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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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People [260] Stories Communities

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]

Harold Edgar Rush

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS118261

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Jonah Humphrey

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS118973

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Sidney Joseph Ellis

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS123999

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Ernest William Cox

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS109795 Stoker 1st Class HMS CANADA

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Stanley Weston

Born 1880

Royal Navy 271397 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS MALAYA

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Ernest Edward Porter

Born 1894

Royal Navy J15699 Able Seaman HMS FORTUNE

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John Hardy

Born 1895

Royal Navy L4991 Officer's Cook 3rd Class HMS NEPTUNE

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Eric Charles Durrant Warner

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 243005 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/68100 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Edward Monk

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293117

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Fred Corder

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299243

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William Lewis Atcheson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249767

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Albert Brown

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163729

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Allan Downs

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197894

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Llewellyn Fred Scillitoe

Born 1898

Died 1971

Royal Navy J30738 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J30738 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J30738 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Charles Henry Broyd

Born 1871

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Harold John Prior

Born 1890

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Thomas Frost

Born 1866

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Henry Constable

Born 1874

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Walter Edward Cocksedge

Born 1892

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Thomas Elsdon Allen

Born 1860

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