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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]

Thomas James Tarbuck

Born 1890

Died 1945

British Army 28700 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 28700 Gunner Royal Garrison Army 102 Company

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Henry Charles Dolphin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165066

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James Henry Wells

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298167

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Leslie Barrett

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207805

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Walter Ainsley Pettit

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206221

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Sidney James Gibson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200635

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Walter Ernest Bassett Glover

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209302

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Charles Humfrey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275265

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Arthur Willie Barrett

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215977

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Henry Frederick Daden

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45767

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William Howard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234825

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John William Hall

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290068

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William George Lane

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30636

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Ernest Alfred Pearce

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408942

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Henry Arnold Cook

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232570

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Sydney Milton Inwards

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209393

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George Henry Hodges

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5390

Australian Imperial Force 5390 Private 9th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Herbert James Smith

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J11913

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William George Pledger

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263404

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Alfred Johnson

Died 1915

British Army 53645 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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