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Ingatestone, Essex [3]

Battersea [1]

Helston, Cornwall [1]

Hendon [1]

Hornchurch, Essex [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Ilford, Essex [1]

Ingatestone England [1]

Islington England [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Swardeston, Norfolk [1]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [1]

Warley, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Sister [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Temp. Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

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Essex Regiment [22]

London Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment Transport [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Provisional Battalion [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [51]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [7]

C [6]

P [6]

W [6]

B [5]

M [5]

D [4]

F [4]

A [3]

K [3]

R [3]

S [3]

T [2]

E [1]

G [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

South Africa [1]

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People [60] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ingatestone, Essex [3] Battersea [1] Helston, Cornwall [1] Hendon [1] Hornchurch, Essex [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Ilford, Essex [1] Ingatestone England [1] Islington England [1] Lambeth London [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Swardeston, Norfolk [1] Waltham Abbey, Essex [1] Warley, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [33] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1] Sister [1] Squadron Commander [1] Temp. Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [22] London Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment Transport [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Provisional Battalion [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [51] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [7] C [6] P [6] W [6] B [5] M [5] D [4] F [4] A [3] K [3] R [3] S [3] T [2] E [1] G [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12] South Africa [1]

William Abrey

British Army G/24255 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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G D G Elton

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Lionel George Carroll Petre, Baron Petre

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

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Wilfred Death

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army M2/175772 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/175772 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Arthur H Morgan

Died 1917

British Army 39831 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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F Passfield

Died 1915

British Army 9000 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 20527 Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Leonard Pudney

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 43232 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 43232 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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E S Sedley Taylor

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Sydney Victor Chapman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6723 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred J Childs

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 31391 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Hull

Died 1916

British Army 15870 Private Essex Regiment

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George Henry Alfred Humphreys

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2753 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 200721 Private Essex Regiment

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Roderick Norman Way

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Edwin Staines

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 34433 Private Essex Regiment

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Samuel John Daniels

Died 1915

British Army 70598 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert W Bentley

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 220993 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred E Davis

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 32350 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 55908 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Hynds

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2354 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 250440 Private Essex Regiment

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Arthur Travers Saulez

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Kent

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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