3/8th (City of London) Reserve Battalion

British Army A/200511 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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