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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]

Dudley Charles Alexander

Born 1886

Died 1952

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve - HMS St Vincent

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Jonathan George Skipper

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 372371 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4968 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Cockrill

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 4065 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion (T.F.)

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Richard John Withers

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army 3638 Sergeant Norfolk Regiment 2nd/5th Battalino

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Henry John Dean

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 6169 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/9th Battalion

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Harry Horace Beeching

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1194 Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 320017 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Robert Samuel Land

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army 10716 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Gardner

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197499

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Vernon George Waldegrave Kell

Born 1873

Died 1942

British Army Temporary Colonel Staf Corps

British Army Colonel South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment

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Percy Raymond Giles

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253430

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James David Harman

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401380

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Frederick John Westgate

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403099

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Herbert Victor Turner

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy M7721 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Royal Navy M7721 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Goliath

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William Maitland Kersey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1044 Drummer Royal Field Artillery 1st East Anglican Brigade

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2173 Gunner New Zealand Field Artillery 3rd Brigade

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Samuel Willie Smith

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13155

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Frederick Ransome Horne

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28463

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Horace Arthur Rivett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265587

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Henry James Cubitt

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 18014 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 18014 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Daniel Anson Playford

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10722

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Richard Arthur Scott

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313242

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