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Poplar, Middlesex, England [495]

Poplar, London, Middlesex [277]

Poplar, Middlesex [260]

Poplar Middlesex [3]

Cubitt Town, Poplar, Middlesex [2]

London, Poplar, Middlesex [2]

Poplar, London, Middlesex, England [2]

Poplar,Middlesex [2]

Bow, Poplar Middlesex [1]

Bow, Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London [1]

Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1]

Cublet Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Old Ford Bow Poplar East London Middlesex [1]

Old Ford, Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Poplar All Saints, Middlesex [1]

Poplar Middlesex England [1]

Poplar, Middlesex (London) [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, England. [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1]

Poplar, Middlesex. [1]

Poplar, Millwall, Middlesex [1]

Poplar,London,Middlesex. [1]

Poplar,Middlesex,London [1]

Union Workhouse, Poplar, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Engineer [1]

AM2 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Craftsman 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Barman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer's Storekeeper [1]

Fireman [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Minneapolis [1]

Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle [1]

Mercantile Marine. H.M.H.S Gloucester Castle [1]

Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle [1]

Merchant Navy, SS Comrie Castle [1]

New Zealand Maori Contingent [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

RNAS [1]

Roya; Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Air Force Reserve [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BENBOW [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [444]

Royal Navy [62]

British Army [58]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

S [101]

C [94]

H [92]

W [79]

M [69]

P [64]

G [57]

T [54]

L [50]

R [50]

J [43]

D [42]

F [39]

A [32]

E [21]

K [19]

N [19]

O [14]

I [7]

V [6]

Y [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [556]

Merchant Navy [498]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Hong Kong [1]

Palestine, State of [1]

Singapore [1]

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Poplar, Middlesex, England [495] Poplar, London, Middlesex [277] Poplar, Middlesex [260] Poplar Middlesex [3] Cubitt Town, Poplar, Middlesex [2] London, Poplar, Middlesex [2] Poplar, London, Middlesex, England [2] Poplar,Middlesex [2] Bow, Poplar Middlesex [1] Bow, Poplar, Middlesex [1] Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London [1] Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1] Cublet Poplar, Middlesex [1] Old Ford Bow Poplar East London Middlesex [1] Old Ford, Poplar, Middlesex [1] Poplar All Saints, Middlesex [1] Poplar Middlesex England [1] Poplar, Middlesex (London) [1] Poplar, Middlesex, England. [1] Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1] Poplar, Middlesex. [1] Poplar, Millwall, Middlesex [1] Poplar,London,Middlesex. [1] Poplar,Middlesex,London [1] Union Workhouse, Poplar, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [34] Gunner [7] Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Engineer [1] AM2 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Craftsman 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Barman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Engineer's Storekeeper [1] Fireman [1] Greaser [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1st Class [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Steward [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Engineers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Victory I [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Minneapolis [1] Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle [1] Mercantile Marine. H.M.H.S Gloucester Castle [1] Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle [1] Merchant Navy, SS Comrie Castle [1] New Zealand Maori Contingent [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] RNAS [1] Roya; Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Air Force Reserve [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS BENBOW [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [444] Royal Navy [62] British Army [58] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] S [101] C [94] H [92] W [79] M [69] P [64] G [57] T [54] L [50] R [50] J [43] D [42] F [39] A [32] E [21] K [19] N [19] O [14] I [7] V [6] Y [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [556] Merchant Navy [498]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Hong Kong [1] Palestine, State of [1] Singapore [1]

John David Murray

Born 1884

British Army 69449 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 69449 Sapper

British Army 69449 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Lovell

Born 1895

Died 1953

British Army 40586 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 40586 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 40586 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Garrett Hill

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 4537 Royal Garrison Artillery

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/4537A Company Serjeant Major New Zealand Maori Contingent

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Charles Norris Cox

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8957 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

Royal Navy F30864

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230864 Royal Air Force

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Hugh John Robson

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 7/3399 Private Durham Light Infantry 7th Reserve Battalion

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Herbert Phillip Allaker

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 36570 Private Training Reserve 98th Battalion

British Army 30904 Private Essex Regiment 14th Bn

British Army 49340 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Owen Brien

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army 36073 87048 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 146th Battalion

British Army Private

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George Ernest Newland

Born 1882

Died 1953

British Army 203838 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 20382 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Thomas Beer

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 149905 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 149905 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Loveland

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 60530 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 113th Brigade

British Army 60530 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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Thomas William Leverett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 876412 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 355th Bde

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George Thomas Godin

Born 1889

Died 1958

British Army 139771 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Benjamin Steward

Born 1864

British Army 3755 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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Charles Spencer Minch

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army R/16272 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/16272 Corporal Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) 13th (Service) Battalion

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James William Colvin

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2623 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320798 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320798 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion(Rifles)

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William James Tricker

Born 1861

Died 1915

Other Empire Force “Irene” (London) Steward

Other Empire Force Steward “Irene” (London)

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Alfred Whatmore

Born 1883

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 2nd Engineer Mercantile Marine SS Gafsa

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Robert Reuben Charles Lowne

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 240455 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Albert George Bilham

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/465 Private Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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George Henry Green

Died 1917

British Army 8633 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd Garrison Battalion.

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