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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]

Charles Albert Clements

Born 1887

Died 1978

Royal Navy 227852 Able Seaman

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John James Binyon

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army A/200506 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

British Army 5678 Rifleman London Regiment 8th Battalion

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Albert Reginald Saward

Born 1888

Royal Navy Royal Marines

Royal Navy RME/2461/S Acting Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Henry Albert Bysouth

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 13116 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY

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William Charles Greenhill

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11325 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Leonard Arthur George

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 375785 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Pooley

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315051

Royal Navy 201092 Royal Naval Air Service

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William Montague Judge

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1965 Private London Regiment

British Army 1965 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert Edward Prickett

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Harry Edgar Press

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 535290 Private London Regiment

British Army 535290 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Henry Barnes

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K16819 Stoker 1st Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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Frederick William Horne

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS/108665 Stoker 1st Class (RFR/CH/B/10663). H.M.S. "Hibernia."

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Ernest Henry Young

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 108251 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Frederick Charles Bartlett

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 8745 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8745 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8745 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Leonard Percy Edwards

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5453 Private London Regiment

British Army 532584 Private London Regiment

British Army 532584 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Leonard Asser

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 401097

Canadian Expeditionary Force 401097 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Thomas Williams

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 15933 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis William John Markham

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 147455 Gunner Royal Field Artillery General Base Depot

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Henry Greenfield Berkeley Hopkins

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 12423 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Joseph Lander

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army A/367622 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 47166 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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