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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]

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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]

Harry Daniel Christie

Born 1891

British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frank Hawks

Born 1895

Died 1939

Other Empire Force Donkeyman S.S. Darino

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Frank Herbert Hunter

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3181 Private London Regiment 1/15

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John Solomons

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29058 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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Frederick George Root

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS3195 Able Seaman HMS Simoom

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Charles Francis Pethig

Born 1876

British Army 3146 Serjeant Scots Guards

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Alfred John Gatward

Born 1894

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127045

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George Dettmar

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 26148 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd battalion, east Battalion

British Army 26148 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Rayner

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 12628 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Henry Stretch

Born 1900

Died 1973

Royal Navy SS119451

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Thomas Henry Stretch

Born 1882

Died 1931

British Army 521 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 118642 Corporal Labour Corps

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William Storer

Born 1889

British Army 9642 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9642 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Phillip Sutor

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5608 Private London Regiment

British Army 532682 Private London Regiment

British Army 532682 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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George Walter William Notman

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 221596 Petty Officer HMS Simoom

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Louis Adrian

Born 1891

British Army 9974 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9974 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Jones

Born 1871

Died 1916

Royal Navy 18935 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Queen Mary

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Alfred Searle

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 301818 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Goliath

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Richard Arthur Foot

Born 1888

British Army 9090 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 47267 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George William Lay

Born 1889

Died 1953

British Army L/35494 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/35494 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 36th Ulster Div

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Arthur Robert Visick

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 315356 Fitter Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 315356 Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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