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Clacton On Sea, Essex [23]

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex [19]

Clacton on Sea, Essex [18]

Clacton On Sea, Essex, England [10]

Clacton on sea Essex [1]

Clacton-On Sea, Essex [1]

Clacton-on-sea, Essex [1]

Frating, Clacton On Sea, Essex [1]

Kirby near Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

Little Clacton, Clacton On Sea, Essex [1]

Southend, Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

Thorpe Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Sailor [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Victor [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine, SS 'Joshua Nicholson' (North Shields) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

British Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [12]

R [8]

M [7]

P [7]

D [6]

W [6]

K [5]

C [4]

H [4]

B [3]

L [3]

T [3]

A [2]

F [2]

G [2]

N [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [78] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Clacton On Sea, Essex [23] Clacton-on-Sea, Essex [19] Clacton on Sea, Essex [18] Clacton On Sea, Essex, England [10] Clacton on sea Essex [1] Clacton-On Sea, Essex [1] Clacton-on-sea, Essex [1] Frating, Clacton On Sea, Essex [1] Kirby near Clacton on Sea, Essex [1] Little Clacton, Clacton On Sea, Essex [1] Southend, Clacton on Sea, Essex [1] Thorpe Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [3] Able Seaman [1] Chief Stoker [1] Sailor [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Victor [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine, SS 'Joshua Nicholson' (North Shields) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] British Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [12] R [8] M [7] P [7] D [6] W [6] K [5] C [4] H [4] B [3] L [3] T [3] A [2] F [2] G [2] N [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [66] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Joseph Arthur Ernest Reed

Born 1876

Died 1961

British Army 9443 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269467 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Victor Grigson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6236 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202540 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/1st Battalion

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Herbert John Waller

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192461

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Maurice Charles Day

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277244

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Joseph Benjamin Kittle

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy Sailor Mercantile Marine, SS 'Joshua Nicholson' (North Shields)

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Albert Thomas Webber

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261715

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Joseph Overton Larty

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47199

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Arthur Salmon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225038

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Charles Farley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232702

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William Skipper Norman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241934

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Harry Duke Swinstead

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 525272

Canadian Expeditionary Force 525272 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Percy Grabham Simmonds

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Leo Leonard Sewell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6019

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Alfred John Baker

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy 281693 Chief Stoker HMS Victor

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Horace Stanley Spencer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208660

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Richard Henry Raven

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237334

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Leonard Hall

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300823

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Leslie Redvers Woods

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307386

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Arthur Frederick Hobbs

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 213316 Able Seaman HMS QUEEN MARY

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Reginald Thomas Maling

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214675

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