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Plaistow, Essex [378]

Plaistow, London [326]

Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32]

Plaistow [20]

Plaistow England [15]

Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10]

Plaistow, Kent, England [9]

Plaistow, Essex, England [8]

West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6]

Plaistow, Sussex [4]

Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4]

Plaistow London, Essex [2]

Plaistow, London England [2]

Plaistow, Middlesex [2]

9 Shaftesbury Avenue, Plaistow, Essex [1]

Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1]

Cross Street Plaistow, London [1]

Plaistow E13 [1]

Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1]

Plaistow London [1]

Plaistow London East, Essex [1]

Plaistow London England [1]

Plaistow London, Kent [1]

Plaistow Road, West ham [1]

Plaistow West Ham Essex [1]

Plaistow, Cornwall [1]

Plaistow, E London [1]

Plaistow, East London [1]

Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow, Essex. [1]

Plaistow, Kent [1]

Plaistow, London, England [1]

Plaistow, London, Essex [1]

Plaistow, London, Middlesex [1]

Plaistow, London. [1]

Plaistow, Newham [1]

Plaistow, Petworth, Sussex [1]

Plaistow, Renfrewshire [1]

Plaistow, Stratford, Essex [1]

Plaistow, Sussex, England [1]

Plaistow, West Ham District, London [1]

Plaistow, West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow,Essex [1]

Plaistow,West Ham, London [1]

Salmen Road, Plaistow [1]

St Mary's Rd, Plaistow, West Ham [1]

Victoria Dock Road, Plaistow, West Hamm, London [1]

plaistow, essex. [1]

Rank

Private [65]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Corporal [11]

Able Seaman [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Telegraphist [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Attested [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [23]

Essex Regiment [11]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

HMS Calliope [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Civilian war death [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

16th Lancers [1]

1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

1st Canadian Division [1]

2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Boy Service [1]

Cavalry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Reg [1]

First London Regiment [1]

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

H.M.S. Wildfire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [631]

British Army [96]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [92]

C [88]

S [77]

H [73]

W [67]

M [55]

G [53]

P [45]

A [37]

D [34]

L [34]

T [32]

F [30]

R [28]

J [24]

N [21]

E [17]

K [16]

O [12]

I [5]

V [5]

U [4]

Q [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [828]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Australia [2]

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Place of birth

Plaistow, Essex [378] Plaistow, London [326] Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32] Plaistow [20] Plaistow England [15] Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10] Plaistow, Kent, England [9] Plaistow, Essex, England [8] West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6] Plaistow, Sussex [4] Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4] Plaistow London, Essex [2] Plaistow, London England [2] Plaistow, Middlesex [2] 9 Shaftesbury Avenue, Plaistow, Essex [1] Canning Town, Plaistow, Essex [1] Cross Street Plaistow, London [1] Plaistow E13 [1] Plaistow East Ham, Essex [1] Plaistow London [1] Plaistow London East, Essex [1] Plaistow London England [1] Plaistow London, Kent [1] Plaistow Road, West ham [1] Plaistow West Ham Essex [1] Plaistow, Cornwall [1] Plaistow, E London [1] Plaistow, East London [1] Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1] Plaistow, Essex. [1] Plaistow, Kent [1] Plaistow, London, England [1] Plaistow, London, Essex [1] Plaistow, London, Middlesex [1] Plaistow, London. [1] Plaistow, Newham [1] Plaistow, Petworth, Sussex [1] Plaistow, Renfrewshire [1] Plaistow, Stratford, Essex [1] Plaistow, Sussex, England [1] Plaistow, West Ham District, London [1] Plaistow, West Ham, London [1] Plaistow,Essex [1] Plaistow,West Ham, London [1] Salmen Road, Plaistow [1] St Mary's Rd, Plaistow, West Ham [1] Victoria Dock Road, Plaistow, West Hamm, London [1] plaistow, essex. [1]

Rank

Private [65] Stoker 1st Class [12] Corporal [11] Able Seaman [8] Lance Corporal [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Serjeant [6] Rifleman [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Gunner [4] Sapper [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Signalman [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Telegraphist [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Attested [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Fireman [1] Flight Cadet [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [23] Essex Regiment [11] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] HMS Calliope [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Civilian war death [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS SHARK [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 16th Lancers [1] 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 1st Canadian Division [1] 2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Boy Service [1] Cavalry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Reg [1] First London Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. Wildfire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [631] British Army [96] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91] Australian Imperial Force [20] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [92] C [88] S [77] H [73] W [67] M [55] G [53] P [45] A [37] D [34] L [34] T [32] F [30] R [28] J [24] N [21] E [17] K [16] O [12] I [5] V [5] U [4] Q [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [828] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Australia [2]

Herbert William Wingrove

Born 1879

Died 1968

British Army 140249 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 140249 Sapper Royal Engineers 105th Field Company

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Stanley George Buck

Born 1899

Died 1982

British Army S/37295 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/37295 Rifleman Rifle Brigate

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Thomas Newell

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army 12504 Attested Grenadier Guards First Battalion

British Army 12504 Acting Serjeant Grenadier Guards First Battalion

British Army 12504 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards First Battalion

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Richard Clarence Corti

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army B/23255 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Ernest Charles Webster

Born 1893

Died 1990

British Army M2/223438 Private Royal Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Robert William Burrows

Born 1881

Died 1954

British Army T4/210408 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T4/210408 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Alexander Arthur John Evans

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/10445 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/10445 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 6th and 9th Battalions

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James D Brittain

Born 1897

Died 1955

British Army 88444 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR289257 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Newell

Born 1897

Died 1964

British Army 16120 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 16120 Private Grenadier Guards

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Albert Edward Curly Denyer

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army GS/82213 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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John William Harrison

Died 1917

British Army 16354 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 16354 Private Devonshire First

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Lionel Augustus Glaister

Born 1896

Died 1927

British Army 436 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 880362 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Charles Sampson

Born 1895

Died 1975

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12897 Trooper Cavalry 16th Light Horse Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12897 Private Infantry 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12897 Private Infantry 32nd Battalion

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Charles Edward Vanner

Born 1887

British Army 9147 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9147 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Henry Thomas Read

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2525 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370715 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Reuben Golding

Born 1896

Died 1989

British Army 3402 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 470932 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

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John Cunnington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 71 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 884556 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Cyril Clifford Maguire

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 9474 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 9474 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Francis Winn

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army 5147 Private London Regiment

British Army 701983 Private London Regiment

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John Slee

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 47580 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army S/43729 Sapper Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 48660 Sapper London Regiment

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