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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]

George Henry Saite

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy L6234 Officer's Cook 2nd Class HMS Lord Clive

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George Mason Willmore

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/30159 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J30159 Able Seaman HMS Lion

Royal Navy J30159 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lion

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Ernest Samuel Palmer

Born 1891

Died 1919

Royal Navy K/3790 Leading Stoker HMS Sarepta

Royal Navy K/3790 Stoker 1st Class HMS King George V

Royal Navy K/3790 acting Leading Stoker HMS King George V

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Louisa Emily Izzard

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 1187 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Walter John Kelly

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army SS/2564 Private Army Service Corps Labour Company

British Army SS/2564 Private Army Service Corps

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Minnie Lansbury

Born 1889

Died 1922

Other Empire Force Chair War Pensions Committee

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Bertie Rowe Pickhaver

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2377 Private London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

British Army 33944 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Henry William Pincott

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/18970 Private Rifle Brigade

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Sidney W Creer

Born 1901

Died 1962

British Army 5328790 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 60810 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 39778 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Hayes

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy L4089 Officer's Cook 3rd Class H.M.S. "Maidstone."

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Alfred George Nichols

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy L8875 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Nymphe

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Alfred Leonard Hankinson

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy M11139 Armourer's Crew H.M.S. "Fearless"

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Albert John Dix

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army S/17205 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/17205 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 13th

British Army S/17205 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Henry Thomas George

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 573327 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 573327 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

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Alfred George Drake

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S107 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S107 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Victor Andrew De Bier Mclaglen

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army Temporary Captain Middlesex Regiment

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Henry James Whiting

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6767 Private London Regiment

British Army 703053 Private London Regiment 23rd (County of London) Battalion

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William Henry Trowsdale

Born 1888

British Army 9722 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9722 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Wood

Died 1916

British Army 26660 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Emanuel Bigofski

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 199045 Private Labour Corps 746th Area Employment Company

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