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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]

Wilfred Deable Seward

Born 1886

Died 1963

British Army 3443 Private Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick George Braysher

Born 1890

Died 1982

British Army 3413 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3413 Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3334 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion (Militia)

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John Leeder

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army G/24372 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Leo Spiegelhalter

Born 1864

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Captain Corps of Army Schoolmasters

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William Waller

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 9682 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9682 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Walter James Boutall

Born 1889

Died 1944

British Army 420 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Major London Regiment Anti-Aircraft Brigade

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment

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Thomas Charles Searle

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army G/65690 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick Charles Kindred

Born 1897

Died 1945

British Army A/2138 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 315076 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 17966 Somerset Regiment

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Thomas William Goodchild

Born 1890

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Merchant Navy

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Edward John Castleman

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 9177 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9177 Bandsman South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9177 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert Frederick Hall

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400524

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400524 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Sinfield

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 11465 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 11465 Private Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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George E Romer

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 832 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Alfred Arthur Framp

Born 1882

Royal Navy 296411 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy 296411 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 296411 Stoker 1st Class

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Daisy Margaret Hudson

Born 1889

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12370 Women's Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12370 Member Women's Royal Air Force

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George Henry Free

Born 1886

British Army 5658 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army A/200540 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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George Oswald Timmins

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 33078 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt

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George William Rand

Born 1887

Died 1941

British Army 395618 Rifleman Queen Victoria Rifles 2nd battalion

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Albert Edward Medden

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army 37626 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Smith

Died 1915

British Army 9274 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9724 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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