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Plaistow, Essex [378]

Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32]

Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10]

Plaistow, Essex, England [8]

West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6]

Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4]

Plaistow London, Essex [2]

9 Shaftesbury Avenue, Plaistow, Essex [1]

Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1]

Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1]

Plaistow London East, Essex [1]

Plaistow West Ham Essex [1]

Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow, Essex. [1]

Plaistow, London, Essex [1]

Plaistow, Stratford, Essex [1]

Plaistow,Essex [1]

plaistow, essex. [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Corporal [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Attested [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Musician [1]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officers Steward II [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

private [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Calliope [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Civilian war death [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

16th Lancers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Boy Service [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Reg [1]

First London Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Bellerophan [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Marksman [1]

HMS Mercury [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [300]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

British Army [58]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [50]

B [46]

W [43]

S [42]

H [36]

M [33]

G [23]

A [22]

T [22]

P [21]

L [17]

R [15]

D [14]

F [12]

J [12]

K [10]

E [9]

O [9]

N [8]

I [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [439]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Australia [1]

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People [451] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plaistow, Essex [378] Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32] Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10] Plaistow, Essex, England [8] West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6] Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4] Plaistow London, Essex [2] 9 Shaftesbury Avenue, Plaistow, Essex [1] Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1] Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1] Plaistow London East, Essex [1] Plaistow West Ham Essex [1] Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1] Plaistow, Essex. [1] Plaistow, London, Essex [1] Plaistow, Stratford, Essex [1] Plaistow,Essex [1] plaistow, essex. [1]

Rank

Private [41] Corporal [10] Able Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [5] Lance Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Attested [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Signalman [1] Musician [1] Officers Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Officers Steward II [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] private [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Calliope [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Civilian war death [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS SHARK [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 16th Lancers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Boy Service [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Reg [1] First London Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Bellerophan [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Marksman [1] HMS Mercury [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Racoon [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [300] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] British Army [58] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [50] B [46] W [43] S [42] H [36] M [33] G [23] A [22] T [22] P [21] L [17] R [15] D [14] F [12] J [12] K [10] E [9] O [9] N [8] I [3] Q [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [439] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Australia [1]

Henry Francis Arthur Cowie

Born 1892

Royal Navy K10829

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James Alfred Ellis

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy K11506

Royal Navy K/11506 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Cyril Benjamin Honey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206589

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George William Frederick Johnson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215049

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Albert Edward Harris

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223449

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Albert Edward Hunt

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226578

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James Herbert Macdonald

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123701

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John Edward Butterfield

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249799

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George Albert Chittie

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260094

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John Cory

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291296

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Frederick Lowe

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K2220 Stoker 1st Class HMS SHARK

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George William John James

Born 1892

Died 1985

British Army 1250 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 29413 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 1250 Acting Serjeant Essex Regiment

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John Earland

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401437

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John Albert Tillman

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224396

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Frank George Saunders

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226564

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George William Burn Beaten

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231960

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James Edwin Ames

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248851

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Harold Leslie Read

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267620

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Frederick George Dunn

Born 1890

British Army 1970 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1970 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 570398 Serjeant London Regiment

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Thomas William Green

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46144 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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