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Colchester, Essex [986]

Colchester, Essex, England [111]

Colchester [82]

Colchester England [62]

Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex [14]

Lexden, Colchester, Essex [5]

West Mersea, Colchester, Essex [5]

Colchester Essex [4]

Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex [3]

Colchester, Exssex [3]

Colchester, Sussex [3]

Colchester,Essex [3]

Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex [3]

Rowhedge, Colchester, Essex [3]

Boxted, Colchester, Essex [2]

Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex [2]

Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex [2]

Great Bromley, Colchester, Essex [2]

Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [2]

Kelvedon, Colchester, Essex [2]

Tollesbury, Colchester, Essex [2]

Weeley, Colchester, Essex [2]

Ardleigh, Colchester [1]

Birch, Colchester, Essex [1]

Boxted, Colchester [1]

Braintree, Colchester, Essex [1]

COLCHESTER ESSEX [1]

Capford, Colchester [1]

Colchester Essex [1]

Colchester Essex England [1]

Colchester St. Leonards, Essex [1]

Colchester, [1]

Colchester, County of Essex [1]

Colchester, Essex County [1]

Colchester, Essex or Woolpit, Suffolk [1]

Colchester, Hampshire [1]

Colchester, Norfolk [1]

Colchester, Suffolk [1]

Colchester,Essex. [1]

Colchester. Essex [1]

Copford, Colchester, Essex [1]

Easthorpe Colchester [1]

Elmstead Heath, Colchester, Essex [1]

Elmstead, Colchester [1]

Fingeringhoe near Colchester, Essex [1]

Great Bentley, Colchester, Essex [1]

Great Tey, Colchester, Essex [1]

Great Wigborough, Colchester, Essex [1]

Grenstead, Colchester [1]

Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Able Seaman [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Captain [10]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Deck Hand [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Boy [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sapper [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2/Lt [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer [1]

Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Airman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Boy11 [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS North Star [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [697]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [317]

British Army [161]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [169]

S [152]

C [142]

W [107]

M [99]

H [88]

G [74]

R [72]

P [64]

D [60]

T [57]

F [55]

L [39]

K [33]

E [31]

J [31]

N [31]

A [29]

O [17]

U [4]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1238]

Merchant Navy [111]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Canada [3]

India [3]

South Africa [2]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [1363] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [986] Colchester, Essex, England [111] Colchester [82] Colchester England [62] Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex [14] Lexden, Colchester, Essex [5] West Mersea, Colchester, Essex [5] Colchester Essex [4] Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex [3] Colchester, Exssex [3] Colchester, Sussex [3] Colchester,Essex [3] Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex [3] Rowhedge, Colchester, Essex [3] Boxted, Colchester, Essex [2] Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex [2] Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex [2] Great Bromley, Colchester, Essex [2] Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [2] Kelvedon, Colchester, Essex [2] Tollesbury, Colchester, Essex [2] Weeley, Colchester, Essex [2] Ardleigh, Colchester [1] Birch, Colchester, Essex [1] Boxted, Colchester [1] Braintree, Colchester, Essex [1] COLCHESTER ESSEX [1] Capford, Colchester [1] Colchester Essex [1] Colchester Essex England [1] Colchester St. Leonards, Essex [1] Colchester, [1] Colchester, County of Essex [1] Colchester, Essex County [1] Colchester, Essex or Woolpit, Suffolk [1] Colchester, Hampshire [1] Colchester, Norfolk [1] Colchester, Suffolk [1] Colchester,Essex. [1] Colchester. Essex [1] Copford, Colchester, Essex [1] Easthorpe Colchester [1] Elmstead Heath, Colchester, Essex [1] Elmstead, Colchester [1] Fingeringhoe near Colchester, Essex [1] Great Bentley, Colchester, Essex [1] Great Tey, Colchester, Essex [1] Great Wigborough, Colchester, Essex [1] Grenstead, Colchester [1] Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [104] Able Seaman [15] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Corporal [11] Serjeant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Captain [10] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Acting Corporal [5] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Deck Hand [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Boy [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sapper [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Gunner [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2/Lt [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Electrical Artificer [1] Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Airman [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Boy11 [1] Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [9] Labour Corps [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] HMS Vanguard [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Australian Infantry [2] Border Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS North Star [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [697] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [317] British Army [161] Australian Imperial Force [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [169] S [152] C [142] W [107] M [99] H [88] G [74] R [72] P [64] D [60] T [57] F [55] L [39] K [33] E [31] J [31] N [31] A [29] O [17] U [4] I [3] V [3] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1238] Merchant Navy [111]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Canada [3] India [3] South Africa [2] Sri Lanka [1]

Edward Ernest Thomas

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army Boy Royal Horse Artillery "S" Battery

British Army 5063 Private Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 4th

British Army 47891 Private Machine Gun Corps 12th M.G.Squadron

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John Kendrick Patterson

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 2361 Trooper Dragoon Guards

British Army D/2361 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4th Dragoon Guards

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Clark Samuel Kettle

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2671 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200874 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200874 Private Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Charles Ernest Barrett

Born 1887

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 303618

Canadian Expeditionary Force 303618 Gunner / Driver Canadian Field Artillery / 2nd CDAC 1st Reserve Battery

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William Henry Bishop

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army 203086 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 566685 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Edward Wass

Born 1882

Died 1965

British Army 4212 Staff Serjeant Major Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hussars

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Donovan Edward Stanford

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15215 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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Cecil Herbert Jarrard

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3/3586 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 3/3586 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward James Brooker

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3011 Private Essex Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 29339 Private Essex Regiment

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John Venables Scudamore

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army SG28589. 2nd Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick Henry Thorndike

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 2388 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 1/6th City of London Rifles

British Army 2388, 320660 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 1/6th City of London Rifles

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William Joseph Barton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army M2/114444 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/114444 Private Army Service Corps 2nd Water Tank Company

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Herbert W. Nevard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 17997 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 17997 GDSN Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Frank Edward Cook

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1530 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 558158 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 558158 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Albert Percy Grimwood

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army GS/37303 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 2nd Battalion

British Army GS/37303 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Edward Gerald Palmer Fenn

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 86631 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers royal welsh fusiliers 3rd Garrison Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Archibald Percival Wavell

Born 1883

Died 1950

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders and General Staff

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Christopher Michael Speare

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 12286 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 12286 Private 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Royal Reginald Gomer

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 33240 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William T Wash

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1031 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1031 Private Huntington Cyclists Corps Huntingdon Cyclists

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