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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]

Alex James Clough

Born 1876

Royal Navy 291102

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Joshua Bailey

Born 1884

Royal Navy 204842

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Leonard Walter White

Born 1898

Royal Navy J64910

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