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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]

William Henry Shepherd

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309011

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Henry David Kemp

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 724 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

724 Driver

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Alfred Ludwig Andersen

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 3803 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/3803 Private 12th Lancers

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Archibald Campion Sampson

Born 1884

Died 1921

Royal Navy 361436 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Ralph Wenden Rayner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211414

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Albert Henry Garrod

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217401

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Alfred Edward Pennack

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222486

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Herbert William Ireland

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231514

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Leonard Ben Staines

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236433

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Herbert Heastor

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238683

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Charles Frederick Brown

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245565

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Albert James Gowers

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247552

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Percy James Judd

Born 1894

Died 1925

British Army 4285 Private London Regiment

British Army 491537 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Benjamin Noakes

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 8101 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Arthur S. Rawlinson

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 9368 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Ernest James Chilvers

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 12440 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Frederick Charles Guiver Rolfe

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 40304 FORMERLY 2377 Private Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 60321 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Percy Andersen

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 250102 Serjeant Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 250102 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 1472 Serjeant Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Geoffrey John Buddle Atkinson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Walter Clarke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203863

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