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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]

Augustine John Fehrenbach

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887531

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887531 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Edward Leeson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 323425 Private London Regiment

British Army 698105 Private London Regiment 1st/22nd Bn.

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William James Spriggs

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3/6407 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7213 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Ernest Stewart

Born 1893

Died 1951

British Army 340637 Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Ditzel

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army 10807 Private South Wales Borderers

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Walter Castle Hogben

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3065 Private London Regiment

British Army 3065 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).

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James William Parker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/34006 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion

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Walter Henry Christie, Msm

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 39857 Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 39595 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 16601 Private 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Samuel Fields

Born 1900

Died 1963

Other Empire Force 981336 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Frederick John Ward

Born 1890

British Army 2204 Private London Regiment

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Alfred Thomas Joyce

Born 1887

Died 1937

British Army 126027 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/501196 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Francis Reginald Wade

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1280 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Costa

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 242688 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Edward Price

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 56202 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

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Jack Gans

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 14767 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

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Samuel Levy

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy F10909 Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210909 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Edmund Smith

Born 1895

Died 1992

British Army 175989 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 175989 Sapper Royal Engineers 32 B.P. Co.

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William Charles Blyth Tancock

Born 1882

Died 1928

Royal Navy K26974

Royal Navy Pembroke II

Royal Navy K62974

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George Albert Booth

Died 1918

British Army 23224 Rifle Brigade

British Army 16988 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32096 Private Border Regiment

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James Travers Hyde

Born 1869

Died 1951

British Army 2039 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 2039 Colour Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army 930 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Depot

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