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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]

Albert Edward Field Chamberlain

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277707

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Frederick Hubert Austin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 17454 Acting Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Edward George Watling

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2574 Private Royal Fusiliers 27th Battalion

British Army GS/51856 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Albert Cyril Harris

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR9/48430 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 53rd

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Bernard Henry Thrift

Born 1900

British Army GS-79879 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Percival Edwards

Born 1901

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298162

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298162 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Percy James Upton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199326

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Charles Alexander George Huckson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162387

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Septimus Andrae Anderson

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army 26605 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR.27019 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick James Lewis

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192482

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Ernest Albert Harris

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263785

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Harry Wiffin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291144

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Wallace Frost

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36182

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Albert Wilder

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163527

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Alfred Arthur Saward

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21075

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Albert James Everett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268127

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Samuel Charles Grinwood

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280951

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George Edward Brand

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267976

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James Kemp

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8101

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Albert Gerald Hills

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21724

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