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Buckhaven, Fifeshire [4]

Crewkerne, Somerset [4]

Horsham, Sussex [4]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Cobar New South Wales [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birkenhead Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blayney New South Wales [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Charnham Victoria [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Hamilton New South Wales [1]

Hastings [1]

Hawkhurst, Kent, England [1]

Horfield,Bristol. [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lindon England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marden, Kent [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Middleton, Lancashire [1]

Monmouth, Monmouthshire [1]

Mullingar, Ireland [1]

Northcote Victoria [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Portrush [1]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ripley, Derbyshire [1]

Sherborn, Dorset [1]

Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Sittingbourne [1]

Waterloo, Lancashire [1]

West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [1]

Winters Flat Victoria [1]

Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Corporal [16]

Driver [15]

Gunner [14]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [8]

Pioneer [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Lance Captain [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1]

Rifleman /Lance Corporal [1]

Sailor [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Third Hand [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [265]

Royal Navy [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [355]

Contribution

Military Service [345]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [355] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Buckhaven, Fifeshire [4] Crewkerne, Somerset [4] Horsham, Sussex [4] Brighton, Sussex [2] Cobar New South Wales [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birkenhead Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blayney New South Wales [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Charnham Victoria [1] Colac Victoria [1] Deal, Kent [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Hamilton New South Wales [1] Hastings [1] Hawkhurst, Kent, England [1] Horfield,Bristol. [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lindon England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marden, Kent [1] Marylebone, London [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] Monmouth, Monmouthshire [1] Mullingar, Ireland [1] Northcote Victoria [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Portrush [1] Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Ripley, Derbyshire [1] Sherborn, Dorset [1] Sherborne, Dorset [1] Sittingbourne [1] Waterloo, Lancashire [1] West Derby, Lancashire [1] Westminster, London, Middlesex [1] Winters Flat Victoria [1] Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [169] Corporal [16] Driver [15] Gunner [14] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [9] Sapper [8] Pioneer [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Flight Officer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Lance Captain [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1] Rifleman /Lance Corporal [1] Sailor [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Third Hand [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [24] Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [16] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [265] Royal Navy [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [355]

Contribution

Military Service [345] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

George Eason

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 260 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 260 Sapper Cheshire 4/1 Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers

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Edward Eason

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 203509 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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James Eason

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5196 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th battaloin

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Sampson Eason

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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William J Eason

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2802 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Thomas Eason

Died 1916

British Army 3620 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3620 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Battalion

British Army 3523 Private Cheshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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John Robert Eason

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285279

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William Eason

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118319

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Thomas Eason

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40927 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 40927

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Alan Eason

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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George Eason

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285131

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Jesse Eason

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy SS119490 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory

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Jack Eason

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS119350 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Harry Eason

Died 1915

British Army G/940 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Eason

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 19951 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Raymond Praed Eason

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 150 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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John James Eason

Born 1893

Died 1920

Royal Navy DA 1886 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Lindsey" (Boston)

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William Frederick Eason

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133211

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Bert Eason

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71497

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Frank Eason

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95106

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