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Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [3]

Highbury, London [3]

Morwell Victoria [3]

Norwich England [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bishop's Waltham, Hants [1]

Cape Town [1]

Deptford [1]

Durham [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Highbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Hurstville New South Wales [1]

Nayland, Suffolk [1]

South Hackney, Middlesex [1]

east dereham,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Sapper [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

15th Hussars [1]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Censorship Department [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

East African Motor Transport Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [11]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [94]

Contribution

Military Service [90]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [94] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [3] Highbury, London [3] Morwell Victoria [3] Norwich England [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bishop's Waltham, Hants [1] Cape Town [1] Deptford [1] Durham [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Highbury, London, Middlesex [1] Hurstville New South Wales [1] Nayland, Suffolk [1] South Hackney, Middlesex [1] east dereham,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [41] Second Lieutenant [7] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Pilot Officer [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 15th Hussars [1] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Censorship Department [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Africa Unattached List [1] East African Motor Transport Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] Hampshire [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Wellington Infantry Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [11] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [94]

Contribution

Military Service [90] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Albert Edward Firmin

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 30007 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Firmin

Born 1892

Died 1981

British Army 11447 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army M/410412 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army 11447 Corporal Hampshire 11th

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Alfred Firmin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97252

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Leonard Frederick Firmin

Born 1898

Died 1973

Royal Navy F15045

Royal Navy F15045

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215045

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Percy Judge Firmin

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186195

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Benjamin Charles Firmin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266243

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Jack Eric Robert Firmin

Died 1915

British Army 10305 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Firmin

Died 1917

British Army 30773 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Hubert Firmin

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236114

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Aubrey Firmin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 43532 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Richard Charles Firmin

Died 1916

British Army 12242 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12242 Private Essex Regiment

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Cyril Alfred Firmin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92451

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Walter Donovan Firmin

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210626

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Arthur Samuel Firmin

Born 1895

Died 1982

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/1810 Wellington Infantry Regiment

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Leonard Frederick Firmin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215045

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Thomas Nash Firmin

Died 1917

British Army 634020 Private London Regiment

British Army 634020 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich)

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Maurice Harold Cuffe Firmin

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Robert Firmin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311942

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Charles Thomas Firmin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406412

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J T Firmin

Born 1897

British Army 32598 Private Essex Regiment

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