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Walthamstow, Essex [950]

Walthamstow, London [349]

Walthamstow, Essex, England [91]

Walthamstow [65]

Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47]

Walthamstow England [36]

Walthamstow Essex [10]

Walthamstow London, Essex [8]

Walthamstow, East London [5]

Walthamstow, West Ham [4]

Walthamstow, London, Essex [3]

Walthamstow, Middlesex [3]

Woodford, Walthamstow, Essex [3]

WALTHAMSTOW [2]

WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [2]

Walthamstow London [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, London [2]

walthamstow,essex [2]

27 South Grove, Walthamstow, London [1]

Cassiobury Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Grove Place, High Street, Walthamstow [1]

Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

St.Giles,Walthamstow,London. [1]

WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1]

Walthamstow Middlesex [1]

Walthamstow essex [1]

Walthamstow, County of Essex [1]

Walthamstow, England [1]

Walthamstow, Hertfordshire [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]

walthamstow [1]

walthamstow , Middx [1]

Rank

Private [124]

Able Seaman [22]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Rifleman [14]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [12]

Driver [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Captain [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

A/Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Band boy [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

F/Cadet [1]

First Radio Officer [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

L/CPL [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

London Regiment [28]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

19th Hussars [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

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

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Service

Royal Navy [884]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [409]

British Army [182]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [221]

S [182]

C [139]

W [129]

H [114]

P [107]

M [101]

G [82]

D [69]

R [64]

A [55]

E [50]

T [50]

F [49]

L [47]

K [40]

J [35]

N [28]

O [14]

Y [10]

I [8]

V [8]

U [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1501]

Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

Canada [2]

South Africa [2]

Bermuda [1]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

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Walthamstow, Essex [950] Walthamstow, London [349] Walthamstow, Essex, England [91] Walthamstow [65] Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47] Walthamstow England [36] Walthamstow Essex [10] Walthamstow London, Essex [8] Walthamstow, East London [5] Walthamstow, West Ham [4] Walthamstow, London, Essex [3] Walthamstow, Middlesex [3] Woodford, Walthamstow, Essex [3] WALTHAMSTOW [2] WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX [2] Walthamstow London [2] Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2] Walthamstow West Ham, London [2] walthamstow,essex [2] 27 South Grove, Walthamstow, London [1] Cassiobury Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Grove Place, High Street, Walthamstow [1] Higham Hill, Walthamstow, Essex [1] St.Giles,Walthamstow,London. [1] WALTHAMSTOW, Essex [1] Walthamstow Middlesex [1] Walthamstow essex [1] Walthamstow, County of Essex [1] Walthamstow, England [1] Walthamstow, Hertfordshire [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] walthamstow [1] walthamstow , Middx [1]

Rank

Private [124] Able Seaman [22] Second Lieutenant [15] Rifleman [14] Corporal [13] Gunner [13] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [12] Driver [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Ordinary Seaman [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Captain [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Petty Officer [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] A/Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Band boy [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Second Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] F/Cadet [1] First Radio Officer [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] L/CPL [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

London Regiment [28] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] South Wales Borderers [11] Royal Fusiliers [7] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Engineers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 19th Hussars [2] Border Regiment [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] M.F.A. "Eleanor." [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Service

Royal Navy [884] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [409] British Army [182] Australian Imperial Force [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [221] S [182] C [139] W [129] H [114] P [107] M [101] G [82] D [69] R [64] A [55] E [50] T [50] F [49] L [47] K [40] J [35] N [28] O [14] Y [10] I [8] V [8] U [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1501] Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [111] Canada [2] South Africa [2] Bermuda [1] Gibraltar [1] India [1]

Victor Hugo Kerwood

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army 7620 Private Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Army Reserve

British Army 7620 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry No 2 Base Depot (Rouen)

British Army 7620 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Attached to Royal Engineers

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Thomas Gilkes

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5705 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322840 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322840 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Joseph Bunn

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6673 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323494 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323494 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Joseph C Frankling

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 782592 Private London Regiment 29th lond Battalion

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John George William Wright

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Rifleman London Regiment 2/9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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George Henry Beresford

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 13087 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 13087 Corporal Essex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles James Framp

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army B/7941 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 320902 Private Norfolk Regiment Regimental Depot [Britannia Barracks, Norwich]

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Albert Hendrick Lyth

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20274 Signaller Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army B/20274 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Robert Humby Alias Stoltenhoff

Born 1890

Died 1965

Royal Navy Serjeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Harold Winney

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1836 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1836 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1836 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Leonard James Bouchier

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10709 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 10709 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 10709 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry Chance

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1787 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320345 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320345 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Eric Stuart Buchan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2334 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 2334 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Archibald Frederick Hiron

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 422367 Private London Regiment 2/10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney)

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James Herbert Titheridge

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 116881 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Henry Prickett

Born 1889

Died 1922

British Army 13705 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Wilfrid Herring

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 15/44585 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5008 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 44585 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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Frank George Lyon

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 1998 then 434060 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps South Midland Bde Field Ambulance T.F.

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William George Ely

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army L/15005 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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James Stephen Bedwell

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 766328

Canadian Expeditionary Force 766328 Corporal Royal Grenediers 123rd Battalion

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