Private Frank D. Miles Service number 6390 Regiment London Regiment Artists Rifles Date of birth 29th September 1894 Date of death 20 th September 1918 Age at death 23 years His Story

Able Seaman Alexander Yewman Service number J/21237 Service Royal Navy Date of birth 5th August 1898 Date of death 17th September 1918 Age at death 21 years His Story Alexander Yewman, born in Bethnal Green in 1897 to George and Emma Yewman. Alexander joined the Royal Navy and can be found on HMS Ganges on 22nd November 1912 aged 15 as a Boy II. He then served on HMS Victory I before going to sea, on HMS Fearless on which he would become an Ordinary Sailor on his 18th birthday. He served on several ships before being transferred to HMS Glatton on 31st August 1918, his last ship. Alexander died of injuries on 17th September 1918 at the Military Hospital Dover the day after the ship exploded. He was buried in Grave R1489 on 26 th September 1918. Details of Alexander Yewman’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Private G.H. Yeo Service number G/92434 Regiment Royal Fusiliers Date of birth 17th October 1897 Date of death 24th November 1918 Age at death 21 years His Story George Henry, the eldest child of Henry and Ellen Yeo, was born in 1897. Serving in the 9th London Regiment as a Private from July 1917 to February 1918 before he transferred 18th Kings Royal Rifles Corps between July-August 1918 and then to the 3rd London Regiment. He died in the Temporary Military Hospital, Gosforth, Northumberland on 24 November 1918 and was buried in Grave R1542 on 4th December 1918. Details of George Henry Yeo’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Private J. Wright Service number 5563293 Regiment Wiltshire Regiment Date of birth 18th June 1902 Date of death 18th October 1920 Age at death 19 years His Story Born in Haggerston in 1902 to Robert and Fanny Wright, James served as a Lance Corporal in the Middlesex Regiment, 33 Works Battalion and died at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Westminster on 28th October 1920 aged 19 years. His death certificate states that his service number was 5563298 and that he was a Private in the 1st Wiltshire Regiment of Portobello Barracks, Dublin. James was buried in Grave P1403, on 28th October 1920 Details of James Wright’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Lance Corporal H. Wright Service number 205389 Regiment Middlesex Regiment Date of birth 30th March 1898 Date of death 12th April 1918 Age at death 20 years His Story Herbert, one of eight children of Charles and Agnes Wright, was born in 1898, St George in the East. Very few details of Herbert’s war service exist, described as 5ft 6in tall with blue eyes and light brown hair, he attested in February 1915 and was called up immediately to join the London Regiment Royal Fusiliers. Herbert died 12th April 1918, in the South Eastern Hospital in Greenwich aged 20 years and was buried in grave R1467, on 18th April 1918. Details of Herbert Wright’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Private C. Wood Service number 18823 Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment Date of birth c.1892 Date of death 11th August 1916 Age at death 24 years His Story Charles Wood was born c. 1892 in Stepney. He married Norah King on 4 August 1913 at St John the Evangelist, Limehouse and they had two children Norah and Charles F. Charles enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Stratford and embarked for France on 13th May 1915.The Battalion was present at the Somme offensive at Arras as well as at High Wood between 20th-25th July 1916 and Longueval from 27th-30th July 1916. Charles died at Devonport Military Hospital on 11 August 1916 and was buried in the cemetery, Grave R133, on 19 August (his surname is shown as Woods in the burial register). Details of Charles Wood’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Private William Herbert Windebank Service number 368058 Regiment London Regiment Date of birth c.1897 Date of death 23rd September 1918 Age at death 23 years His Story William, born circa 1897 in Bethnal Green, was the grandson of William Charles Jessup and his wife Theresa and was living with them at 131 Bancroft Road, Mile End in 1911. He served with 1/11 th London Regiment and the London Regiment 7 th Battalion. He died on 23rd September 1918, in the No. 2 Military Hospital in Reading. He was buried in Grave R1502 on 28th September 1918. Details of William Herbert Windebank’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Q: Littleboy J.E.

Private J.E. Littleboy Service number G/17595 Regiment The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Date of birth 4th February 187 Date of death 26th January 1921 Age at death 43 years His Story

Q: Bastick G.F.

Driver G.F. Bastick Service number 33029 Regimen t Royal Field Artillery Date of birth 8th October 1882 Date of death 12th September 1918 Age at death 36 years His Story

Miles F.D.

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Private Frank D. Miles Service number 6390

Regiment London Regiment Artists Rifles

Date of birth 29th September […]

Littleboy J.E.

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Private J.E. Littleboy Service number G/17595

Regiment The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Date of birth 4th February […]

Brown T.F.W.

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Corporal Thomas Francis William Brown Service number S/6283

Regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Date of birth 12th December […]

Bastick G.F.

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Driver G.F. Bastick Service number 33029

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 8th October 1882

Date of […]

Yewman A.

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Able Seaman Alexander Yewman Service number J/21237

Service Royal Navy

Date of birth 5th August 1898

Date of […]

Yeo G.H.

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Private G.H. Yeo Service number G/92434

Regiment Royal Fusiliers

Date of birth 17th October 1897

Date of death 24th November 1918

Age at death […]

Wright J.

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Private J. Wright Service number 5563293

Regiment Wiltshire Regiment

Date of birth 18th June 1902

Date of death 18th October 1920

Age […]

Wright H.

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Lance Corporal H. Wright Service number 205389

Regiment Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 30th March 1898

Date of death 12th April 1918

Age […]

Wood G.

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Private C. Wood Service number 18823

Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment

Date of birth c.1892

Date of death 11th August 1916

Age at death 24 […]

Windebank W.H.

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Private William Herbert Windebank Service number 368058

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth c.1897

Date of death 23rd September […]

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