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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]

William Arthur Symonds

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32019

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Samuel William Durrant

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319974

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Alfred Ernest Alcock

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25719

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Harold Frederick Durrant

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276872

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William Charles Johnson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215378

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Robert Henry Durrant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162079

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Harry Percy Beech

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197183

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Frank Ernest Routledge

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169698

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George Edward Mayman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261623

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Frederick John Woods

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194630

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Edgar Charles Housego

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211206

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Dennis Bland

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401873

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Frederick Clare Lusher Youngs

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164439

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Stanley Gordon Harbord

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475094

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Arthur Henry Dews

Born 1895

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Wireless Operator SS Marquette (West Hartlepool) Mercantile Marine

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Walter James Hodds

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 43468 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 43468 Private The Cyclists 6th Battalion

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Edward Daniel Gates

Died 1918

British Army 8325 Private Coldstream Guards

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John Balls

Died 1916

British Army 16930 Private Norfolk Regiment 8 Battalion

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Thomas Astley Cubitt, K

Born 1871

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Royal Artillery/Staff

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade, 114th Battery

British Army General Royal Artillery

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Edward J Houghton

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army 19850 Private Norfolk Regiment

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