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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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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]

Alfred Herbert Sparkes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/21142 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Casey

Born 1885

British Army 16748 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1401678 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 16748 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Jack Flux

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 521

Australian Imperial Force 521 Private 10th Light Horse

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Franklin Macaulay Gillespie

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers 4 Battalion

British Army Major South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward John Prime

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 870 Private Essex Yeomanry "A" Squadron

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Dines

Born 1883

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 1747 Private Australian Infantry 26th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1747 Lance Sergeant Australian Infantry 26th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1747 26th Infantry Battalion

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George Benjamin Hawkins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18371 Private Norfolk Regiment Depot

British Army 18371 Private Norfolk Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 18371 Private Norfolk Regiment 10th Battalion

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Albert Goodridge

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 36395 Driver Battery Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 36395 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Walter Williams

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9278 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 9278 Private Essex Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Frederick Walter Cobb

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 28558 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 26546 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Alan Kinderley Stanford

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 76331

Canadian Expeditionary Force 76331 Private Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Ronald Francis Orfeur

Born 1895

Died 1959

Royal Navy 5291 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines

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Charles William Henry Crichton

Born 1872

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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

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A Coulson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 371 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Ernest Hutton

Died 1917

British Army 15501 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 19260 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Leonard William Hales

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 18445 Private Grenadier Guards

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George William Alexander

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 40126 Private Essex Regiment

British Army Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40126 Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Appleby

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 9825 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 9825 Private Essex Regiment

British Army Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick Strutt

Born 1874

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281467 Airman

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George Brettell

Born 1872

Died 1922

British Army G451 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd battalion east Battalion

British Army 3305 Private 21 Hussars

British Army Private 21 Lancers

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