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Dovercourt, Essex, England [53]

Dovercourt, Essex [42]

Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex [3]

Dovercourt Essex [1]

Rank

Private [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Boy Servant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Matron [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [2]

28th Punjabis attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS ONSLOW [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

British Army [6]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [17]

C [10]

P [10]

H [7]

L [7]

D [6]

R [6]

S [6]

F [5]

M [5]

W [5]

G [4]

E [3]

I [3]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [53]

Military Service [47]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Dovercourt, Essex, England [53] Dovercourt, Essex [42] Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex [3] Dovercourt Essex [1] Dovercourt Essex [1]

Rank

Private [3] Lieutenant [2] Boy Servant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Matron [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [2] 28th Punjabis attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS ONSLOW [1] Labour Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Territorial Force Nursing Service [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] British Army [6] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [17] C [10] P [10] H [7] L [7] D [6] R [6] S [6] F [5] M [5] W [5] G [4] E [3] I [3] J [1] K [1] N [1] O [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [53] Military Service [47]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Horace Westerland Jones

Born 1887

Royal Navy 363772

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Frederick George Hodge

Born 1901

Royal Navy J70320

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Harry Walter Leonard Poole

Born 1895

Royal Navy K23520

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William Harrison

Born 1892

Royal Navy L1732

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Thomas Poole

Born 1890

Royal Navy L2292

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Claude Albert William Thurlow

Born 1894

Royal Navy L3774

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Ernest William Henry Poole

Born 1895

Royal Navy L5005

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Alfred John Best

Born 1884

Royal Navy L6457

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Albert William Hills

Born 1883

Royal Navy M32212

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Walter Leslie Girling Rudd

Born 1898

British Army 32516 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40603 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 419088 Private Labour Corps

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Percy Charles Powell

Born 1890

Royal Navy 235399 Petty Officer HMS ONSLOW

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Donald Harry Edward Phillips

Born 1899

Royal Navy J40189

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Harold Edward Youngs

Born 1899

Royal Navy J57787

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Herbert Farthing

Born 1880

Royal Navy F36497

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Ernest George Corneby

Born 1895

Royal Navy J15274

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Edward George Locke

Born 1899

Royal Navy K47776

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William Robert Philo

Born 1884

Royal Navy L1564

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Arthur Philip Poole

Born 1894

Royal Navy L4277

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Eden Mcgachen

Born 1896

Royal Navy L12469

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Leonard George Cutter

Born 1896

Royal Navy M10845

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