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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]

Stanley Alfred Haves

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 23473 Private Essex Regiment

British Army G/17254 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Henry Horace Salter

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army S/31754 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army S/31754 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion

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William Miles Wenborn

Born 1897

Died 1956

British Army 2077 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 931750 Gunner Royal Field Artillery London Brigade

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Harold Sydney Gladstone Mair

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Acting Lieutenant Training Reserve Infantry

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Training Reserve Infantry

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Reginald Arthur French

Born 1896

Died 1963

British Army 75604 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Edgar French

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army L/12091 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horace William Girling

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 608192 Serjeant London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 4988, 322223 Serjeant London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leonard Guiver

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army S/19733 Private Rifle Brigade 6th Battalion

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Harry John Hadley

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 37195 Bombardier 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 37195 Serjeant 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 37195 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery 'I' Battery

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Frank Massey

Died 1917

British Army 415260 Private London Regiment

British Army 415260 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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George Abraham Chadwick

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 203921 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Edgar Hadden

Born 1897

Died 1962

British Army 16611 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Henry Robert Jobbins

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army 78284 Private Tank Corps

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Richard Ernest Yolland

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army 6792 Private London Regiment

British Army 323586 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Norman Eric Bressey

Born 1886

Royal Navy 809 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207654 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Walters

Born 1892

British Army 10349 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10349 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edwin Charles Templar

Born 1891

Died 1962

British Army 1319 Sergeant London Regiment

British Army 1319, 320114 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 1/6 City of London rifles

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Charles Richard Weston

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 34287 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Walter Ernest Horne

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 19350 Corporal Essex Regiment

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Bertram Gladwin

Born 1888

Died 1944

British Army TR/5/69583 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42984 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60715 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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