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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]

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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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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Frederick William Sutton

Born 1890

Died 1944

Royal Navy K1974 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Marlborough

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Jim Crowther

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 18180 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Herbert Johnson

Born 1878

Died 1964

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Richard Quantrell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army GS/68772 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion

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Valentine John Bond

Born 1876

Died 1920

Royal Navy 43 CE Chief Warrant Engineer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Chief Warrant Engineer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Minotaur."

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Amelia Jane Ward

Born 1876

Other Empire Force Telephonist General Post Office, Great Yarmouth

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Ernest William Shorten

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army T4/058272 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/058272 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Gilbert Scott Cockrill

Born 1885

Died 1926

British Army 45446 Sapper Canadian Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant 158th Company Labour Corps

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John Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2260/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2260 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Eagle."

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