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Stoke Newington, London [606]

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187]

Stoke Newington, North London [14]

Stoke Newington, London North [4]

Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex, London [2]

127 Gibson Buildings, Stoke Newington, London [1]

185 High Street Stoke Newington, London, England [1]

Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1]

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Stoke, Newington, London [1]

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Private [50]

Rifleman [16]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [8]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic Photo [1]

Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Teacher [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman Of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [33]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

7th Canadian Infantry Batallion [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Militia Forces [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1]

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

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1]

General List Royal Flying Corps [1]

H M S Cornwallis [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [1]

H.M.S. "Renard." [1]

HM Submarine H3 [1]

HMS ACTIVE [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Ark Royal [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS Caradoc [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Comus [1]

HMS Dragon [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

Service

Royal Navy [559]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [188]

British Army [82]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [98]

C [87]

H [71]

S [71]

W [56]

P [54]

M [48]

R [44]

G [43]

D [35]

J [35]

K [29]

L [29]

F [27]

T [27]

E [19]

A [17]

N [16]

I [5]

Y [5]

O [4]

V [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [822]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [56]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Stoke Newington, London [606] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [187] Stoke Newington, North London [14] Stoke Newington, London North [4] Stoke Newington, Hackney, London [2] Stoke Newington, Middlesex, London [2] 127 Gibson Buildings, Stoke Newington, London [1] 185 High Street Stoke Newington, London, England [1] Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1] Hackney, Stoke Newington, London [1] London stoke newington [1] London, Pallatine Road, Stoke Newington [1] London, Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1] STOKE NEWINGTON LONDON [1] Stoke Newington / London [1] Stoke Newington London [1] Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London [1] Stoke Newington, London N [1] Stoke Newington,Hackney,London. [1] Stoke, Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [50] Rifleman [16] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [8] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [5] Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major Lieutenant Colonel [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Sergeant Mechanic [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic Photo [1] Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1] Pte [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Teacher [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Yeoman Of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [33] Royal Field Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Pembroke [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 7th Canadian Infantry Batallion [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Militia Forces [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Denbigh Hussars Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1] General List Royal Flying Corps [1] H M S Cornwallis [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Renard." [1] HM Submarine H3 [1] HMS ACTIVE [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Ark Royal [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS Caradoc [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Comus [1] HMS Dragon [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Good Hope [1]

Service

Royal Navy [559] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [188] British Army [82] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [98] C [87] H [71] S [71] W [56] P [54] M [48] R [44] G [43] D [35] J [35] K [29] L [29] F [27] T [27] E [19] A [17] N [16] I [5] Y [5] O [4] V [3] Q [2] U [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [822] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [56] India [1] South Africa [1]

Sidney Purnell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 370157 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1438 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1438 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Alfred James Miller

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2320 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370600 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Elmore

Died 1914

British Army 10905 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frank A Barnes

Born 1897

Died 1930

British Army 924364 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Samuel Mathews

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4783 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Henry Dixey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50778 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Sidney Ernest Grimwood

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army R/37713 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion

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Alfred James Gillman

Died 1916

British Army 4510 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4510 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372078 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leonard Portsmouth

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 370990 Private London Regiment

British Army 2988 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifle)

British Army 370990 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest Deacon Glegg

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 2858 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Samuel Hugh Brewis

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Sydney J Neil

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 306005 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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William Frederick Ifold

Born 1888

British Army 10224 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10224 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10224 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Barson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307007

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George Frederick Head

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28277

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Edgar Ayton Holland

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Albion

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Goliath

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Albert John Hammond

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8692 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8692 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Sims

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98863

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Sidney Wood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294551

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Bernard Partridge

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141270

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