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Aylsham, Norfolk [2]

Coleshill, Warwickshire [2]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [2]

Alupthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Eastwood, Rochford, Essex [1]

Harrow, Middlesex, England [1]

Kensington, London [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manor Park, Essex [1]

Manor Park, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Milborne Port, Somerset [1]

Nether Whitacre Warwick [1]

Norfolk [1]

North Walsham, Norfolk [1]

North Woolwich, Kent [1]

Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [52]

Gunner [11]

Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Sapper [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17]

London Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

8th Cavalry [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles Saskatchewan Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Indian Army Cavalry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Medical Service [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Motor Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Entrenching Battalion [1]

North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Nyasaland Field Force [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [92]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Royal Navy [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [128]

Contribution

Military Service [125]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Aylsham, Norfolk [2] Coleshill, Warwickshire [2] Crowle, Lincolnshire [2] Alupthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Eastwood, Rochford, Essex [1] Harrow, Middlesex, England [1] Kensington, London [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kings Lynn Norfolk [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manor Park, Essex [1] Manor Park, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Milborne Port, Somerset [1] Nether Whitacre Warwick [1] Norfolk [1] North Walsham, Norfolk [1] North Woolwich, Kent [1] Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [52] Gunner [11] Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Flight Officer [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Sapper [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17] London Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 8th Cavalry [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles Saskatchewan Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Indian Army Cavalry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Medical Service [1] Military Foot Police [1] Motor Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Entrenching Battalion [1] North Lancashire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Nyasaland Field Force [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [92] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Royal Navy [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [128]

Contribution

Military Service [125] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Richard William Henry Macartney Empson

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Battalion

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Harry Empson

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 442981

Canadian Expeditionary Force 442981 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Walter Morris Empson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38368

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Donald Sadler Empson

Born 1882

Died 1955

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432585

Canadian Expeditionary Force 49th Battalion

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Ralph Horatio Woolnough Empson

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Flight Officer Royal Air Force

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Sydney Empson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 47421 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 41540 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 4th Bn

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William Edward Empson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59249

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Frank Harold Empson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237718

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Ernest James Empson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215501

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Horace Charles Empson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228232

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William James Empson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226100

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Joshua Wright Empson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 25516 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 29678 Serjeant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Henry Empson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 11578 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Harold Henry Empson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 28423 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Sidney Empson

Died 1915

British Army 8512 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Walter John Empson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240173

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Archie Empson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125703

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Harold Empson

British Army 10810 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 454208 Private Labour Corps

British Army 10810 Drummer Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Lancelot William Empson

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 35398

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Albert Edward Empson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 84710 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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