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Place of birth

West Ham, London [654]

West Ham London [4]

West Ham, East London [4]

West Ham, London, England [4]

Canning Town, West Ham, London [3]

West Ham, London, Essex [3]

Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2]

Forest Gate, West Ham, London [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, London [2]

West Ham London Essex [2]

West Ham London, Essex [2]

west ham London [2]

Forest Gate, West Ham. London [1]

North West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow, West Ham District, London [1]

Plaistow, West Ham, London [1]

Plaistow,West Ham, London [1]

Stratford West Ham London [1]

Upton Park, West Ham, London [1]

West Ham London [1]

West Ham district, London [1]

West Ham, London [1]

West Ham, London Essex [1]

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

West Ham. London [1]

Rank

Private [47]

Able Seaman [13]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Leading Stoker [6]

Rifleman [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman (Pensioner) [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Captain (Chaplain) [1]

Chaplain To The Forces, Reverend [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quatermaster Sergeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Ledger Clerk [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Mechanician [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Army Service Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

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

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

14th Field Coy. Australian Engineers [1]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

ASC/34 (3 rly Sup Dept) [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

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

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM Submarine E7 [1]

HMS "Surprise" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS Carnation [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Essex [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Jason [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [626]

British Army [68]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84]

S [65]

W [64]

H [60]

C [58]

M [48]

G [42]

D [37]

P [36]

R [36]

L [33]

T [29]

K [25]

A [23]

F [19]

E [15]

N [9]

J [7]

O [5]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [693]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

West Ham, London [654] West Ham London [4] West Ham, East London [4] West Ham, London, England [4] Canning Town, West Ham, London [3] West Ham, London, Essex [3] Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2] Forest Gate, West Ham, London [2] Walthamstow West Ham, London [2] West Ham London Essex [2] West Ham London, Essex [2] west ham London [2] Forest Gate, West Ham. London [1] North West Ham, London [1] Plaistow, Essex or West Ham, London [1] Plaistow, West Ham District, London [1] Plaistow, West Ham, London [1] Plaistow,West Ham, London [1] Stratford West Ham London [1] Upton Park, West Ham, London [1] West Ham London [1] West Ham district, London [1] West Ham, London [1] West Ham, London Essex [1] West Ham, Walthamstow, (London) Essex [1] West Ham. London [1]

Rank

Private [47] Able Seaman [13] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [9] Leading Stoker [6] Rifleman [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [3] Leading Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman (Pensioner) [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Captain (Chaplain) [1] Chaplain To The Forces, Reverend [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quatermaster Sergeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Ledger Clerk [1] Lieutenant [1] Mechanician [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15] South Wales Borderers [10] Army Service Corps [5] Essex Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] HMS Erin [2] HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Vindictive [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 14th Field Coy. Australian Engineers [1] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] ASC/34 (3 rly Sup Dept) [1] Australian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM Submarine E7 [1] HMS "Surprise" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS Carnation [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Essex [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Jason [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [626] British Army [68] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84] S [65] W [64] H [60] C [58] M [48] G [42] D [37] P [36] R [36] L [33] T [29] K [25] A [23] F [19] E [15] N [9] J [7] O [5] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [693] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Australia [1] India [1]

Leonard Walter Tarring

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 240734 Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Mabel Williams Tappen, Later Chunchie

Born 1888

Died 1987

British Army 33843 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Anita Penelope Lilian Freir

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Samuel Porter

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant attd. Manchester Regiment 8th Battalion

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Victor A Schueremans

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army 103936 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Edward Waite

Born 1884

British Army 8816 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8816 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8816 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Percy Gordon Heffill

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 25941 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Stanley Ockenden Kimm

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army GS/72689 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Arthur Strong

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army T1827 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 548309 Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 2nd (Res.) London Field Coy.

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William Walter Busby

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 13th Battalion (West Ham)

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Essex Regiment 13th Battalion (West Ham)

British Army Acting Captain Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frank Browell

Born 1919

Died 1944

British Army 2551 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army M/40302 Private Army Service Corps

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Francis John Henry Rhody

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 1347 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1347 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Downer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4858 Private London Regiment

British Army 351997 Private London Regiment

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William Albert Stocker

Died 1915

British Army D 8034 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D 8034 Private Dragoon Guards

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Frederick George Sherriff

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 9849 Warrant Officer Class 2 and Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Royal Air Force

British Army 9849 Sergeant Durham Light Infantry

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Edward Neil Carstens

Born 1887

Died 1954

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Ernest John Linnington Mcnicol

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy F29069

Royal Navy F/29069 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS North Star on 23 April 1918

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George Argent Fordham

Born 1885

British Army 47263 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 57507 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 9014 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Victor Charles Bavin

Born 1888

Died 1958

Royal Navy 238660 Leading Seaman HMS Blake

Royal Navy 238660 Leading Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy 238660 Able Seaman HMS YARMOUTH

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Samuel Esau Purday

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1907 Sapper Royal Engineers

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