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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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Place of birth

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]

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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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 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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Frederick James Dowdell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army S/18067 Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army 18067 Corporal Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

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Charles Reuben Wright

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3/6801 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/6801 Private Dorsetshire regiment First battalion

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George Henry Goldsmith

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers Depot Battalion

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Edward Paley

Born 1888

Died 1967

Royal Navy J56902

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William James Spurling

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 203791 Petty Officer H.M.S. "P.52"

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Charles Ernest Mcconnell

Born 1897

Died 1983

British Army 2084 Driver Royal Field Artillery London Brigade

British Army 955864 Gunner Royal Field Artillery London Brigade

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317494 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Cadet Distribution Depot

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Lewis Francis Atterbury

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 8513 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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James Frederick Powell

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 8069 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374054 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Henry Norman

Born 1862

Died 1919

British Army T4/142126 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 153491 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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