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Beccles, Suffolk [184]

Beccles, Norfolk [13]

Beccles, Suffolk, England [13]

Beccles England [9]

Beccles [6]

4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1]

Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Barsham Beccles Suffolk [1]

Barsham, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Beccles Suffolk [1]

Beccles, Yarmouth [1]

Beccles,Suffolk. [1]

Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Burgh St Peter, Beccles, Norfolk [1]

Ingate Road, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Ringsfield, Beccles [1]

Shadingfield, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Shaw's Yard, Ravensmeer, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Weston, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Corporal [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Driver [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Engineman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Hand [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) [1]

Major [1]

Merchant Marine [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st class [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

2nd Reinforcement [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Dreadnought." [1]

H.M.S. Alcantara [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Liberty [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Pathfinder [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS YARMOUTH [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Merchant Marines [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nigerian Regiment, West Africa Frontier Force [1]

Norfolk Regiment Depot [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RNVR London - HMS Excellent [1]

RNVR London - HMS Vindictive [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

British Army [35]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [29]

B [28]

W [28]

C [20]

A [18]

F [14]

P [14]

H [12]

G [11]

M [9]

R [9]

D [8]

E [7]

K [7]

L [7]

J [5]

O [4]

T [4]

I [2]

Y [2]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [206]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Ecuador [1]

Nigeria [1]

United States [1]

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People [240] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Beccles, Suffolk [184] Beccles, Norfolk [13] Beccles, Suffolk, England [13] Beccles England [9] Beccles [6] 4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1] Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Barsham Beccles Suffolk [1] Barsham, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Beccles Suffolk [1] Beccles, Yarmouth [1] Beccles,Suffolk. [1] Brampton, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Burgh St Peter, Beccles, Norfolk [1] Ingate Road, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Mutford, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Ringsfield, Beccles [1] Shadingfield, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Shaw's Yard, Ravensmeer, Beccles, Suffolk [1] Weston, Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [21] Corporal [8] Deck Hand [7] Able Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Driver [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Engineman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Second Hand [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Quartermaster) [1] Major [1] Merchant Marine [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st class [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14] Suffolk Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 2nd Reinforcement [1] Australian Infantry [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Dreadnought." [1] H.M.S. Alcantara [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Liberty [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Pathfinder [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS YARMOUTH [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Merchant Marines [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nigerian Regiment, West Africa Frontier Force [1] Norfolk Regiment Depot [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RNVR London - HMS Excellent [1] RNVR London - HMS Vindictive [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] British Army [35] Australian Imperial Force [11] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [29] B [28] W [28] C [20] A [18] F [14] P [14] H [12] G [11] M [9] R [9] D [8] E [7] K [7] L [7] J [5] O [4] T [4] I [2] Y [2] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [206] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Ecuador [1] Nigeria [1] United States [1]

John Spalding

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294163

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Frederick William Bowes

Born 1889

Died 1950

British Army 119597 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George William Baker

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3708DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3708 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "George V."

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William Albert Or Alfred George

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3707DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3707 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "George V."

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Albert George Christmas Wright

Born 1899

Died 1961

British Army 1203 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 885401 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 336342 Driver Royal Air Force

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Alfred Frederick Blowers

Born 1871

Died 1916

Royal Navy 139028 Petty Officer 1st class H.M.S. Alcantara

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William Youngs

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263986

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William Gardner

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285913

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Cecil Nathaniel Fisher

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 3645 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 241165 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George William Goffin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12070 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12070 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Harold Fisher

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 2019 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 203113 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Albert James Rackham

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 12300 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 12300 Lance Sergeant Suffolk Regiment

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Alfred John Knights

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403724

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Bernard Elmy Smith

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156034

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Herbert Henry Holmes

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156005

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Reginald Walter George

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168816

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Maurice Ernest Elliott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175253

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William Francis Alexander

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 15333 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 15333DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Ocean Star."

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Ernest George Barber

Born 1899

Died 1915

Royal Navy J33508

Royal Navy J/33508 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Dreadnought."

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William James Beeton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262559

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