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Gorleston, Norfolk [39]

Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston Norfolk [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk, Norfolk [1]

Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

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R.I.M.S. "Hardinge" [1]

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Royal Navy [39]

British Army [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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H [7]

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C [3]

M [3]

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E [1]

G [1]

K [1]

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Military Service [43]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [2]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Gorleston, Norfolk [39] Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston Norfolk [1] Gorleston, Suffolk, Norfolk [1] Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [2] Private [2] Able Seaman [1] Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Stoker 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [1] HMS Racoon [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] R.I.M.S. "Hardinge" [1] Suffolk Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39] British Army [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [10] H [7] D [5] S [4] C [3] M [3] T [3] A [2] F [2] R [2] W [2] E [1] G [1] K [1]

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Military Service [43] Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [2] Canada [1]

Augustus Nathaniel Spurgeon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 43371 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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John William Todd

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS106332 Stoker 1

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Browston Bussey

Born 1891

British Army 265386 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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William Brewster Murtey

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy 1510DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1510 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Drumoak."

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Walter John Hurrell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/18725 Private East Kent Regiment

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George Herbert Hall

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J76321 Ordinary Seaman HMS Racoon

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William Robert Reeve

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 239343 Able Seaman R.I.M.S. "Hardinge"

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John William Henry Houghton

Born 1892

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 57427, 663582

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James Charles Arthur Collins

Born 1895

Royal Navy J15356

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Herbert Abel Whiley

Born 1898

Royal Navy F11194

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Richard James Spurgeon

Born 1895

Royal Navy M28342

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Arthur Edgar Burton

Born 1899

Royal Navy K47983

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Thomas Kearnes

Born 1894

Royal Navy J14223

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Frank Thomas Church

Born 1884

Royal Navy F21372

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Harry Arthur Balls

Born 1899

Royal Navy J50170

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Reginald Leggett Wiseman

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS4255

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Percival Redvers Harverson

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57786

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Jonas William Blyth

Born 1893

Royal Navy DA 3163 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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George Richard Daniels

Born 1892

Royal Navy L1153

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Bertie Ernest Brown

Born 1892

Royal Navy F10318

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