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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]

Charles Phillips

Born 1896

Royal Navy J22710 Ordinary Seaman HMS DUBLIN

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Samuel Ford

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 27470 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 192484 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4TH BATTN., SPEC. BDC

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Frederick Fosh

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 32994 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William James Siggins

Born 1898

Royal Navy F16123

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216123

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Thomas Alfred Newman

Born 1895

Royal Navy 13168 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS THUNDERER

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Thomas Charles Sander

Born 1879

British Army 59848 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Charles George Gutberlet

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16200 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edward James Fosh

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army 47049 Private Welsh Regiment

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Horatio Brown

Born 1884

British Army 27801 Bombardier Acting Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

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F Busby

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145722

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William John Rodmell

Born 1897

Royal Navy J31589

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Alfred George Benbrook

Born 1898

Royal Navy J65690

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Arthur John Harvey

Born 1899

Royal Navy J78515

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George Nevill

Born 1893

Royal Navy K34428

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George Richard Morgan

Born 1881

Royal Navy 292452

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Thomas William Smith

Born 1881

Royal Navy 292686

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William Edward Pitts

Born 1878

British Army 378 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 378 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Montague William Spurling

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4850 Private London Regiment

British Army 302933 Private London Regiment

British Army 302933 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Battalion

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Frederick William Crane

Born 1900

Royal Navy J54476

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James Ernest Clark

Born 1899

Royal Navy J82683

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