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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304]

Great Yarmouth [78]

Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [28]

Great Yarmouth England [23]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8]

Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4]

great yarmouth,norfolk [4]

Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [2]

Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Belton near Great Yarmouth [1]

Belton, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1]

Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth on Belton, Suffolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, [1]

Great Yarmouth, England [1]

Great Yarmouth, NFK [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth. [1]

Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Martham, Near Great Yarmouth [1]

Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Nr Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1]

Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Potterheigham, Near Great Yarmouth [1]

Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Sloley, Great Yarmouth [1]

South Town Great Yarmouth [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]

Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth [1]

southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [74]

Gunner [12]

Deck Hand [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Sapper [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Hand [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Engineer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Warrant Engineer [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck hand [1]

Director-General [1]

Drum Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

First Engineer [1]

General [1]

Honorary Major-General [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [32]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [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]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

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

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

"L" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery [1]

158th Company Labour Corps [1]

16th Lancers [1]

576th Home Service Employment Company, Labour Corps [1]

6th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Attached Royal Engineers [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Civilian war death [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [560]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243]

British Army [136]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Other Empire Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [180]

S [144]

H [116]

G [105]

C [100]

W [72]

D [63]

R [61]

M [58]

P [48]

T [47]

L [46]

F [45]

J [43]

A [41]

N [32]

K [29]

E [23]

O [9]

V [5]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [923]

Merchant Navy [308]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

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Place of birth

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304] Great Yarmouth [78] Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [28] Great Yarmouth England [23] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8] Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4] great yarmouth,norfolk [4] Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [2] Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Belton near Great Yarmouth [1] Belton, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1] Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth on Belton, Suffolk [1] Great Yarmouth, [1] Great Yarmouth, England [1] Great Yarmouth, NFK [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1] Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth. [1] Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Martham, Near Great Yarmouth [1] Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Nr Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1] Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Potterheigham, Near Great Yarmouth [1] Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Sloley, Great Yarmouth [1] South Town Great Yarmouth [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] Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth [1] southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [74] Gunner [12] Deck Hand [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Corporal [9] Able Seaman [8] Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Captain [5] Driver [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [4] Major [4] Petty Officer [4] Sapper [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Second Hand [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Seaman [2] Second Engineer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1st class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Servant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Warrant Engineer [1] Colonel [1] Deck hand [1] Director-General [1] Drum Major [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] First Engineer [1] General [1] Honorary Major-General [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [32] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [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] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber" [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] "L" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery [1] 158th Company Labour Corps [1] 16th Lancers [1] 576th Home Service Employment Company, Labour Corps [1] 6th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Attached Royal Engineers [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Civilian war death [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [560] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243] British Army [136] Australian Imperial Force [23] Other Empire Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [180] S [144] H [116] G [105] C [100] W [72] D [63] R [61] M [58] P [48] T [47] L [46] F [45] J [43] A [41] N [32] K [29] E [23] O [9] V [5] I [4] Y [4] Q [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [923] Merchant Navy [308]

Country

United Kingdom [50] India [2] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1]

Frederick Samuel Howes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33896 Warrant Officer Class II Royal Field Artillery B Battery

British Army 33896 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Howitzer Brigade

British Army 33896 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 27th Reserve Battery

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John Henry Scarles

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 83363 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 15th Siege Battery

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Samuel Shorten Arthur Wade

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 4191 Warrant Officer Class 2 Lincolnshire Regiment

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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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William Samuel Childs

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 242252 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Horace Milton Buddery

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 203175 Norfolk Regiment

British Army 270060 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Horace George Gedge

Born 1888

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Fleetwood" (Grimsby)

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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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George Mallett

Died 1915

British Army 8104 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harry Victor Hindes

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 7896 Drum Major Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 7896 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles Neil Newcombe

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 17289 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17289 Temporary Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Owen Miles

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Edward John Howes Burgell

Died 1918

British Army 21192 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Docwra

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 5336 Serjeant Lancers

British Army 5336 Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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George Francis Gedge

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army 84164 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army G/34670 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th

British Army 84164 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Cecil Harry Gotts.

Born 1899

Died 1961

British Army 56631 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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