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Brightlingsea, Essex, England [104]

Brightlingsea, Essex [74]

Brightlingsea Essex [3]

Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex [2]

Brightlingsea , Essex [1]

Brightlingsea,Essex [1]

Rank

Private [11]

Seaman [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary Chief Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery (I.E.F.D) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery (India) [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Erindring." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Seadawn" [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

British Army [13]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

C [17]

G [17]

S [17]

E [10]

W [10]

A [9]

D [9]

F [9]

H [9]

L [9]

M [8]

P [8]

T [6]

K [5]

R [5]

N [4]

U [4]

O [3]

J [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [104]

Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [185] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [104] Brightlingsea, Essex [74] Brightlingsea Essex [3] Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex [2] Brightlingsea , Essex [1] Brightlingsea,Essex [1]

Rank

Private [11] Seaman [3] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary Chief Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery (I.E.F.D) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery (India) [1] Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Erindring." [1] Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Seadawn" [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] British Army [13] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] C [17] G [17] S [17] E [10] W [10] A [9] D [9] F [9] H [9] L [9] M [8] P [8] T [6] K [5] R [5] N [4] U [4] O [3] J [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [104] Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Joseph Lee

Born 1893

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Arthur Edwin Jolly

Born 1867

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Percy Howe

Born 1899

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Henry Thomas Hollands

Born 1878

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Jacob Thomas Herbert

Born 1884

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