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Shoreditch, London [867]

Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [232]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7]

Shoreditch London [7]

Shoreditch, London, England [6]

Shoreditch, East London [4]

Haggerston, Shoreditch, London [2]

South Shoreditch, London [2]

Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1]

Haggerston Shoreditch London [1]

Hamilton Buildings, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1]

London, Shoreditch [1]

London, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch London [1]

Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1]

Shoreditch London, Middlesex [1]

Shoreditch district, London [1]

Shoreditch, Hackney, East London [1]

Shoreditch, Hackney, London [1]

Shoreditch, London, 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, London [1]

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

Rank

Private [79]

Rifleman [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Serjeant [7]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Driver [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [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]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cooper [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Member [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22]

Royal Engineers [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS Natal [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

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

12th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

17th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Berkshire Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Army Schoolmasters [1]

D.N..T. Calais [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [799]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [233]

British Army [114]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [129]

W [117]

H [113]

S [99]

M [84]

C [76]

G [61]

P [59]

R [55]

D [53]

F [45]

A [42]

L [40]

J [34]

K [33]

T [32]

E [26]

N [25]

O [12]

V [5]

I [3]

U [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1142]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [69]

China [2]

France [1]

Greenland [1]

Pakistan [1]

Turkey [1]

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Shoreditch, London [867] Shoreditch, London, Middlesex [232] Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [7] Shoreditch London [7] Shoreditch, London, England [6] Shoreditch, East London [4] Haggerston, Shoreditch, London [2] South Shoreditch, London [2] Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1] Haggerston Shoreditch London [1] Hamilton Buildings, Shoreditch, London, England [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch, London [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1] London, Shoreditch [1] London, Shoreditch, Middlesex [1] Shoreditch London [1] Shoreditch Hoxton New Town London [1] Shoreditch London, Middlesex [1] Shoreditch district, London [1] Shoreditch, Hackney, East London [1] Shoreditch, Hackney, London [1] Shoreditch, London, 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, London [1] St Lukes Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England [1]

Rank

Private [79] Rifleman [13] Able Seaman [12] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Stoker 1st Class [10] Ordinary Seaman [8] Serjeant [7] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Driver [4] Leading Stoker [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [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] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cooper [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Flight Cadet [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Member [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd class [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private RMLI [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22] Royal Engineers [8] Labour Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS Natal [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (R.F.R./CH./B./3972). H.M.S. "India." [1] 12th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 17th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Berkshire Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Army Schoolmasters [1] D.N..T. Calais [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [799] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [233] British Army [114] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [129] W [117] H [113] S [99] M [84] C [76] G [61] P [59] R [55] D [53] F [45] A [42] L [40] J [34] K [33] T [32] E [26] N [25] O [12] V [5] I [3] U [2] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1142] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [69] China [2] France [1] Greenland [1] Pakistan [1] Turkey [1]

Richard Gentleman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army G/4392 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Henry John Noble

Born 1876

Died 1951

British Army 101591 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred Joseph Evans

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 18783 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 18783 Private The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Robert Charles Boustead

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163266

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163266 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Melville Dundas W F Snell

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army Private London Regiment 3/12th Battalion

British Army Private Honourable Artillery Company Detachment Depot

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 33rd Works Battalion

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William Hurley

Born 1890

British Army 9916 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9916 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9916 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Bates

Born 1867

Died 1919

Royal Navy 121407 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy 121407 Chief Officer HM Coastguard

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Henry John Underwood

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army GS/5477 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/5477 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Robert Gordon Beazley

Born 1886

Died 1953

British Army Captain 17th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain General List

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Henry Matthew Wheatley

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army M1/6402 Private Army Service Corps

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Samuel George Ruffell

Born 1892

British Army 321273 Private London Regiment

British Army 3470 Private London Regiment

British Army 608327 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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Leonard Samuel Beard

Born 1879

Died 1944

British Army 35688 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106852 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Thomas George

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/19847 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Henry Reardon

Born 1896

Died 1974

Royal Navy M25343

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Henry Averley

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 342840

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Matthew Powell

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 6649 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 6649 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Edward Averley Alias Roberts

Born 1886

British Army 30 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy 30 Musician Royal Marines Band R.N. School of Music

Royal Navy 30 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Collussus

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Philip Waddling

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 59529 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 26286 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Conrey

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1737 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Thomas Summers

Died 1917

British Army 375731 Private London Regiment

British Army 375731 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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