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Stepney, London, Middlesex [254]

Stepney, Middlesex [251]

Stepney, Middlesex, England [113]

Stepney,Middlesex [5]

Stepney Middlesex [2]

Bow, Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Middlesex Stepney [1]

STEPNEY, MIDDLESEX [1]

St George, East Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Stepney Green, Middlesex [1]

Stepney London, Middlesex [1]

Stepney, Middlesex, London [1]

Stepney,Middlesex,London. [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Rifleman [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Private 1st Class [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Mechanic [1]

Munition Worker [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Ajax Chemical Company [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Brunner Mond Chemical Works [1]

Class "2" Army Reserve [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Victoria's Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Pembroke II [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS THUNDERER [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [446]

British Army [43]

Royal Navy [34]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [76]

C [55]

W [52]

M [49]

H [48]

S [45]

G [44]

F [36]

D [32]

P [31]

R [28]

L [23]

A [21]

K [19]

J [16]

T [16]

E [13]

N [11]

I [6]

O [5]

Y [3]

V [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518]

Merchant Navy [112]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Stepney, London, Middlesex [254] Stepney, Middlesex [251] Stepney, Middlesex, England [113] Stepney,Middlesex [5] Stepney Middlesex [2] Bow, Stepney, Middlesex [1] Middlesex Stepney [1] STEPNEY, MIDDLESEX [1] St George, East Stepney, Middlesex [1] Stepney Green, Middlesex [1] Stepney London, Middlesex [1] Stepney, Middlesex, London [1] Stepney,Middlesex,London. [1]

Rank

Private [30] Rifleman [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Private 1st Class [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Greaser [1] Lance Corporal [1] Mechanic [1] Munition Worker [1] Munitions Worker [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] East Kent Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 8th Hussars [1] Ajax Chemical Company [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Brunner Mond Chemical Works [1] Class "2" Army Reserve [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Victoria's Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Pembroke II [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS THUNDERER [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [446] British Army [43] Royal Navy [34] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [76] C [55] W [52] M [49] H [48] S [45] G [44] F [36] D [32] P [31] R [28] L [23] A [21] K [19] J [16] T [16] E [13] N [11] I [6] O [5] Y [3] V [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518] Merchant Navy [112]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Francis John Gowings

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30571

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Lawrence Mooney

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269499

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Albert Edward Simmons

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280521

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Samuel Rueben Thurston

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276289

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Ernest Sydney Purser

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304803

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Thomas Edward Heapy

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188916

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William Randall Lowrie

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204166

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Frank Warman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225368

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Henry John Stopps

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288024

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George John Evans

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28606

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Joseph Sabel

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23661

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Charles Allen

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276698

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Albert Henry Whiffin

Born 1899

British Army 97889 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Levi

Died 1916

British Army 7960 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 7960 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Barker

Died 1917

British Army 24951 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 41565 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Archibald Thomas Ridpath

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25589

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Albert Edward Stevens

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191572

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Robert Cohen

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59545

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Maurice Woolfsbergen

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31166

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Arthur Robert Fysh

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13763

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