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Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets

The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Bells: G:

George Edward Church

Seaman - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Regiment

Charles Bull

Able Seaman - Royal Navy Regiment

William Holbrook

Petty Officer - Royal Navy Regiment

Frank Charles Surridge

Able Seaman - Royal Naval Division Regiment

George Skinner

Stoker First Class - Royal Navy Regiment

Frederick Mortimer

Leading Stoker - Royal Navy Regiment

E S Hodges

Ship's Steward Assistant - Royal Navy Regiment

E B Edwards

Able Seaman - Royal Naval Division Regiment

George Stanley Collins

Leading Seaman - Royal Navy Regiment

George Victor Betteridge

Officer's Steward 2nd Class - Royal Navy Regiment

Other heroes

Bells