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Tilbury, Essex, England [104]

Tilbury, Essex [80]

West Tilbury, Essex, England [9]

West Tilbury, Essex [8]

East Tilbury, Essex [7]

Grays, Tilbury, Essex [3]

Tilbury Docks, Essex [2]

1 Gravel Pit Cottages, East Tilbury, Essex, England [1]

Chadwell St Mary, Tilbury, Essex [1]

East Tilbury, Essex, England [1]

Orsett,Tilbury,Essex. [1]

Tilbury Grays, Essex [1]

Tilbury,Orsett,Essex. [1]

Rank

Private [4]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

London Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

British Army [7]

Last name first letter

C [31]

M [27]

B [20]

W [19]

G [16]

H [16]

S [15]

A [13]

P [13]

D [9]

R [9]

L [8]

J [5]

T [5]

E [4]

O [3]

F [2]

N [2]

I [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [115]

Military Service [104]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [219] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tilbury, Essex, England [104] Tilbury, Essex [80] West Tilbury, Essex, England [9] West Tilbury, Essex [8] East Tilbury, Essex [7] Grays, Tilbury, Essex [3] Tilbury Docks, Essex [2] 1 Gravel Pit Cottages, East Tilbury, Essex, England [1] Chadwell St Mary, Tilbury, Essex [1] East Tilbury, Essex, England [1] Orsett,Tilbury,Essex. [1] Tilbury Grays, Essex [1] Tilbury,Orsett,Essex. [1]

Rank

Private [4] Boy 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS Vindictive [1] London Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [82] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] British Army [7]

Last name first letter

C [31] M [27] B [20] W [19] G [16] H [16] S [15] A [13] P [13] D [9] R [9] L [8] J [5] T [5] E [4] O [3] F [2] N [2] I [1] K [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [115] Military Service [104]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William Alfred Jones

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59092

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Sidney Alma Hatt

Born 1891

Died 1942

British Army 67012 Gunner Royal Field Artillery a/110th Battalion

British Army 67012 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery a/110th Battalion

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William Richard Pretoria Byford

Born 1900

Died 1974

British Army 557356 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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Charles Edward Golding

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297416

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Francis Edward Searle

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291058

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Albert Walter Green

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188955

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James Arthur Monks

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197337

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Denham Alfred Twin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161286

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Aubrey John George Attridge

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198328

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Victor Alfred Shipman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137614

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William Henry Walter

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234719

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Joseph Clapham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249527

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George Amos Tredwell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 203770 Private East Kent Regiment

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Stephen Clutson Clark

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K5824

Royal Navy K/5824 Leading Stoker HM Submarine K13

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George Ockendon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24635

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George Henry Williamson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 17762 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 36641 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd.Battalion.

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John Robert Moorcraft

Born 1895

Royal Navy K19351

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Thomas Frederick Lambert

Born 1896

British Army 16494 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 193230 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Alfred Henry Edward Watkins

Born 1897

Royal Navy J29668 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy J29668 Able Seaman HMS Orion

Royal Navy J29668 Ordinary Seaman HMS Orion

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George Alexander Clark

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy K2839 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2839 Stoker 1st Class HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Royal Navy K2839 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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