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Chelmsford, Essex [501]

Chelmsford, Essex, England [38]

Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex [13]

Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [7]

Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex [7]

Chelmsford Essex [4]

Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Chelmsford Essex [3]

Springfield Chelmsford Essex [3]

Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

East Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Moulsham, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Near Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Sandon, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Widford, Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Billericay Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Blackmore, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Burnham On Crouch, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

CHELMSFORD, ESSEX [1]

Chelmsford, ESSEX [1]

Chelmsford,Essex [1]

Chelmsford,Essex. [1]

Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Waltham Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Hatfield Peveril near Chelmsford, Essex [1]

High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Little Braxted, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Little Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Maldon, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Pleshey, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Stock, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Terling, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Widford,Chelmsford,Essex. [1]

Witham, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Woodham Walter, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Writtle Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Captain [6]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Air Commodore [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Air Commodore [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major-General [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [12]

HMS QUEEN MARY [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

HMS Pathfinder [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

100th Winnipeg Grenadiers [1]

101st Squadron [1]

12th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Lancashire Hussars [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Essex regiment [1]

French Ambulance Unit [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Liffey" [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Hogue [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS Moorhen [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Turbulent [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Hussars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [335]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210]

British Army [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [74]

S [68]

W [59]

H [53]

P [45]

C [41]

M [36]

R [34]

D [25]

F [25]

T [25]

G [24]

L [24]

A [20]

E [19]

N [15]

K [14]

J [8]

O [7]

Y [4]

I [3]

U [3]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [583]

Merchant Navy [37]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Chelmsford, Essex [501] Chelmsford, Essex, England [38] Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex [13] Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [7] Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex [7] Chelmsford Essex [4] Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex [3] Chelmsford Essex [3] Springfield Chelmsford Essex [3] Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex [2] East Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Moulsham, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Near Chelmsford, Essex [2] Sandon, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Widford, Chelmsford, Essex [2] Billericay Chelmsford, Essex [1] Blackmore, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Burnham On Crouch, Chelmsford, Essex [1] CHELMSFORD, ESSEX [1] Chelmsford, ESSEX [1] Chelmsford,Essex [1] Chelmsford,Essex. [1] Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Waltham Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Hatfield Peveril near Chelmsford, Essex [1] High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Little Braxted, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Little Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Maldon, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Pleshey, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Stock, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Terling, Chelmsford, Essex [1] West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Widford,Chelmsford,Essex. [1] Witham, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Woodham Walter, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Writtle Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [23] Stoker 1st Class [10] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Captain [6] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Air Commodore [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Air Commodore [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Hon Cpt [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major-General [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Wing Commander [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [12] HMS QUEEN MARY [4] Royal Air Force [4] South Wales Borderers [4] HMS Pathfinder [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers [1] 101st Squadron [1] 12th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Lancashire Hussars [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Essex regiment [1] French Ambulance Unit [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Liffey" [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Hogue [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS Moorhen [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Turbulent [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Hussars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [335] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210] British Army [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [74] S [68] W [59] H [53] P [45] C [41] M [36] R [34] D [25] F [25] T [25] G [24] L [24] A [20] E [19] N [15] K [14] J [8] O [7] Y [4] I [3] U [3] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [583] Merchant Navy [37]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [1]

Frank Ingram Gillson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army R35208 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R35208 Private Kings Royal Rifle Corps 7th and then 12th

British Army R35208 Private KRRC 7th initially, then 12th

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Charles Edward Ridgway Bridson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Captain Kings Own Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Samuel Peter Hutchings

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 22524 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 22524 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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George Henry Noble

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy 476 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Frank Herbert Ridgway

Born 1878

British Army 5045 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers Att. 1/Breck. Bn

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Ralph Houghton Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars B Squadron

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Lewis Gray Faiers

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207889

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Valentine Francis Scruby

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1480 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 1480 Corporal Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Albert Charles Bausor

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 250534 Private 1st Lancashire Hussars

British Army 300188 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 18th Battalion

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Henry Burder

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 2329 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 2329 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert Leslie Ridley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Henry Walter Vanken

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296018

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Charles Henry Nicholas, Afc

Born 1894

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Commodore Royal Air Force HQ Fighter Command

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frank Edward Alden

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207551

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Lawrence Harry Newsum

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22733

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Frederick Brown

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61779

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Sidney John Beach

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162142

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George Henry Fryer

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304692

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David English

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197473

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Henry Robert Beckett

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200477

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