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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8]

Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4]

great yarmouth,norfolk [4]

Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Stalham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Stokesby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [44]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Hand [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck hand [1]

Director-General [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

First Engineer [1]

General [1]

Honorary Major-General [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Major General [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Plumber [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Second Lieutenant Special Reserve [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber" [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

Attached Royal Engineers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Civilian war death [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

GOC 38th (Welsh) Division [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

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

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

HM Coastguard [1]

HM Paddle Mine Sweeper Plumpton [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Castor [1]

Service

Royal Navy [501]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243]

British Army [78]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [161]

S [126]

H [105]

G [95]

C [86]

W [65]

D [55]

R [52]

M [51]

P [45]

F [43]

J [39]

L [39]

T [39]

A [34]

N [30]

K [27]

E [21]

O [7]

V [5]

Y [4]

I [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [800]

Merchant Navy [308]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8] Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4] great yarmouth,norfolk [4] Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1] Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Stalham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Stokesby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [44] Able Seaman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Petty Officer [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Second Hand [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Deck hand [1] Director-General [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] First Engineer [1] General [1] Honorary Major-General [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Major General [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Plumber [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Second Engineer [1] Second Lieutenant Special Reserve [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [23] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Royal Engineers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vindictive [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber" [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] Attached Royal Engineers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Civilian war death [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] GOC 38th (Welsh) Division [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Undaunted" [1] HM Coastguard [1] HM Paddle Mine Sweeper Plumpton [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Castor [1]

Service

Royal Navy [501] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243] British Army [78] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [161] S [126] H [105] G [95] C [86] W [65] D [55] R [52] M [51] P [45] F [43] J [39] L [39] T [39] A [34] N [30] K [27] E [21] O [7] V [5] Y [4] I [3] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [800] Merchant Navy [308]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1]

Herbert Granville Creasy

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5266 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Edgar Dalton Ann

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 546305 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd London Sanitary Company

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John Dakin Rushmer

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13177 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Henry Burman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 202069 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 202069 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Charles Dossett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22810 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Leslie George Deuce

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/27804 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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John Brandon Kersey

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 19268 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 19268 Temporary Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leonard Edmund Cotter

Born 1869

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Iolaire

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Frederick William Fleet

Born 1879

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force 331812

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Herbert Henry Chapman

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 3225 Lance Corporal 16th Lancers

British Army L/3225 Private 16th Lancers

British Army 3225 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Thomas Arthur Beeching

Born 1876

Died 1937

British Army 1693 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest Bertram Gooda

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5/5612 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 241335 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harry Guard

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2033 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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George Hackney

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 31 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 31 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Norah Helen Bellamy

Born 1896

Died 1980

Royal Navy G1736 Wireless Telegraph Learner Women's Royal Naval Service H.M.S Victory VI (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy G1736 W.T Learner Women's Royal Naval Service H.M.S Victory VI (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy G1736 W.T Operator Women's Royal Naval Service H.M.S Victory VI (Crystal Palace)

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Henry Edward Cork

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 43261 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 43261 Sapper Royal Engineers 106th Field Coy

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Samuel John White

Born 1857

Died 1938

British Army 38189 Royal Defence Corps 55th Protection Company

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Oswald Francis Diver

Born 1875

Died 1967

British Army 14439 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 360995 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Thomas James Legood

Born 1864

Died 1918

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber"

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Gilbert George Beckett

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238969

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