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Shadwell, London [176]

Shadwell, London, Middlesex [17]

Shadwell London [3]

Shadwell, Stepney, London [3]

Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London [2]

185, High Street, Shadwell, London [1]

London (Shadwell) [1]

Love Lane, Shadwell, London [1]

Shadwell East London [1]

Shadwell, East London [1]

Shadwell, London East [1]

Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1]

Shadwell,London [1]

St George in the East, Shadwell, East London [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Driver [3]

Gunner [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd corporal [1]

AB [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

OB [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman II [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Army Vetinary Corp [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

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

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Cyclops [1]

HMS Dido then HMS Laverock [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Irresistible [1]

HMS Liverpool [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (The Queen's) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Agincourt [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [172]

British Army [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27]

B [23]

H [16]

C [15]

T [13]

W [13]

L [12]

M [12]

D [11]

P [11]

A [8]

G [8]

F [7]

J [7]

R [6]

K [5]

E [4]

N [4]

I [3]

O [3]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [209]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [211] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Shadwell, London [176] Shadwell, London, Middlesex [17] Shadwell London [3] Shadwell, Stepney, London [3] Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London [2] 185, High Street, Shadwell, London [1] London (Shadwell) [1] Love Lane, Shadwell, London [1] Shadwell East London [1] Shadwell, East London [1] Shadwell, London East [1] Shadwell, London, Middlesex, England [1] Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1] Shadwell,London [1] St George in the East, Shadwell, East London [1]

Rank

Private [18] Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Driver [3] Gunner [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd corporal [1] AB [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] OB [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman II [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] HMS NEPTUNE [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Army Vetinary Corp [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Excellent" [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Cyclops [1] HMS Dido then HMS Laverock [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Irresistible [1] HMS Liverpool [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (The Queen's) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Agincourt [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Scottish Rifles [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [172] British Army [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27] B [23] H [16] C [15] T [13] W [13] L [12] M [12] D [11] P [11] A [8] G [8] F [7] J [7] R [6] K [5] E [4] N [4] I [3] O [3] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [209] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

William George Fox

Born 1899

Royal Navy J35255 Boy Telegraphist HMS NEPTUNE

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Albert Henry Eberhardt

Born 1894

Royal Navy M17323 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Thomas Scott

Born 1871

Royal Navy 268011

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George Richard Newell

Born 1892

Royal Navy K7653 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Hercules

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William Samuel Maskell

Born 1897

Royal Navy L6345 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS NEPTUNE

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William Daniel Vickers

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216619

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Albert Henry Stevens

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262800

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Ernest Ayres

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143725

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Samuel Ford

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 27470 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 192484 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4TH BATTN., SPEC. BDC

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Edward James Fosh

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army 47049 Private Welsh Regiment

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Francis Webber

Born 1882

Royal Navy 204392

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