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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]

Max Clifton

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 829 Sergeant Australian Infantry 20th Battalion

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Edgar John Franklin

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6599 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery C/58 Brigade

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Claude Walter Abbott

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 13

Australian Imperial Force 13 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Stutters

Born 1874

Died 1934

British Army 3/7867 Corporal/Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/7867 Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward John Ryan

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy RMA/7906 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Joseph Gant

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10274 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Douglas Geernaert

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17298

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17298 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Charles Batterham

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/10128 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Gearey

Born 1878

Died 1964

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Royal Army Chaplin's Department

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Arthur Ambrose

Died 1918

British Army R/2770 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 77327 Private Tank Corps

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Osmond Glorieux Geernaert

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 478907

Canadian Expeditionary Force 478907 Lance Corporal Royal Canadian Regiment

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Hugh Elliot

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) Attached 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Harold Bentley Denton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F/Lt

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2/Lt

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Claud Ashton Southgate

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 7588 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Lawrence Edwin Dunnett

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant RAF

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant RAF 27th Squadron

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Frank Dixon Lilley

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy M372

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer HMS Scarab

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George Henry Guymer

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 28624 Private Essex Regiment

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James William Munning

Born 1866

Died 1918

British Army 548605 Private Labour Corps

British Army 1837 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 1837 Private Essex Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

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John Hudson

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 6911 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Thomas E Arthey

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 8 Staff Serjeant 16th Lancers

British Army L/8 Serjeant 16th Lancers

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