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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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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]

Frank Jenkins

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 6865 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 6865 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st

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James Henry Burrows

Born 1887

British Army L/10765 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 129817 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 10765 Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 1st

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George Frederick Dawson

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 44677 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 66190 Private Labour Corps

British Army 66190 Labour Corps 144th Company

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Leslie Arkell Hardwick

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 11059 Private Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army G/60409 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Walter Harry Shelley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Private Essex Regiment and Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1789 Private Essex Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 42765 Private Durham Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion

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Charles William Macey

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 22187 Serjeant Major Suffolk Regiment

British Army 15744 Sergeant Essex Regiment

British Army 22187 Regimental Serjeant Major Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

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Victor Kennard Maitland

Born 1897

Died 1950

British Army Captain Tank Corps

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Leonard Victor French

Born 1897

Died 1944

British Army

British Army 148688 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Seige Battery

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William Gussin

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 3471 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 510586 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

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Ernest B Porter

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G/21278 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G 21278 Private Middlesex 13th Battalion

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Reuben Golding

Born 1896

Died 1989

British Army 3402 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 470932 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

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Charles Martin Rush

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 1151 London Regiment

British Army 1151 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Richard Tresadern

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 553266 Private London Regiment

British Army 553266 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Arthur James Gittings

Born 1896

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2625 Gunner New Zealand Division - 1st NZ Brigade Field Artillery

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Herbert James Tomey

Born 1900

Died 1967

British Army 345100 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion( Rifles)

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James Coker

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3896 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 321545 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 321545 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Clarence Walter Masters

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2489, 320710 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Henry Alfred Dinham

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2528 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Edward James Bettis

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10019 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10019 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Robert Ratley

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1867 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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