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West Ham, Essex [3017]

Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47]

Stratford, West Ham, Essex [43]

Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32]

Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [22]

Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [17]

Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [16]

West Ham Essex [15]

Leyton, West Ham, Essex [13]

West Ham, Stratford, Essex [13]

East Ham, West Ham, Essex [12]

Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10]

West Ham, Essex, England [10]

Leyton West Ham, Essex [9]

West Ham,Essex. [8]

Custom House, West Ham, Essex [6]

West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6]

Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4]

Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4]

Manor Park, West Ham, Essex [3]

Silvertown, West Ham, Essex [3]

Upton Park, West Ham, Essex [3]

Wanstead, West Ham, Essex [3]

West Ham , Essex [3]

West Ham, Canning Town, Essex [3]

West Ham, ESSEX [3]

West Ham, London, Essex [3]

West Ham,Essex [3]

Custom House West Ham, Essex [2]

Silvertown West Ham, Essex [2]

Stratford West Ham, Essex [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2]

West Ham London Essex [2]

West Ham London, Essex [2]

West Ham, Forest Gate, Essex [2]

West Ham, Leyton, Essex [2]

West Ham, Leytonstone, Essex [2]

West Ham, Manor Park, Essex [2]

25 Swanscombe Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

25 Swanscombe Street, Canning town, West Ham, Essex [1]

57 Evesham Road, West Ham, Essex [1]

8 Peter Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

Artingworth Street, West Ham, Essex [1]

Barking, West Ham, Essex [1]

Canning Town West Ham, Essex [1]

Custom House, West Ham, Essex, [1]

East Ham West Ham, Essex [1]

Ethel Cottages,Stratford,West Ham,County of Essex [1]

Forest Acton West Ham, Essex [1]

Forest Gate West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Able Seaman [51]

Boy 1st Class [41]

Ordinary Seaman [39]

Stoker 1st Class [38]

Gunner [25]

Serjeant [23]

Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Rifleman [14]

Boy 2nd Class [12]

Captain [12]

Driver [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Deck Hand [7]

Sergeant [7]

Petty Officer [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Musician [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Signalman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Bombardier [2]

Bugler [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Member [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Mochi [1]

A,C.2 [1]

AM3 Armourer [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [38]

Essex Regiment [27]

HMS Vanguard [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

HMS INDOMITABLE [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [9]

HMS Impregnable [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

HMS Calliope [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

HMS BOADICEA [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [6]

HMS Falmouth [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

HMS Agincourt [5]

HMS Yarmouth [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Civilian war death [4]

HMS DEFENCE [4]

HMS Ganges [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Hampshire [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS 'Vanguard' [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [3]

HMS Natal [3]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2688]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [448]

British Army [240]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [356]

B [331]

H [316]

C [302]

W [258]

M [241]

G [203]

R [176]

P [166]

D [152]

T [142]

F [137]

A [131]

L [123]

J [82]

K [69]

E [62]

N [50]

O [48]

V [21]

I [12]

Y [11]

Q [3]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3362]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [158]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [3017] Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47] Stratford, West Ham, Essex [43] Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32] Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [22] Leytonstone, West Ham, Essex [17] Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [16] West Ham Essex [15] Leyton, West Ham, Essex [13] West Ham, Stratford, Essex [13] East Ham, West Ham, Essex [12] Plaistow West Ham, Essex [10] West Ham, Essex, England [10] Leyton West Ham, Essex [9] West Ham,Essex. [8] Custom House, West Ham, Essex [6] West Ham, Plaistow, Essex [6] Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4] Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4] Manor Park, West Ham, Essex [3] Silvertown, West Ham, Essex [3] Upton Park, West Ham, Essex [3] Wanstead, West Ham, Essex [3] West Ham , Essex [3] West Ham, Canning Town, Essex [3] West Ham, ESSEX [3] West Ham, London, Essex [3] West Ham,Essex [3] Custom House West Ham, Essex [2] Silvertown West Ham, Essex [2] Stratford West Ham, Essex [2] Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2] West Ham London Essex [2] West Ham London, Essex [2] West Ham, Forest Gate, Essex [2] West Ham, Leyton, Essex [2] West Ham, Leytonstone, Essex [2] West Ham, Manor Park, Essex [2] 25 Swanscombe Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] 25 Swanscombe Street, Canning town, West Ham, Essex [1] 57 Evesham Road, West Ham, Essex [1] 8 Peter Street, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] Artingworth Street, West Ham, Essex [1] Barking, West Ham, Essex [1] Canning Town West Ham, Essex [1] Custom House, West Ham, Essex, [1] East Ham West Ham, Essex [1] Ethel Cottages,Stratford,West Ham,County of Essex [1] Forest Acton West Ham, Essex [1] Forest Gate West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [136] Able Seaman [51] Boy 1st Class [41] Ordinary Seaman [39] Stoker 1st Class [38] Gunner [25] Serjeant [23] Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [17] Rifleman [14] Boy 2nd Class [12] Captain [12] Driver [12] Lieutenant [12] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Deck Hand [7] Sergeant [7] Petty Officer [6] Leading Seaman [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Guardsman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Musician [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Signalman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Bombardier [2] Bugler [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Member [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Painter 2nd Class [2] Signal Boy [2] Telegraphist [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Mochi [1] A,C.2 [1] AM3 Armourer [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [38] Essex Regiment [27] HMS Vanguard [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Royal Field Artillery [16] HMS INDOMITABLE [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] HMS INFLEXIBLE [9] HMS Impregnable [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] HMS Calliope [8] HMS IRON DUKE [8] HMS BOADICEA [7] Royal Engineers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [6] HMS Falmouth [6] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] HMS Agincourt [5] HMS Yarmouth [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Civilian war death [4] HMS DEFENCE [4] HMS Ganges [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Hampshire [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS 'Vanguard' [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS HAMPSHIRE [3] HMS Natal [3] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2688] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [448] British Army [240] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [356] B [331] H [316] C [302] W [258] M [241] G [203] R [176] P [166] D [152] T [142] F [137] A [131] L [123] J [82] K [69] E [62] N [50] O [48] V [21] I [12] Y [11] Q [3] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3362] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [158] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Malta [1] United States [1]

Arthur Robert Hampshire

Born 1899

Died 1940

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William Arthur Hymas

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J47329 Able Seaman HMS Ullswater

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Daniel Carstens

Born 1901

Died 1963

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Sydney Frederick S Cox

Born 1896

British Army 7571 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 283768 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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Charles James Rudland

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 49704 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 49704 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 'W' 25th Trench Mortar Battery

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John Gurney

Born 1893

Died 1945

British Army 2348 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

British Army P/10952 Private Military Foot Police

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John Joseph Cable

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 9981 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9981 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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James Archibald Baden Sadler

Born 1900

Royal Navy J48381

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Joseph Travers Aldridge

Born 1901

Royal Navy J56650

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Arthur Martin

Born 1898

Royal Navy K41161

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David Saddington

Born 1892

Royal Navy K29209 Stoker 2nd Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Edward John Williams

Born 1898

Royal Navy F27640

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Henry Charles Slight

Born 1894

Royal Navy K31666

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Sidney Ernest Tibbs

Born 1897

Royal Navy K39835

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Stanley Eric Tidbury

Born 1893

Royal Navy J56920 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy DA 12415 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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