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Waltham Abbey, Essex [107]

Waltham Abbey, Essex, England [1]

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Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

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Boy 2nd Class [1]

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South Wales Borderers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

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Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield Pals) [1]

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Royal Navy [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [14]

Other Empire Force [1]

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W [12]

B [11]

A [8]

P [8]

H [7]

L [7]

S [7]

T [7]

F [6]

G [6]

E [4]

K [4]

D [3]

M [2]

J [1]

R [1]

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Military Service [105]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [108] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Waltham Abbey, Essex [107] Waltham Abbey, Essex, England [1]

Rank

Private [10] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) [1] Corporal [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sister [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Army Service Corps [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Curlew [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Vanguard [1] London Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery / Brigadier General Royal Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield Pals) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [14] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [14] W [12] B [11] A [8] P [8] H [7] L [7] S [7] T [7] F [6] G [6] E [4] K [4] D [3] M [2] J [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Amos Wilfred Pryor

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army L/8075 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Collins

Born 1891

British Army 10084 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10084 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward Charles Howard

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 31291 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph Aaron Tuck

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238957

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Henry Francis Askwith

Born 1866

Died 1938

British Army Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Royal Horse Artillery / Brigadier General Royal Artillery

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Albert Blount

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262173

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Reginald Victor Partridge

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216274

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William Thomas Francis

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217790

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William James Bennett

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227949

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Frank Hockley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263735

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Collin Mervyn Kilby

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army DM2/137926 Private Army Service Corps

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Robert Charles Andrew

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178452

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Mark Lidgrave Hodgson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246152

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Charles Reginald Clyde Turner

Born 1896

Died 1966

Royal Navy K21941 Stoker 1st Class HMS MALAYA

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Leslie James King

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109632

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William Stuart

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248011

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Arthur William Howard

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231749

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Frederick Thurlow

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS112179 Stoker 1st Class

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Walter James Barnes

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209263

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Herbert Leslie Lawrence Chaplin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216700

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