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Tendring, Essex [22]

Tendring, Essex, England [2]

Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1]

Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1]

Great Clacton, Tendring, Essex [1]

Manningtree, Tendring, Essex [1]

Tendring Essex [1]

Tendring Hundred, Essex [1]

Wix, Tendring, Essex [1]

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Private [9]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

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British Army [16]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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L [7]

B [5]

A [2]

E [2]

G [2]

H [2]

S [2]

D [1]

J [1]

M [1]

N [1]

P [1]

R [1]

T [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [28]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Egypt [1]

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People [31] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tendring, Essex [22] Tendring, Essex, England [2] Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1] Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1] Great Clacton, Tendring, Essex [1] Manningtree, Tendring, Essex [1] Tendring Essex [1] Tendring Hundred, Essex [1] Wix, Tendring, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [9] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Assistant Sister [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [16] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [7] B [5] A [2] E [2] G [2] H [2] S [2] D [1] J [1] M [1] N [1] P [1] R [1] T [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [28] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Egypt [1]

Leonard Victor Gardiner

Born 1900

Royal Navy J52561

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Stanley George Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy L5525

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James Cornelius Sparrow

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 1310 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 39762 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 39762 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 8th Squadron

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Herbert Horace Nicholson

Born 1876

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 883750

Canadian Expeditionary Force 883750 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Edward John Austin

Born 1901

Royal Navy J77487

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Frederick George Long

Born 1889

Royal Navy F12975

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Robert Arnold

Born 1892

Royal Navy J1126

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William Elmer

Born 1884

Royal Navy 208725

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Walter Jowers

Born 1889

Royal Navy K6401

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Frederick Dent

Born 1881

British Army WR/502509 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 157524 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Barton

Born 1868

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