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Chelsea, London [1]

Drayton Norfolk [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Haggerston, Middlesex [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [1]

Limehouse, Middlesex, England [1]

London England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Omeo Victoria [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [1]

Soham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Suffolk [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Thurlow, Suffolk [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Brevet Major [2]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Retired Pay [1]

Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Staff [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

1st Household Battalion [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

7th Leinster Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

East African Road Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Reserve of Officers Royal Army [1]

Reserve of Officers/General Headquarters Staff [1]

Reserve of Officers/Staff [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Innis Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [56]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [78]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

Ireland [1]

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People [78] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chelsea, London [1] Drayton Norfolk [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Haggerston, Middlesex [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [1] Limehouse, Middlesex, England [1] London England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Poplar, Middlesex, England [1] Soham, Cambridgeshire [1] Stepney, London [1] Suffolk [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Thurlow, Suffolk [1] Wandsworth, London [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [34] Second Lieutenant [6] Gunner [4] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Brevet Major [2] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Retired Pay [1] Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Staff [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 140th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 1st Household Battalion [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 7th Leinster Regiment [1] Army Service Corps Territorial Force [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Company of Dragoons [1] East African Road Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS TIGER [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Reserve of Officers Royal Army [1] Reserve of Officers/General Headquarters Staff [1] Reserve of Officers/Staff [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Field Artillery Transport [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Innis Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Navy [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [56] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [78]

Contribution

Military Service [74] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

Ireland [1]

Norman Owen Collen

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Stewart Collen

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Charles Thomas Collen

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 29955 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John Richard Collen

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 12177 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12177 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Edward Collen

Died 1917

British Army 30250 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd east Battalion

British Army 30250 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Collen

Died 1915

British Army 10414 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10414 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Henry John William Collen

Australian Imperial Force 2580

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Thomas Augustus Collen

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219812

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Carl Daniel Collen

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71863

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John Collen

Died 1916

British Army 7/3324 Private 7th Leinster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Innis Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur George Pomeroy Collen

Born 1876

British Army Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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William Keith Collen

Australian Imperial Force

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Edwin Henry Ethelbert Collen

Born 1875

British Army Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Reserve of Officers/Staff

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Rupert Lancelot Collen

Australian Imperial Force 363

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Arthur Collen

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424117

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Henry James Collen

Born 1895

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Robert Alfred Collen

Born 1890

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Henry Arthur Collen

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39523

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Harold George Collen

Born 1900

Royal Navy J82582

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Thomas Augustus Collen

Born 1876

Royal Navy F19812

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