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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]

Arthur William Gurney

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 53400 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 53400 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 28th Battalion

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Cyril Bertram Leonard Gill

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy Able Seaman

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy SS3263 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Herbert Sammons

Born 1891

Died 1989

Royal Navy K30630 Stoker 1st class HMS Chester

Royal Navy K30630 Stoker 2nd class HMS Chester

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Frederick George Twine

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy RMA/9282 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth"

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Eugene Bester

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 22360 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Glibbery

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 12158 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12158 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12158 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Albany George Lowdell

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 26479 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Raven

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2235 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 12496 Norfolk Regiment

British Army 25146 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur John Humphries

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 3927 Warrant Officer Class 1 South Wales Borderers

British Army 3927 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3927 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert Arthur Broad

Born 1881

Died 1964

British Army 31927 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army

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Michael Nugent

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 14271 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 5255 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 14271 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alexander Thomas Bailey Pepper

Born 1899

Died 1936

Royal Navy 19719 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Albert Edward Sarfas

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy 166241 Petty Officer HMS Good Hope

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Herbert Heath

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy K946 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Acheron

Royal Navy K946 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indomitable

Royal Navy K946 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine H5

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Robert Reuben Charles Lowne

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 240455 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th 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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George Herbert Faiers

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army G/960 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Henry Edward Statton

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 385083 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Reginald Thomas Lionel Quail

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 435 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Acting Captain Tank Corps

British Army Acting Captain Army Cyclist Corps

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Percy Philip Levy

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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