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Clacton on sea [6]

Clacton on Sea [2]

Islington, London [2]

Mildenhall [2]

Barrow on Humber [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea [1]

Billingstone, Suffolk [1]

Bow [1]

Bury St Edmunds [1]

Camberwell [1]

Clacton on sea Essex [1]

Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1]

Deptford Bridge [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Frinton [1]

Great Clacton [1]

Great clacton [1]

Great holland [1]

Hackney [1]

Holloway, Middlesex [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kensington,Middlesex. [1]

Little Clacton [1]

Little clacton [1]

London [1]

London, England [1]

Rothwell, Northamptonshire [1]

Rye, East Sussex, [1]

Southend, Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

St Osyth Tendring [1]

Thorpe, near Colchester, Essex [1]

Warsaw [1]

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

camden [1]

clacton on sea [1]

kensington [1]

little Clacton [1]

willsden [1]

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Private [133]

Lance Corporal [25]

Rifleman [16]

Corporal [12]

L/Cpl [10]

Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [5]

private [3]

Sapper [2]

2177 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Cpl [1]

Driver [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant ( temporary) [1]

Sepoy [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Subadar [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [56]

London Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Essex Yeomanry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

!! th Battalion Essex Regiment [1]

1/8th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1]

10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [1]

129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1]

14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

158th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1]

178 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

17th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Battalion Leinster Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry [1]

2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Brigade Canadian field artillery [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [179]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

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S [20]

P [18]

B [17]

C [17]

W [12]

M [11]

H [10]

R [10]

G [9]

L [9]

K [8]

A [7]

E [7]

T [7]

J [6]

F [4]

D [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [185] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Clacton on sea [6] Clacton on Sea [2] Islington, London [2] Mildenhall [2] Barrow on Humber [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Billingstone, Suffolk [1] Bow [1] Bury St Edmunds [1] Camberwell [1] Clacton on sea Essex [1] Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1] Deptford Bridge [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Frinton [1] Great Clacton [1] Great clacton [1] Great holland [1] Hackney [1] Holloway, Middlesex [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kensington,Middlesex. [1] Little Clacton [1] Little clacton [1] London [1] London, England [1] Rothwell, Northamptonshire [1] Rye, East Sussex, [1] Southend, Clacton on Sea, Essex [1] St Osyth Tendring [1] Thorpe, near Colchester, Essex [1] Warsaw [1] Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [1] Woking, Surrey [1] camden [1] clacton on sea [1] kensington [1] little Clacton [1] willsden [1]

Rank

Private [133] Lance Corporal [25] Rifleman [16] Corporal [12] L/Cpl [10] Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Gunner [5] private [3] Sapper [2] 2177 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Cpl [1] Driver [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Second Lieutenant ( temporary) [1] Sepoy [1] Serjeant Major [1] Subadar [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [56] London Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [8] East Surrey Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Essex Yeomanry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [5] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] !! th Battalion Essex Regiment [1] 1/8th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1] 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [1] 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1] 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 158th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1] 178 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 17th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Battalion Leinster Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry [1] 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Brigade Canadian field artillery [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [179] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [20] P [18] B [17] C [17] W [12] M [11] H [10] R [10] G [9] L [9] K [8] A [7] E [7] T [7] J [6] F [4] D [3] V [3] Y [3] I [1] O [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [111] Canada [1] India [1]

Walter Wallace Page

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9601 Private Essex Regiment

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Henry James Ungless

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 17760 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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James W Gallant

Born 1887

Died 1947

British Army 23351 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 655191 Private Labour Corps

British Army Private Labour Corps 112 Labour company

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Arthur Roper

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9359 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 9359 L/Cpl Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9359 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Cecil Murrell Wade

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81910 Private 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Philpot

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army DM2/154664 Private Army Service Corps 596th MT Company

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Frederick Roper

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8868 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Nathaniel Humphreys

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 5503 Private London Regiment 19th Battalion

British Army S/29244 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

British Army B/200682 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Francis Cuthbert Evennett

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 820672 Serjeant London Regiment 31st Battalion

British Army 820672 Serjeant London Regiment

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William Victor Grigson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6236 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202540 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/1st Battalion

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Leonard Alexander Conquest

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2759 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2759 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2759 Cpl East Surrey Regiment 2nd bn east Battalion

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Harry Russell

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15570 Lance Corporal 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15570 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Alkin Cameron Levy

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 13030 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th battalion

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Arthur George Bridges

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 16922 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 16922 Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick Ellis

Died 1915

British Army 6726 Serjeant Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles William Partridge

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2933 Private Essex Regiment Transport

British Army 250654 Private Essex Regiment Transport

British Army 250654 Private Essex Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Stanley Everson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8780 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8780 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Edwards

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 20273 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 20273 Private Essex Regiment

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Albert Edward Brawn

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9125 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 9125 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Batey

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 95808 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 95808 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 28th Division Ammunition Train

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