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Writtle, Essex [15]

Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex [13]

Newney Green, Writtle, Essex [1]

Writtle Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Writtle, Essex, England [1]

Rank

Private [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Major [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1]

7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [1]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

British Army [10]

Royal Navy [6]

Last name first letter

W [6]

A [3]

C [3]

S [3]

E [2]

H [2]

L [2]

M [2]

B [1]

D [1]

G [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [30]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [31] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Writtle, Essex [15] Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex [13] Newney Green, Writtle, Essex [1] Writtle Chelmsford, Essex [1] Writtle, Essex, England [1]

Rank

Private [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Major [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Flight Cadet [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1] 7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Essex Regiment Territorial Force [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [1] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] British Army [10] Royal Navy [6]

Last name first letter

W [6] A [3] C [3] S [3] E [2] H [2] L [2] M [2] B [1] D [1] G [1] J [1] N [1] O [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [30] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Herbert Ernest Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1943

British Army 32257 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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William James Daniels

Born 1884

British Army 2772 Acting Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2772 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

British Army 2772 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Sydney Thomas Willis

Born 1883

Died 1942

British Army 1805 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army GS/20511 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Philip Wellesley Colley

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 242353 Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Louis Claude Widocks

Born 1900

British Army 60916 Training Reserve Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317964 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317964 Royal Flying Corps

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Albert William Hewitt

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9475

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Henry William Outton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157465

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William Trigg

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222487

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Samuel William Adams

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1558 Private Essex Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 29468 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 29468 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Albert Edward Nunn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1367

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Hedley Ethel Bazil Winter

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275549

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Percy Alfred Lowe

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221448

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James Arthur Ellis

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4539

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Robert Gardner

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5013

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Frank Wellesley Colley

Born 1877

Died 1962

British Army South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Captain 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Major South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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William Joseph Wellesley Colley

Born 1889

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Major Bedfordshire Regiment

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Harry Adams

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213123

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Clifford Goldsworthy Rust

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317487

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Harry Edwards

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169082

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Frederick Charles Marden

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223455

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