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Loughton, Essex [62]

High Beech Loughton, Essex [1]

Loughton Essex [1]

Loughton, Epping, Essex [1]

Loughton, Essex England [1]

Loughton, Essex, England [1]

Loughton,Epping,Essex. [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Middlesex Regiment. [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34]

British Army [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [9]

S [9]

G [7]

W [7]

P [6]

A [5]

H [5]

C [4]

D [4]

E [3]

M [3]

J [2]

L [1]

N [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [67]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [68] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Loughton, Essex [62] High Beech Loughton, Essex [1] Loughton Essex [1] Loughton, Epping, Essex [1] Loughton, Essex England [1] Loughton, Essex, England [1] Loughton,Epping,Essex. [1]

Rank

Private [10] Lieutenant [4] Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Middlesex Regiment. [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34] British Army [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] S [9] G [7] W [7] P [6] A [5] H [5] C [4] D [4] E [3] M [3] J [2] L [1] N [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [67] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Harry Stock

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army L/14410 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Gordon Arrowsmith

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army Chaplain Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Charles Edward Sweeting

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215707

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Charles Alfred Piper

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222695

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Horace Gould

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237869

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William Edward Charles Braybrook

Born 1876

Died 1954

British Army M2/054646 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter James Green

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army M2/048800 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 20115 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey

Born 1890

Died 1945

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Henry Percy Wackerbarth

Born 1899

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

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Edward George William Hill

Born 1885

Died 1979

British Army 206020 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Arthur Braybrook

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 770032

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Thomas Edward Davis

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29761

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Sydney Frederick Dugay

Born 1890

Royal Navy J52486

Royal Navy DA 14812 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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John Henry Battle

Born 1886

Royal Navy J59494

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Sidney Adams

Born 1894

Royal Navy J61934

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Harry Alexander Watson

Born 1887

Royal Navy F8137

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Walter Thomas Buck

Born 1878

Royal Navy F9745

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George Ellis Askew

Born 1895

Royal Navy F27636

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Tom Robert Chamberlain

Born 1889

Royal Navy F37710

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Harry Ernest Swinerton

Born 1890

Royal Navy J113

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