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Whitechapel, London, Middlesex [85]

Whitechapel, Middlesex [20]

Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Middlesex [2]

Whitechapel London Middlesex [2]

Aldgate Whitechapel London Middlesex [1]

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Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88]

British Army [13]

Royal Navy [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

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United Kingdom [5]

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People [111] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Whitechapel, London, Middlesex [85] Whitechapel, Middlesex [20] Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Middlesex [2] Whitechapel London Middlesex [2] Aldgate Whitechapel London Middlesex [1] Whitechapel,Middlesex [1]

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Private [12] Lance Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Special Constable [1]

Unit

Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoons of the Line [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Special Constabulary [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88] British Army [13] Royal Navy [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [18] B [13] C [12] M [8] P [8] F [5] G [5] H [5] J [5] D [4] L [4] W [4] A [3] I [3] R [3] T [3] K [2] N [2] O [2] E [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

John Mccarthy

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army G/3162 Private East Kent Regiment

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David William Sweeney

Died 1914

British Army 981 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur William Panrucker

Born 1878

Died 1939

British Army 45240 Private Royal Scots

British Army 372127 Private Labour Corps

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Richard H Wright

Born 1895

British Army 16712 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24371 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 16712 Dragoons of the Line

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Thomas Robert Barnes

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 9839 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Field

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 8842 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 8842 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard Rose Ames

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190492

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David Miranda

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 26104 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Phillip Barnett

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9070 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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John William Richard Walker

Died 1915

British Army L/12436 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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William Jones Daniel

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179191

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Philip Klein

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7542

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Samuel Goldstein

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13238

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Lawrence Levy

Born 1877

Died 1950

Other Empire Force Special Constable Special Constabulary

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Joshua Seaford

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234043

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James Percy Tilley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190417

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Henry Simmons

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26977

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George Gillett

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308120

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Edward Josephs

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402535

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Frederick O'connell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167091

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