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West Ham, Essex [3017]

West Ham, London [654]

West Ham [117]

Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47]

Stratford, West Ham, Essex [43]

Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32]

West Ham England [25]

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]

Canning Town, West Ham [5]

Forest Gate, West Ham [4]

Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4]

Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4]

Walthamstow, West Ham [4]

West Ham London [4]

West Ham, East London [4]

West Ham, London, England [4]

West Ham, Middlesex [4]

West Ham, Sussex [4]

Canning Town, West Ham, London [3]

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]

west ham [3]

Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2]

Custom House West Ham, Essex [2]

Forest Gate, West Ham, London [2]

Silvertown West Ham, Essex [2]

Stratford West Ham, Essex [2]

Stratford, West Ham [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2]

Walthamstow West Ham, London [2]

West Ham London Essex [2]

Rank

Private [266]

Able Seaman [64]

Stoker 1st Class [49]

Boy 1st Class [42]

Ordinary Seaman [40]

Gunner [38]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [34]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Rifleman [33]

Lance Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Captain [14]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Boy 2nd Class [12]

Sergeant [10]

Leading Stoker [9]

Leading Seaman [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Sapper [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Musician [4]

Signalman [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Bugler [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chaplain to the Forces [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Fireman [2]

Member [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Unit

London Regiment [84]

Essex Regiment [46]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

HMS Vanguard [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

South Wales Borderers [15]

HMS INDOMITABLE [14]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

HMS Impregnable [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Civilian war death [8]

HMS BOADICEA [8]

HMS Calliope [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [7]

HMS Falmouth [7]

HMS Agincourt [6]

HMS Yarmouth [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [5]

HMS QUEEN MARY [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS DEFENCE [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS NEPTUNE [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4]

Service

Royal Navy [3327]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [450]

British Army [441]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Other Empire Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [435]

S [435]

H [392]

C [381]

W [340]

M [301]

G [258]

R [218]

P [210]

D [201]

T [180]

F [164]

A [160]

L [160]

K [94]

J [91]

E [79]

N [62]

O [55]

V [23]

I [15]

Y [13]

Q [3]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4227]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [240]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [3017] West Ham, London [654] West Ham [117] Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex [47] Stratford, West Ham, Essex [43] Plaistow, West Ham, Essex [32] West Ham England [25] 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] Canning Town, West Ham [5] Forest Gate, West Ham [4] Leytonstone West Ham, Essex [4] Plaistow,West Ham,Essex. [4] Walthamstow, West Ham [4] West Ham London [4] West Ham, East London [4] West Ham, London, England [4] West Ham, Middlesex [4] West Ham, Sussex [4] Canning Town, West Ham, London [3] 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] west ham [3] Canning Town,West Ham,London. [2] Custom House West Ham, Essex [2] Forest Gate, West Ham, London [2] Silvertown West Ham, Essex [2] Stratford West Ham, Essex [2] Stratford, West Ham [2] Walthamstow West Ham, Essex [2] Walthamstow West Ham, London [2] West Ham London Essex [2]

Rank

Private [266] Able Seaman [64] Stoker 1st Class [49] Boy 1st Class [42] Ordinary Seaman [40] Gunner [38] Serjeant [35] Corporal [34] Second Lieutenant [34] Rifleman [33] Lance Corporal [30] Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Captain [14] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Boy 2nd Class [12] Sergeant [10] Leading Stoker [9] Leading Seaman [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Deck Hand [7] Petty Officer [7] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Sapper [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Musician [4] Signalman [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Signal Boy [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Bugler [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chaplain to the Forces [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Fireman [2] Member [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2]

Unit

London Regiment [84] Essex Regiment [46] Royal Field Artillery [32] Middlesex Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] HMS Vanguard [21] Army Service Corps [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal Engineers [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] South Wales Borderers [15] HMS INDOMITABLE [14] HMS INFLEXIBLE [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] HMS Impregnable [9] Labour Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Civilian war death [8] HMS BOADICEA [8] HMS Calliope [8] HMS IRON DUKE [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] H.M.S. "Formidable." [7] HMS Falmouth [7] HMS Agincourt [6] HMS Yarmouth [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS HAMPSHIRE [5] HMS QUEEN MARY [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS DEFENCE [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS NEPTUNE [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] HMS TIGER [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4]

Service

Royal Navy [3327] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [450] British Army [441] Australian Imperial Force [28] Other Empire Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [435] S [435] H [392] C [381] W [340] M [301] G [258] R [218] P [210] D [201] T [180] F [164] A [160] L [160] K [94] J [91] E [79] N [62] O [55] V [23] I [15] Y [13] Q [3] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4227] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [240] India [3] Australia [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] United States [1]

John Ernest Fielder

Born 1896

Royal Navy K23251 Stoker 1st Class HMS BOADICEA

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Albert Leonard Kirby

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34030 Boy 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Ernest Alfred Taylor

Born 1896

Royal Navy J14694 Able Seaman HMS INDOMITABLE

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Francis Forfar

Born 1898

Royal Navy J34025 Ordinary Seaman HMS LION

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Percy Wilson

Born 1886

Royal Navy F10172 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F10172 Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS Seaplane Base Dunkirk

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William Harold Dyson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J34699 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J34699 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J34699 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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Allan Anderson Williams

Born 1897

Royal Navy J23192 Able Seaman HMS BELLEROPHON

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Joseph Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J21006 Able Seaman HMS Falmouth

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George Frederick Cooper

Born 1897

Royal Navy J19076 Leading Seaman

Royal Navy J19076 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

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Horace Lambirth

Born 1897

Royal Navy J30941 Able Seaman HMS COLLINGWOOD

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William Burnett

Born 1894

Royal Navy K15923 Stoker 1st Class HMS BOADICEA

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Frederick John Emmings

Born 1892

Royal Navy K27439 Stoker 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Edward Frederick Watling

Born 1895

Royal Navy M8693 Armourer's Crew HMS Calliope

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George William Abbott

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS116318 Stoker 1st Class HMS Calliope

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Charles Alfred Caswell

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38206 Boy 1st Class HMS VALIANT

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William Charles Adams

Born 1897

Royal Navy J30677 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE

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John Titford Goff

Born 1889

Royal Navy K16361 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Felix Frederick Finch

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5776 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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John Parker Adkin

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS109894 Stoker 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

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Ernest Morgan

Born 1893

Royal Navy K22431 Stoker 1st Class HMS BENBOW

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