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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]

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]

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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]

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]

Francis Martin Cutter

Died 1917

British Army 3300 Private Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 250791 Private Essex Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 250791 Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Victor Joy

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1930 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 250263 Private Essex Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 250263 Private Essex Regiment

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Robert Stranaghan

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 7955 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Herbert Claridge

Died 1916

British Army TF/5828 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army TF/5828 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Herbert Gallant

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army L/13539 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Olaf Gordon Kronquist

Born 1885

British Army 323592 Private London Regiment

British Army 48209 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 48209 Private London Regiment

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Francis George Eade

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G/1228 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/1228 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6 Battalion

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William H. Watton

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 16627 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 52950 Corporal 17th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment

British Army 52950 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Nelson Ridgeon

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Private Essex Regiment 4 Battalion

British Army 3/10008 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3/10008 Private Suffolk Regiment 8 Battalion

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Arthur Seaman

Died 1916

British Army 4/2539 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd bn west Battalion

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Thomas Percy Randall

Died 1917

British Army G/30275 private Essex Regiment

British Army GS/51198 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th Bn

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Herbert Digby

Died 1917

British Army 1698 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80567 Private Essex Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 80567 Private Essex Yeomanry

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Joseph Lucas

Died 1917

British Army SS/8068 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202412 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

British Army A202412 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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Percy Reece Sully

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 27100 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 27100 Private Essex Regiment

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John Smith

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1906 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80708 Private Essex Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 80708 Private Essex Yeomanry

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Frederick William Bayman

Died 1917

British Army 1847 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80668 Private Essex Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 80668 Private Essex Yeomanry

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Walter Charles Bareham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1482 Corporal Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80403 Corporal Essex Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 80403 Corporal Essex Yeomanry

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George Malnick

Died 1915

British Army L/10154 L/cpl The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2 Battalion

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George Henry Lewer

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 26232 L/Cpl South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 26232 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

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Walter William Ridgeon

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3492 Private Essex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 3492 Private Essex Regiment

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