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Halstead, Essex [233]

Halstead, Essex, England [6]

Earls Colne, Halstead, Essex [3]

Halstead Essex [3]

Halstead, Braintree, Essex [2]

Halstead,Essex [2]

Little Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [2]

Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1]

Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex [1]

Great Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [1]

Halstead Essex [1]

Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1]

Lamarsh, Halstead, Essex [1]

Pentlow, Halstead, Essex [1]

Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex [1]

White Colne Halstead, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Group Captain [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major General [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

265th Infantry Battalion [1]

47th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps Commands and Staff [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

General Duties Branch [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS FALMOUTH [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Kale [1]

HMS Lord Nelson [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

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

Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71]

British Army [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37]

B [33]

C [30]

R [23]

P [18]

A [17]

W [17]

M [13]

E [12]

G [12]

D [11]

H [10]

F [8]

L [6]

T [5]

K [3]

O [2]

J [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Halstead, Essex [233] Halstead, Essex, England [6] Earls Colne, Halstead, Essex [3] Halstead Essex [3] Halstead, Braintree, Essex [2] Halstead,Essex [2] Little Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [2] Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1] Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex [1] Great Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [1] Halstead Essex [1] Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1] Lamarsh, Halstead, Essex [1] Pentlow, Halstead, Essex [1] Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex [1] White Colne Halstead, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Group Captain [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Major General [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 265th Infantry Battalion [1] 47th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps Commands and Staff [1] Corps of Hussars [1] General Duties Branch [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS FALMOUTH [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Kale [1] HMS Lord Nelson [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sarah Alice." [1] Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71] British Army [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37] B [33] C [30] R [23] P [18] A [17] W [17] M [13] E [12] G [12] D [11] H [10] F [8] L [6] T [5] K [3] O [2] J [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Aubrey George Smith

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army GS/59415 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/59415 Serjeant London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army TR/10/72952 265th Infantry Battalion

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Stanley Harold Cook

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army S4/109403 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps 34 Field Bakery

British Army S4/109403 Corporal Army Service Corps 34 Field Bakery

British Army S4/109403 Private Army Service Corps 34 Field Bakery

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Alfred Stanley Lyons

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5675 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Douglas Charles Hibble

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J27502

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy J.27502. (Ch) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Ernest John Parmenter

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 12055 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 19266 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19266 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Dyker Stanton Priestley

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 108th Machine Gun Coy.

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Cecil John Layzell

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K7795 Leading Stoker HMS Invincible

Royal Navy K7795 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Invincible

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Ernest John Bush

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286305

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Albert Aylett Warner

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25760

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Alfred Smith

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99256

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Alfred Charles Thorrington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277566

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Horace Victor Osborn

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21166

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Ronald Arthur Plaistow

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262809

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Thomas Kidd

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10164

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Henry Robert Spurgeon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army R/14899 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Thomas Knevett

Died 1916

British Army 21078 Private Essex Regiment

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Collis William Evans

Born 1895

Died 1984

British Army 265209 Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1050 Private London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

British Army 265209 Private Corps of Hussars

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George Tibble

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 8900 Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major Northumberland Hussars

British Army 8900 Company Serjeant Major Northamptonshire Regiment

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Joseph Edward Barnard

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267236

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Arthur Allen Edwards

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213221

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