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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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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]

Stephen Knight

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army S/7023 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John Richard Mansfield

Born 1899

British Army 34898 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 34898 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 5th Battalion Rifle Brigade

British Army S/34898 Private Rifle Brigade

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Joseph Bleach

Born 1890

Died 1962

Royal Navy SS109600 Leading Stoker

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Harry Hyman Baum

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/7115 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 22701 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 22701 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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William John How

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5702 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 393724 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 7652 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Charles Mellidine

Born 1894

Died 1977

British Army 2929 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2929 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army S/3550 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th (Service) Battalion

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James Bailey

Born 1890

Royal Navy F23243 Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223243 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F23243 Aircraftsman 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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James Arthur Mcguire

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/3051 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army G/3051 Private Royal West Kent Regiment Depot

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Samuel Thomas Davis

Born 1893

Died 1945

Royal Navy J7760

British Army 16027 Driver Royal Field Artillery 'D' Battery 90th Brigade

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Thomas John Fry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1413 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1413 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles R Slack

Born 1886

Died 1932

British Army 86702 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Richard John Moon

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 4554 Private London Regiment 19th County of London) Battalion (St Pancras Rifles)

British Army 4554 Lance Corporal London Regiment 19th (County of London) Battalion (St Pancras Rifles)

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Ernest Draper

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 652093 Private London Regiment

British Army 4916 Private London Regiment

British Army 652093 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st (County of London) Battalion

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James John Fletcher

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14752 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/14752 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Daniel Dilworth

Died 1916

British Army T4/109741 Driver Army Service Corps

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Thomas William Pearce

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army TF/240908 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Henry James Pollard

Died 1916

British Army 75934 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Soloman Sarluis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3086 Private London Regiment

British Army 571065 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

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Stanley Lionel Kentish

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S/31230 Private Rifle Brigade 7th Battalion

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Frederick William Whitelock

Born 1887

Died 1945

British Army 19587 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55679 Private Labour Corps

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