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Tottenham, London [1312]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [306]

South Tottenham, London [19]

Tottenham, North London [7]

Tottenham Court Road, London [6]

Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6]

South Tottenham, London, Middlesex [3]

Tottenham Court, London [3]

Tottenham London, Middlesex [3]

Tottenham, London, England [3]

Tottenham London [2]

Tottenham,London [2]

Tottenham. London [2]

13 Stanley Villas Westberry Avenue Tottenham London England [1]

East Tottenham, London [1]

London Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

London, Tottenham [1]

London, Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Mile End, Tottenham, London [1]

Tottenham Caurt Road, London, Middlesex [1]

Tottenham Count Road, London [1]

Tottenham Count, London [1]

Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1]

Tottenham Hale, London, England [1]

Tottenham North London [1]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex, (now London) [1]

West Green, Tottenham, London [1]

tottenham London [1]

tottenham london [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Able Seaman [26]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Rifleman [14]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Gunner [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Driver [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Musician [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

AB [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Instructor [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Armoury Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

RSM Instructor [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Sgt [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [18]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS Hampshire [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Canada [2]

HMS Dragon [2]

HMS GARLAND [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

(Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

(RFR/CH/B/10663). H.M.S. "Hibernia." [1]

16th (The Queens) Lancers [1]

1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

62 Wing [1]

67th Provisional Battalion Transport [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1298]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311]

British Army [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [202]

H [155]

C [144]

S [137]

W [131]

M [129]

P [115]

R [82]

T [77]

F [74]

L [74]

G [67]

D [58]

A [57]

J [45]

N [41]

K [31]

E [25]

O [21]

V [10]

I [6]

Y [5]

U [2]

Z [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1686]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Canada [2]

Bermuda [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

Japan [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Tottenham, London [1312] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [306] South Tottenham, London [19] Tottenham, North London [7] Tottenham Court Road, London [6] Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6] South Tottenham, London, Middlesex [3] Tottenham Court, London [3] Tottenham London, Middlesex [3] Tottenham, London, England [3] Tottenham London [2] Tottenham,London [2] Tottenham. London [2] 13 Stanley Villas Westberry Avenue Tottenham London England [1] East Tottenham, London [1] London Tottenham, Middlesex [1] London, Tottenham [1] London, Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Mile End, Tottenham, London [1] Tottenham Caurt Road, London, Middlesex [1] Tottenham Count Road, London [1] Tottenham Count, London [1] Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1] Tottenham Hale, London, England [1] Tottenham North London [1] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [1] Tottenham, Middlesex, (now London) [1] West Green, Tottenham, London [1] tottenham London [1] tottenham london [1]

Rank

Private [50] Able Seaman [26] Stoker 1st Class [18] Rifleman [14] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Serjeant [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Deck Hand [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Gunner [6] Stoker Petty Officer [6] Leading Seaman [5] Driver [4] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Musician [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 3rd Writer [1] AB [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Instructor [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Armoury Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Major [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private 1st Class [1] RSM Instructor [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1] Sgt [1] Signal Boy [1] Signaller [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [18] South Wales Borderers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [8] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] HMS Hampshire [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Canada [2] HMS Dragon [2] HMS GARLAND [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment [1] (RFR/CH/B/10663). H.M.S. "Hibernia." [1] 16th (The Queens) Lancers [1] 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 62 Wing [1] 67th Provisional Battalion Transport [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1298] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311] British Army [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [202] H [155] C [144] S [137] W [131] M [129] P [115] R [82] T [77] F [74] L [74] G [67] D [58] A [57] J [45] N [41] K [31] E [25] O [21] V [10] I [6] Y [5] U [2] Z [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1686]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Canada [2] Bermuda [1] China [1] France [1] Greece [1] Japan [1] United States [1]

Edmund Charles Blunden

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Arthur Edwin Clement

Born 1888

Died 1935

British Army 5694 Private Royal Fusiliers (Militia) 5th

British Army 8613 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd

British Army 8613 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire 2nd

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Harold Corble

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army RSM Instructor London Rifle Brigade 1st Cadet Battalion (Royal Masonic School)

British Army 800478 Acting Serjeant Instructor London Regiment 30th Battalion

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Arthur Robert Risley

Born 1897

Died 1930

Royal Navy 18894 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Joseph John Augustus Highsmith

Born 1894

Died 1959

British Army R17926 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

British Army R/40168 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Sidney Charles Humberstone

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army L/15325 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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William Francis Froom

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 34816 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Walter Nunn

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10179 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10179 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10179 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Herbert Froom

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 6689 Lance Corporal 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6689 Corporal 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6689 Serjeant 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

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William George Humberstone

Born 1894

Died 1955

British Army 15772 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 6th Battalion then 3rd Battalion

British Army 13155 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Company (at Woking, Surrey)

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Alfred Peair Speiser

Born 1889

Died 1962

Royal Navy 236523

Royal Navy 236523 AB HMS GANGES

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Francis Joseph Wales

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army GS/9882 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/9882 Private (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Batt.

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Lincoln Tate Marshall

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

British Army 190 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

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Wilfred Henry Sparling

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4045 Private 1st Infantry Battalion

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Ambrose Henry Price

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5747 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Tom Owen Mallyon

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 6252 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Percy Emery

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army

British Army 615875 Corporal London Regiment 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras)

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Harry Cecil Cole

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 370384 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 1941 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370384 Acting Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Henry Ward

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy J432 Leading Seaman HMS Laverock

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John Ruff

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15267 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Black Prince

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