Information from the Roll of Honour
    
        | Parish | Surname | Initials | Award | Rank | Ship or Regiment | Place of Death | Date of Death | 
    
        | Moretonhampstead | East | Albert John |  | L/Cpl. | Devon Regt. | Palestine | 23
            November
            1917 | 
An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
    
    Further Information from Contributors
    
    
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            RoH Ref.
        
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            5334
        
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            Forename
        
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            Albert John
        
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            Surname
        
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            East
        
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            Rank or Rating
        
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            Service Number(s)
        
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            240471
        
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            Father
        
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            Frank East
        
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            Mother
        
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            Louisa (nee Hill)
        
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            Wife
        
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            Date of Birth
        
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            1889
        
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            Where Born
        
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            Hambleden, Buckinghamshire
        
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            Date Baptised
        
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            17
            February
            1889
        
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            Ship or Regiment
        
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            Devonshire Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion
        
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            Date of Death
        
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            23
            November
            1917
        
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            Place of Death
        
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            Grave or Memorial
        
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            Remarks
        
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            His brother, Percy William East, also fell.
        
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            Contributor
        
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            PB, PB