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Stepney, London [1337]

Stepney, London, Middlesex [254]

Stepney London [14]

Stepney, East London [13]

Stepney Green, London [7]

Shadwell, Stepney, London [3]

Stepney, London East [3]

Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2]

St George in the East, Stepney, London [2]

Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London [2]

44 Stepney Causeway London [1]

5 Baker Street, Stepney East, London [1]

Commercial Road Stepney London [1]

Limehouse, Stepney, London [1]

Limehouse, Stepney. London [1]

Limehouse,Stepney, London [1]

London (Stepney) [1]

Mile End Old Town, Stepney, London. [1]

Mile End,Stepney, London [1]

Myrtle Street Stepney London [1]

Ratcliff, Stepney, London [1]

Ratcliff, Stepney, London E [1]

Saint Stepney, London [1]

Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1]

Stepney London England [1]

Stepney London, Middlesex [1]

Stepney Whitechapel London [1]

Stepney Whitechapel London [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Stepney, E London [1]

Stepney, London. [1]

Stepney, Middlesex, London [1]

Stepney,London [1]

Stepney,Middlesex,London. [1]

Stepney. London [1]

stepney,london [1]

Rank

Private [129]

Rifleman [27]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Able Seaman [17]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Leading Stoker [9]

Driver [8]

Gunner [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Corporal [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Musician [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Band Boy [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Boatman [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Captian [1]

Chair [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [35]

South Wales Borderers [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Reserve [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS 'Vanguard' [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Simoom [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Hussars [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1227]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [260]

British Army [176]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [175]

C [147]

H [141]

S [141]

W [135]

M [125]

G [102]

P [88]

F [83]

D [80]

R [70]

L [62]

T [56]

J [49]

K [47]

A [45]

E [32]

N [29]

I [17]

O [17]

V [10]

Y [10]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1642]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

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Stepney, London [1337] Stepney, London, Middlesex [254] Stepney London [14] Stepney, East London [13] Stepney Green, London [7] Shadwell, Stepney, London [3] Stepney, London East [3] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2] St George in the East, Stepney, London [2] Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London [2] 44 Stepney Causeway London [1] 5 Baker Street, Stepney East, London [1] Commercial Road Stepney London [1] Limehouse, Stepney, London [1] Limehouse, Stepney. London [1] Limehouse,Stepney, London [1] London (Stepney) [1] Mile End Old Town, Stepney, London. [1] Mile End,Stepney, London [1] Myrtle Street Stepney London [1] Ratcliff, Stepney, London [1] Ratcliff, Stepney, London E [1] Saint Stepney, London [1] Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1] Stepney London England [1] Stepney London, Middlesex [1] Stepney Whitechapel London [1] Stepney Whitechapel London [1] Stepney, London [1] Stepney, E London [1] Stepney, London. [1] Stepney, Middlesex, London [1] Stepney,London [1] Stepney,Middlesex,London. [1] Stepney. London [1] stepney,london [1]

Rank

Private [129] Rifleman [27] Stoker 1st Class [21] Able Seaman [17] Ordinary Seaman [13] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Leading Stoker [9] Driver [8] Gunner [8] Deck Hand [7] Corporal [5] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Musician [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Band Boy [1] Band Corporal [1] Boatman [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Captian [1] Chair [1] Chief Stoker [1] Donkeyman [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [35] South Wales Borderers [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] HMS INFLEXIBLE [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Royal Fusiliers [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Essex Regiment [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS TIGER [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Welsh Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Reserve [2] Army Service Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS 'Vanguard' [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Simoom [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Hussars [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1227] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [260] British Army [176] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [175] C [147] H [141] S [141] W [135] M [125] G [102] P [88] F [83] D [80] R [70] L [62] T [56] J [49] K [47] A [45] E [32] N [29] I [17] O [17] V [10] Y [10] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1642] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Walter Castle Hogben

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3065 Private London Regiment

British Army 3065 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).

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James William Parker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/34006 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion

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Walter Henry Christie, Msm

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 39857 Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 39595 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 16601 Private 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Samuel Fields

Born 1900

Died 1963

Other Empire Force 981336 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Frederick John Ward

Born 1890

British Army 2204 Private London Regiment

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Alfred Thomas Joyce

Born 1887

Died 1937

British Army 126027 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/501196 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Francis Reginald Wade

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1280 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Costa

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 242688 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Edward Price

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 56202 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

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Jack Gans

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 14767 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

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Joseph Samuel Wood

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 242765 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 242765 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Joseph Bertram Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90048 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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John Thomas Beasley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1758 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Trattle

Born 1889

Died 1955

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144539 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144539 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144539 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Frederick William Root

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army PS/1653 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 1653 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Albert Edward Stimson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5659 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372808 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Butler

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 38373 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Charles Fanning

Born 1886

Died 1955

British Army 242626 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 5849 Private 5th Battalion East Kent - The "Buffs"

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Jacob Lower

Born 1890

Died 1952

British Army G/84135 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Alfred Curtis

Died 1917

British Army 654327 Rifleman London Regiment (Surrey Rifles). 21st Battalion

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