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Poplar, London [2034]

Poplar, London, Middlesex [277]

Poplar, East London [21]

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [14]

Poplar, London East [13]

Poplar London [9]

Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar, London [6]

Poplar East London [5]

Bow,Poplar, London [3]

Poplar London England [3]

Poplar,London. [3]

London, Poplar, Middlesex [2]

Poplar Bow, London [2]

Poplar, London, England [2]

Poplar, London, Middlesex, England [2]

Poplar, east London [2]

10 Sabbarton Street, Poplar, London [1]

Bow, Poplar District, London [1]

Bromey Poplar London, England [1]

Bromley, Poplar, London [1]

Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London [1]

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

CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1]

Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1]

Isle of Dogs Poplar, London [1]

Millwall,Poplar,London. [1]

Old Ford Bow Poplar East London Middlesex [1]

Poplar London [1]

Poplar , London , England [1]

Poplar London East England [1]

Poplar London, Essex [1]

Poplar Workhouse, Poplar, London [1]

Poplar, Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Poplar, Isle of Dogs, London [1]

Poplar, Middlesex (London) [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1]

Poplar, Millwall, London [1]

Poplar,Bow, London [1]

Poplar,East London [1]

Poplar,London [1]

Poplar,London,Middlesex. [1]

Poplar,Middlesex,London [1]

Union Workhouse, Poplar, London, Middlesex [1]

poplar london [1]

Rank

Private [126]

Able Seaman [37]

Rifleman [26]

Stoker 1st Class [24]

Corporal [21]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Boy 1st Class [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [9]

Deck Hand [8]

Sapper [8]

Leading Stoker [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Driver [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Shipwright [2]

Stoker [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Trimmer [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

AB Seaman [1]

AM2 [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [49]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Essex Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Labour Corps [9]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

HMS Chester [6]

HMS INDOMITABLE [6]

HMS Impregnable [6]

HMS VALIANT [6]

HMS Vanguard [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Civilian war death [5]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

HMS Calliope [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M. Submarine E5 [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS CHESTER [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Coventry [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1935]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [280]

British Army [191]

Other Empire Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [244]

H [239]

S [226]

C [199]

W [189]

M [163]

P [160]

G [141]

R [101]

T [100]

F [96]

L [96]

D [91]

J [82]

A [75]

E [54]

N [54]

K [53]

O [38]

I [7]

V [6]

U [5]

Q [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2395]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

India [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Pakistan [1]

Singapore [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Poplar, London [2034] Poplar, London, Middlesex [277] Poplar, East London [21] Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [14] Poplar, London East [13] Poplar London [9] Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar, London [6] Poplar East London [5] Bow,Poplar, London [3] Poplar London England [3] Poplar,London. [3] London, Poplar, Middlesex [2] Poplar Bow, London [2] Poplar, London, England [2] Poplar, London, Middlesex, England [2] Poplar, east London [2] 10 Sabbarton Street, Poplar, London [1] Bow, Poplar District, London [1] Bromey Poplar London, England [1] Bromley, Poplar, London [1] Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London [1] Bromley, Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1] CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1] Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1] Isle of Dogs Poplar, London [1] Millwall,Poplar,London. [1] Old Ford Bow Poplar East London Middlesex [1] Poplar London [1] Poplar , London , England [1] Poplar London East England [1] Poplar London, Essex [1] Poplar Workhouse, Poplar, London [1] Poplar, Bromley by Bow, London [1] Poplar, Isle of Dogs, London [1] Poplar, Middlesex (London) [1] Poplar, Middlesex, London, England [1] Poplar, Millwall, London [1] Poplar,Bow, London [1] Poplar,East London [1] Poplar,London [1] Poplar,London,Middlesex. [1] Poplar,Middlesex,London [1] Union Workhouse, Poplar, London, Middlesex [1] poplar london [1]

Rank

Private [126] Able Seaman [37] Rifleman [26] Stoker 1st Class [24] Corporal [21] Ordinary Seaman [18] Boy 1st Class [17] Lance Corporal [15] Boy 2nd Class [10] Gunner [10] Serjeant [9] Deck Hand [8] Sapper [8] Leading Stoker [7] Leading Seaman [6] Petty Officer [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Driver [4] Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Leading Signalman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Bombardier [2] Boy [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Shipwright [2] Stoker [2] Telegraphist [2] Trimmer [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] AB Seaman [1] AM2 [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [49] South Wales Borderers [14] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Essex Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Labour Corps [9] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] HMS Chester [6] HMS INDOMITABLE [6] HMS Impregnable [6] HMS VALIANT [6] HMS Vanguard [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Army Service Corps [5] Civilian war death [5] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] HMS Calliope [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M. Submarine E5 [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS CHESTER [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Coventry [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Hampshire [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1935] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [280] British Army [191] Other Empire Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [244] H [239] S [226] C [199] W [189] M [163] P [160] G [141] R [101] T [100] F [96] L [96] D [91] J [82] A [75] E [54] N [54] K [53] O [38] I [7] V [6] U [5] Q [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2395] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [124] India [2] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Pakistan [1] Singapore [1] Turkey [1]

William George Babbage

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS106296

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Ethel Iverine Wilks

Born 1892

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Joseph Britton

Born 1878

Royal Navy 174150 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy RFR/B/1091 Royal Naval Division

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Arthur Thurgar

Born 1881

Royal Navy 291897

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George William Slade

Born 1886

British Army 1397 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army SR/1397 Fusilier Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas William Wheatley

Born 1884

Royal Navy Z/1940 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON

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