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Epping, Essex [122]

Epping Victoria [32]

Epping New South Wales [11]

Epping, Essex, England [9]

Epping Tasmania [8]

Epping, London [7]

Epping Forest Tasmania [6]

Buckhurst Hill, Epping, Essex [5]

Epping England [5]

Epping [4]

Chigwell, Epping, Essex [3]

Epping Essex [3]

Coopersale, Epping, Essex [2]

Epping,Essex [2]

Theydon Bois, Epping, Essex [2]

Chingford, Epping, Essex [1]

Epping Essex [1]

Epping Green, Epping, Essex [1]

Epping London, Essex [1]

Epping Town, Essex [1]

Epping district [1]

Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Epping, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Forest Gate, Epping [1]

Loughton, Epping, Essex [1]

Loughton,Epping,Essex. [1]

Roydon, Epping, Essex [1]

Theydon Bois Epping Essex [1]

Theydon Garnon, Epping, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Captain [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Brevet Major [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Member [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) [1]

3rd Light Horse Regiment [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Kestrel [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London [1]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1]

Middlesex Regiment. [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Specton." [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Unit 56 General Hospital in Etaples [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [90]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

British Army [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

C [24]

M [21]

T [19]

F [18]

G [18]

H [18]

W [18]

S [13]

L [11]

D [10]

P [8]

R [8]

A [7]

N [6]

K [4]

U [2]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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People [235] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Epping, Essex [122] Epping Victoria [32] Epping New South Wales [11] Epping, Essex, England [9] Epping Tasmania [8] Epping, London [7] Epping Forest Tasmania [6] Buckhurst Hill, Epping, Essex [5] Epping England [5] Epping [4] Chigwell, Epping, Essex [3] Epping Essex [3] Coopersale, Epping, Essex [2] Epping,Essex [2] Theydon Bois, Epping, Essex [2] Chingford, Epping, Essex [1] Epping Essex [1] Epping Green, Epping, Essex [1] Epping London, Essex [1] Epping Town, Essex [1] Epping district [1] Epping, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Epping, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Forest Gate, Epping [1] Loughton, Epping, Essex [1] Loughton,Epping,Essex. [1] Roydon, Epping, Essex [1] Theydon Bois Epping Essex [1] Theydon Garnon, Epping, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15] Captain [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Brevet Major [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Member [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) [1] 3rd Light Horse Regiment [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Dragoon Guards [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Kestrel [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London [1] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1] Middlesex Regiment. [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Specton." [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Unit 56 General Hospital in Etaples [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [90] Australian Imperial Force [62] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] British Army [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] C [24] M [21] T [19] F [18] G [18] H [18] W [18] S [13] L [11] D [10] P [8] R [8] A [7] N [6] K [4] U [2] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [225] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Edward Michael Allen

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14795

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Leslie Matthew Herrod

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137393

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Andrew Joseph Henry Pearce

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243464

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Geoffrey Walter Gatward

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy J81088

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Sidney William Pomphrett

Born 1885

Died 1943

British Army 379 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520217 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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Joseph Byrne

Australian Imperial Force 37534

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John Francis Harrison

Australian Imperial Force 3631

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William Charles Foster

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212978

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James Crane

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218388

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Harold Smith

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247534

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Stanley Hayter

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11356

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Robert Edward Crabb

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168713

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James Stokes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179555

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Neville Morgan Browning

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181403

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Frank Leonard Trundle

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183325

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Henry Arthur Lagden

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249698

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Harry Norman Bailey

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy J12442 Able Seaman HMS Kestrel

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Alfred Betts

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy SD 2782 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2782SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Specton."

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Maxwell Gordon Butcher

Australian Imperial Force 376

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Edward James Dea

Australian Imperial Force 14778

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