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Chingford, Essex [61]

Chingford, Essex, England [5]

Chingford, ESSEX [1]

Chingford, Epping, Essex [1]

Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Sewardstone, Chingford, Essex [1]

Rank

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Private [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine H42 [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

British Army [7]

Last name first letter

P [15]

B [8]

R [7]

G [6]

M [6]

H [4]

S [4]

W [4]

D [3]

L [3]

J [2]

T [2]

V [2]

A [1]

C [1]

E [1]

F [1]

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Military Service [64]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [70] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chingford, Essex [61] Chingford, Essex, England [5] Chingford, ESSEX [1] Chingford, Epping, Essex [1] Chingford, Walthamstow, Essex [1] Sewardstone, Chingford, Essex [1]

Rank

Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Private [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Cameron Highlanders [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine H42 [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Welsh Guards [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] British Army [7]

Last name first letter

P [15] B [8] R [7] G [6] M [6] H [4] S [4] W [4] D [3] L [3] J [2] T [2] V [2] A [1] C [1] E [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [64] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Percy Hector Roper

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278811

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James Wood

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299625

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Charlie Henry Butcher

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245457

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William Parkes

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404234

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Thomas Reginald Salisbury

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159964

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William Alfred Edmunds

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159795

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Victor Goozee Gibbs

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184478

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Albert Victor Stewart

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188065

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James Benjamin Granger

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141337

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Allen Grant Douglas

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6685 Acting Serjeant Cameron Highlanders

British Army 6685

British Army 6685 Captain London Regiment 14 (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish)

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Alfred Page

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202773

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William Duke Leech

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5899

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Eric Denholme Pridie

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Edward James Harvey

Born 1895

Died 1922

Royal Navy J10580 Leading Signalman HM Submarine H42

Royal Navy J10580 Signalman HM Submarine E17

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Elsie Evelyn Annie Williams

Born 1889

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William Oliver Hyett

Born 1898

Royal Navy J28914

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Reginald Boyce Mitchell

Born 1897

Royal Navy F23789

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Charles Henry Butcher

Born 1900

Royal Navy F45457

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Henry Hugo Perkins

Born 1899

Royal Navy F53045

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William Manning

Born 1893

Royal Navy K15451

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