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Chelmsford, Essex [501]

Chelmsford, Essex, England [38]

Chelmsford England [22]

Chelmsford [20]

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]

Chelmsford, Kent [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, Devon [1]

Chelmsford, ESSEX [1]

Chelmsford, England [1]

Chelmsford, Sussex [1]

Chelmsford, Sussex, England [1]

Chelmsford,Essex [1]

Chelmsford,Essex. [1]

Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1]

Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Waltham Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Great Waltham, Chelmsford England [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]

Rank

Private [33]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Air Commodore [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Class Sergeant Instructor [1]

Acting Air Commodore [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

CSM [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Sergeant Instructor [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Garrison Sergeant Major, WO I, Shorncliffe [1]

Group Captain [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major-General [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Orderly [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [15]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS QUEEN MARY [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

HMS Pathfinder [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

100th Winnipeg Grenadiers [1]

101st Squadron [1]

12th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Lancashire Hussars [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Dragoon Guards [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]

Service

Royal Navy [339]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210]

British Army [69]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [81]

S [73]

W [62]

H [58]

P [50]

C [42]

M [38]

R [35]

F [31]

T [30]

D [29]

G [25]

L [24]

A [20]

E [20]

N [16]

K [14]

J [11]

O [8]

Y [4]

I [3]

U [3]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [632]

Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Chelmsford, Essex [501] Chelmsford, Essex, England [38] Chelmsford England [22] Chelmsford [20] 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] Chelmsford, Kent [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, Devon [1] Chelmsford, ESSEX [1] Chelmsford, England [1] Chelmsford, Sussex [1] Chelmsford, Sussex, England [1] Chelmsford,Essex [1] Chelmsford,Essex. [1] Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1] Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Fairstead, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Waltham Chelmsford, Essex [1] Great Waltham, Chelmsford England [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]

Rank

Private [33] Stoker 1st Class [10] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [4] Major [4] Company Sergeant Major [3] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Air Commodore [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Class Sergeant Instructor [1] Acting Air Commodore [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] CSM [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Sergeant Instructor [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] Garrison Sergeant Major, WO I, Shorncliffe [1] Group Captain [1] Hon Cpt [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major-General [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Orderly [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [15] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS QUEEN MARY [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] HMS Pathfinder [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers [1] 101st Squadron [1] 12th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Lancashire Hussars [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Dragoon Guards [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]

Service

Royal Navy [339] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210] British Army [69] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [81] S [73] W [62] H [58] P [50] C [42] M [38] R [35] F [31] T [30] D [29] G [25] L [24] A [20] E [20] N [16] K [14] J [11] O [8] Y [4] I [3] U [3] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [632] Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [31] India [1] Ireland [1]

William George Edge

Born 1874

Died 1950

British Army L/4810 Colour Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 4810 Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 4810 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Theodore Flaxman

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1674 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 1674 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas Blair

Born 1888

British Army 2/9261 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9261 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Douglas Frederick Flaxman

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 81855 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Charles Woodroof

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109694

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109694 Company Sergeant Major Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109694 CSM Canadian Mounted Rifles

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Edgar Robert Barnsby

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 206167 Private Tank Corps

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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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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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Clifford George Flaxman

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 279169 Lance Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 279169 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

British Army 7763 WO2 Wiltshire Regiment

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Thomas William Page

Born 1871

Died 1921

British Army 68887 Sergeant Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Claydon

Born 1884

British Army M/205230 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

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Frederick T Hills

Born 1883

Died 1929

British Army 90538 Corporal Royal Engineers

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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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F Hedges

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army 29 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army 29 Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 29 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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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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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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Reginald Joseph Marshall

Born 1891

Died 1924

British Army D/1687 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1687 Serjeant Trooper Dragoon Guards

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Hermon Featonby Johnson

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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