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Shoreditch, London [867]

Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [232]

Shoreditch, Middlesex [74]

Shoreditch [47]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7]

Shoreditch London [7]

Shoreditch, London, England [6]

Shoreditch, Middlesex, England [6]

Hoxton, Shoreditch [5]

Shoreditch England [5]

Shoreditch, East London [4]

Shoreditch, Lancashire [3]

Haggerston, Shoreditch, London [2]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, Middlesex [2]

SHOREDITCH [2]

Shoreditch Middlesex [2]

Shoreditch,Middlesex. [2]

South Shoreditch, London [2]

Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1]

Haggerston Shoreditch London [1]

Haggerston, Shoreditch [1]

Haggerston, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1]

Haggerston, Shoreditch. [1]

Hamilton Buildings, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

Hoxton Old Town Shoreditch [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1]

London, Shoreditch [1]

London, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1]

Old Street, Shoreditch [1]

Saint Leonards Shoreditch, Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch London [1]

Shoreditch Haggeston Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1]

Shoreditch London, Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch district, London [1]

Shoreditch, Essex [1]

Shoreditch, Hackney, East London [1]

Shoreditch, Hackney, London [1]

Shoreditch, London, Middx. [1]

Shoreditch, Middx. [1]

Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1]

Shoreditch,Fulham,London. [1]

Shoreditch,London. [1]

Shoreditch. East London [1]

St Leonard, Shoreditch, East London [1]

St Leonards Shoreditch [1]

St Leonards, Shoreditch, London [1]

St Lukes Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

shoreditch [1]

Rank

Private [146]

Rifleman [22]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [16]

Able Seaman [12]

Serjeant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Gunner [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Driver [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Member [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Musician [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftsman 1st Class [1]

Arm Crew Wireman [1]

Band Boy [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bandsman / Private [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Cooper [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [48]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Natal [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(R.F.R./CH./B./3972). H.M.S. "India." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [844]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253]

British Army [199]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [151]

H [131]

W [128]

S [106]

C [91]

M [91]

G [69]

P [68]

D [61]

R [61]

F [55]

A [50]

L [43]

T [39]

J [37]

K [36]

N [31]

E [29]

O [15]

V [6]

I [4]

U [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1292]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

China [2]

France [1]

Greenland [1]

India [1]

Mauritius [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Shoreditch, London [867] Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [232] Shoreditch, Middlesex [74] Shoreditch [47] Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7] Shoreditch London [7] Shoreditch, London, England [6] Shoreditch, Middlesex, England [6] Hoxton, Shoreditch [5] Shoreditch England [5] Shoreditch, East London [4] Shoreditch, Lancashire [3] Haggerston, Shoreditch, London [2] Hoxton, Shoreditch, Middlesex [2] SHOREDITCH [2] Shoreditch Middlesex [2] Shoreditch,Middlesex. [2] South Shoreditch, London [2] Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1] Haggerston Shoreditch London [1] Haggerston, Shoreditch [1] Haggerston, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1] Haggerston, Shoreditch. [1] Hamilton Buildings, Shoreditch, London, England [1] Hoxton Old Town Shoreditch [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1] London, Shoreditch [1] London, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1] Old Street, Shoreditch [1] Saint Leonards Shoreditch, Middlesex [1] Shoreditch London [1] Shoreditch Haggeston Middlesex [1] Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1] Shoreditch London, Middlesex [1] Shoreditch district, London [1] Shoreditch, Essex [1] Shoreditch, Hackney, East London [1] Shoreditch, Hackney, London [1] Shoreditch, London, Middx. [1] Shoreditch, Middx. [1] Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1] Shoreditch,Fulham,London. [1] Shoreditch,London. [1] Shoreditch. East London [1] St Leonard, Shoreditch, East London [1] St Leonards Shoreditch [1] St Leonards, Shoreditch, London [1] St Lukes Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England [1] shoreditch [1]

Rank

Private [146] Rifleman [22] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [16] Able Seaman [12] Serjeant [11] Stoker 1st Class [10] Gunner [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Driver [7] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Member [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Musician [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftsman 1st Class [1] Arm Crew Wireman [1] Band Boy [1] Bandsman [1] Bandsman / Private [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Officer [1] Cooper [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Flight Cadet [1] Honorary Captain [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [48] Labour Corps [15] Royal Engineers [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Service Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Natal [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leinster Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (R.F.R./CH./B./3972). H.M.S. "India." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [844] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253] British Army [199] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [151] H [131] W [128] S [106] C [91] M [91] G [69] P [68] D [61] R [61] F [55] A [50] L [43] T [39] J [37] K [36] N [31] E [29] O [15] V [6] I [4] U [2] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1292] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [97] China [2] France [1] Greenland [1] India [1] Mauritius [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick Hawkins

Born 1880

British Army 168458 Driver Royal Field Artillery 36th Area Company

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Herbert Charles George Bunker

Born 1897

Died 1975

British Army 2557 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 280655 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army Private 1/4 Battalion

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John Arthur Robinson

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army R 3222 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R.3222 Lance Corporal Kings Royal Rifle Corps not known

British Army R3222 Lance Corporal KRRC

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William Henry Giffin

Born 1880

Died 1921

British Army 14629 Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd

British Army 14629 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd

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William Cooper

Born 1861

Died 1935

British Army 4745 Private Army Hospital Corps

British Army 4745 Corporal Army Hospital Corps

British Army 4745 Sergeant Army Hospital Corps

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William Bowman

Born 1887

Died 1961

British Army 90394 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 124 Heavy Battery

British Army RGA Heavy Depot

British Army Gunner RGA Heavy Batttery

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Alfred Edward Wyman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1525 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 320211 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 320211 Corporal London Regiment 6th (city of lond Battalion

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Percy Gabriel Askew

Born 1881

Died 1964

British Army 60758 Driver Royal Engineers 126th Field Company

British Army 60758 Sapper Royal Engineers 126th Field Company

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Harry Marlow

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army S17990 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/17990 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Henry Francis Cansdale

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 36486 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers 67th Field company

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William George Bullett

Born 1869

Died 1944

British Army 1300 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 292816 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19th Company

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William Edwin Haacke

Born 1884

Died 1956

British Army 6204 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 233150 Rifleman London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

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Alfred Anderson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2199 Private Huntingdon Cyclist Battalion

British Army 438428 Private Labour Corps

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David Lubinsky

Born 1899

Died 1980

British Army 504712 Labour Corps 633rd Employment Company

British Army R/390958 Private Royal Army Service Corps Remount Depot

British Army 22387 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William Marlow

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/18044 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/18044 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Thomas Henry Barker

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 372938 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5860 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert Ernest Falla

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 5010 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356482 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Charles John Humberstone

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy F18118 Aircraftsman 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service HMS President II

Royal Navy F18118 Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service HMS President II

Royal Navy F18118 Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service HMS Daedalus

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Edward Goode Webb

Born 1877

Died 1940

British Army 14922 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Edward Ernest Montague Hall

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 615853 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 615853 Private London Regiment

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