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Stepney, London [1337]

Stepney, London, Middlesex [254]

Stepney, Middlesex [251]

Stepney, Middlesex, England [113]

Stepney South Australia [54]

Stepney [52]

Stepney England [17]

Stepney London [14]

Stepney, East London [13]

Stepney Green, London [7]

Stepney, Middx [5]

Stepney,Middlesex [5]

Shadwell, Stepney, London [3]

Stepney, Essex [3]

Stepney, London East [3]

Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2]

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

Stepney Middx [2]

Stepney Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Stepney Middlesex [2]

Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London [2]

44 Stepney Causeway London [1]

5 Baker Street, Stepney East, London [1]

Bow, Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Commercial Road Stepney London [1]

Limehouse, Stepney [1]

Limehouse, Stepney, London [1]

Limehouse, Stepney. London [1]

Limehouse,Stepney, London [1]

London (Stepney) [1]

Middlesex Stepney [1]

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

Mile End, Stepney [1]

Mile End,Stepney, London [1]

Minster Stepney, Kent [1]

Myrtle Street Stepney London [1]

Ratcliff, Stepney, London [1]

Ratcliff, Stepney, London E [1]

STEPNEY, MIDDLESEX [1]

Saint Stepney, London [1]

Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1]

St George, East Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Stepney Green, Middlesex [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, Gibraltar [1]

Rank

Private [193]

Rifleman [38]

Stoker 1st Class [22]

Able Seaman [17]

Gunner [14]

Corporal [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Driver [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [12]

Leading Stoker [9]

Deck Hand [7]

Sapper [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Musician [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 1st Class [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [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]

Bandsman [1]

Boatman [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy [1]

Captain [1]

Captian [1]

Chair [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [50]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Reserve [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

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

HMS TIGER [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

5th Dragoon Guards [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS 'Vanguard' [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Simoom [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Hussars [2]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1273]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [454]

British Army [268]

Australian Imperial Force [73]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [221]

C [195]

H [188]

S [185]

W [183]

M [160]

G [136]

F [115]

P [112]

D [111]

R [96]

L [86]

T [68]

A [63]

J [59]

K [57]

E [43]

N [35]

O [21]

I [19]

V [13]

Y [11]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2044]

Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

Stepney, London [1337] Stepney, London, Middlesex [254] Stepney, Middlesex [251] Stepney, Middlesex, England [113] Stepney South Australia [54] Stepney [52] Stepney England [17] Stepney London [14] Stepney, East London [13] Stepney Green, London [7] Stepney, Middx [5] Stepney,Middlesex [5] Shadwell, Stepney, London [3] Stepney, Essex [3] Stepney, London East [3] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [2] St George in the East, Stepney, London [2] Stepney Middx [2] Stepney Hull, Yorkshire [2] Stepney Middlesex [2] Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London [2] 44 Stepney Causeway London [1] 5 Baker Street, Stepney East, London [1] Bow, Stepney, Middlesex [1] Commercial Road Stepney London [1] Limehouse, Stepney [1] Limehouse, Stepney, London [1] Limehouse, Stepney. London [1] Limehouse,Stepney, London [1] London (Stepney) [1] Middlesex Stepney [1] Mile End Old Town, Stepney, London. [1] Mile End, Stepney [1] Mile End,Stepney, London [1] Minster Stepney, Kent [1] Myrtle Street Stepney London [1] Ratcliff, Stepney, London [1] Ratcliff, Stepney, London E [1] STEPNEY, MIDDLESEX [1] Saint Stepney, London [1] Shadwell, Stepney District, London [1] St George, East Stepney, Middlesex [1] Stepney Green, Middlesex [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, Gibraltar [1]

Rank

Private [193] Rifleman [38] Stoker 1st Class [22] Able Seaman [17] Gunner [14] Corporal [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Driver [12] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [12] Leading Stoker [9] Deck Hand [7] Sapper [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Musician [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Pioneer [2] Private 1st Class [2] Private 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [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] Bandsman [1] Boatman [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy [1] Captain [1] Captian [1] Chair [1] Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [50] Royal Field Artillery [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] South Wales Borderers [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Fusiliers [12] HMS INFLEXIBLE [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Engineers [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Essex Regiment [6] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Reserve [3] Border Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS TIGER [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 5th Dragoon Guards [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS 'Vanguard' [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Simoom [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Hussars [2] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1273] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [454] British Army [268] Australian Imperial Force [73] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [221] C [195] H [188] S [185] W [183] M [160] G [136] F [115] P [112] D [111] R [96] L [86] T [68] A [63] J [59] K [57] E [43] N [35] O [21] I [19] V [13] Y [11] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2044] Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [111] Egypt [1]

Lewis Carp

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 33335 Private Groves Park

British Army 33335 Private LRB 81st

British Army 33335 Private Yorks & Lancs Regt 1/4th Batt

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Zaccheus Charles Northover

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 38122 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 38122 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Private 44th Training Reserve Battalion

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William Samuel Wright

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army B/19990 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

British Army B/19990 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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John Charles Auvache

Born 1877

Died 1934

British Army 204442 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 671335 Private Labour Corps

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Joseph Ehrenberg

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5203 Private London Regiment

British Army 322404 Private London Regiment

British Army 322404 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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George Auvache

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army D/12333 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Thomas Johnson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6578 Private Scots Guards

British Army 6578 Guardsman Scots Guards 1st

British Army 6578 Guardsman Scots Guards 1st

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Joseph Thomas Barros

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 9714 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 41075 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41075 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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James Arthur Brimble

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 89210 Pte Class Z (AR), Machine Gun Corps

British Army 89210 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Ernest Finch

Born 1895

Died 1951

British Army 159678 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 159678 Private Army Reserve

British Army 159678 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Siege Reinf. Depot, Bexhill

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William Whiston

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army R/21020 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army L/54024 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Sydney Alfred Prior

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4310 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 491557 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 491557 Lance Serjeant London Regiment

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Harry Hayden Ellis

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army 324082 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion( Rifles )

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Edward Woodhouse

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army G/54143 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army TR/10/5124 Private Training Reserve 102nd TRB

British Army 35488 Private Training Reserve 209th TRB

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Robert Taylor

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8662 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8662 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Glynn Harold Rowlins

Born 1897

Died 1944

British Army 43603 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 43603 Lance Corporal Essex

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Horace William Sampson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1191 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

British Army

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Leonard Herbert Fletcher Pinhorn

Born 1900

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180768

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Henry Thomas Reading

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 565039 Rifleman London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

British Army 6799 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert Samuel Mills

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 54748 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 346287 Private Labour Corps

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