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Walthamstow, Essex [950]

Walthamstow, Essex, England [91]

Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47]

Walthamstow Essex [10]

Walthamstow London, Essex [8]

Walthamstow, London, Essex [3]

Woodford, Walthamstow, Essex [3]

WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2]

walthamstow,essex [2]

Cassiobury Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1]

Walthamstow essex [1]

Walthamstow, County of Essex [1]

Walthamstow, Woodford Green, Essex [1]

Walthamstow,Essex [1]

Walthamstow,West Ham,Essex. [1]

West Ham, Walthamstow, (London) Essex [1]

Woodford Bridge, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Able Seaman [15]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [7]

Driver [6]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Band boy [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

F/Cadet [1]

First Radio Officer [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte. [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ship's Steward Assistant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

M.F.A. "Eleanor." [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

* Incorrect transcription of number by CWGC [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Galway Castle [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

Service

Royal Navy [527]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [408]

British Army [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [151]

S [130]

C [94]

W [92]

H [87]

M [78]

P [72]

G [63]

D [46]

E [41]

R [41]

A [39]

L [33]

T [33]

F [30]

J [26]

K [26]

N [17]

O [10]

Y [7]

I [6]

V [6]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1030]

Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Canada [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Walthamstow, Essex [950] Walthamstow, Essex, England [91] Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47] Walthamstow Essex [10] Walthamstow London, Essex [8] Walthamstow, London, Essex [3] Woodford, Walthamstow, Essex [3] WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [2] Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2] walthamstow,essex [2] Cassiobury Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex [1] WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1] Walthamstow essex [1] Walthamstow, County of Essex [1] Walthamstow, Woodford Green, Essex [1] Walthamstow,Essex [1] Walthamstow,West Ham,Essex. [1] West Ham, Walthamstow, (London) Essex [1] Woodford Bridge, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [69] Able Seaman [15] Second Lieutenant [11] Gunner [10] Serjeant [9] Corporal [7] Driver [6] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Rifleman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Band boy [1] Bombadier [1] Boy Second Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] F/Cadet [1] First Radio Officer [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Pte. [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ship's Steward Assistant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Stoker First Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] HMS MALAYA [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] M.F.A. "Eleanor." [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] * Incorrect transcription of number by CWGC [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Galway Castle [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Blonde." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [527] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [408] British Army [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [151] S [130] C [94] W [92] H [87] M [78] P [72] G [63] D [46] E [41] R [41] A [39] L [33] T [33] F [30] J [26] K [26] N [17] O [10] Y [7] I [6] V [6] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1030] Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Canada [2] South Africa [1]

Albert James Harvey

Born 1890

Died 1925

British Army 4678 Private Royal Army Medical Corps/10th General Hospital

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Edward Albert Stedman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army T/289896 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 668th Coy

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Sidney Howard Butler

Born 1899

Died 1988

Royal Navy F47794

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Henry Edward Medlycott

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 12370 Private Coldstream Guards

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Alfred Smith

Died 1918

British Army S/5269 Serjeant Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 11th Battalion.

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Cecil Robert Mickleburgh

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202034 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 34036 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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William Arthur John Armitage

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army GS/1304 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/1304 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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William George Watson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434623

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434623 Pte. 50th Bttn.

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John Bright

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army L/14481 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 163 West Ham Brigade

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William Robert Harrison

Died 1917

British Army 83508 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 83508 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Henry Brashier

Died 1915

British Army 3994 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/3994 Private 16th Lancers

British Army 3994 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Sidney Tuck Gathercole

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208392

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Alexander Leonard Kay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192980

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John Puffett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133851

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Leonard Arthur Weston

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7656

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Robert Thomas Gladding

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129210

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Thomas Charles Bassett

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294753

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Lionel Marcus

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90906

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Carl Stanley Latham

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3286 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 3286 Serjeant London Regiment 1/14 lond Battalion

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Leslie Harry Currington

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army 290793 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 290793 Private Army Service Corps 977th Motor Transport Company

British Army 290793 Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps 977th Motor Transport Company

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