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Waltham Abbey, Essex [107]

Waltham Abbey, Essex, England [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [14]

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W [12]

B [11]

A [8]

P [8]

H [7]

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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]

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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]

John Charles Clarke

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219629

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Sidney Robert Green

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228836

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Harold Wood

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305981

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Noel Charles Simpson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy L4446 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Vanguard

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Henry Wren

Born 1889

Royal Navy F9402

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George William Ling

Born 1897

Royal Navy F15422

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Reginald Victor Partridge

Born 1898

Royal Navy F16274

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William Thomas Francis

Born 1896

Royal Navy F17790

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John George Waller

Born 1889

Royal Navy F19287

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John Charles Clarke

Born 1897

Royal Navy F19629

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Albert Ernest Chapman

Born 1884

Royal Navy F20210

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William Charles Avis

Born 1898

Royal Navy F23011

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William George Butcher

Born 1879

Royal Navy F26007

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William James Bennett

Born 1894

Royal Navy F27949

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George Alfred Thompson

Born 1876

Royal Navy F28663

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Sidney Robert Green

Born 1885

Royal Navy F28836

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Arthur William Howard

Born 1897

Royal Navy F31749

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Joseph Perry

Born 1879

Royal Navy F36798

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Joseph Aaron Tuck

Born 1878

Royal Navy F38957

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Alfred George Lawrence

Born 1893

Royal Navy J7656

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