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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]

William Richard Jarvis

Born 1888

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Alfred Joseph Jackson

Born 1883

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William George Iddes

Born 1894

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John Patty Hurr

Born 1861

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Hedley Lidstone Iddes

Born 1897

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Robert Glifford Hunt

Born 1895

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William Henry Huke

Born 1869

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William Houghton

Born 1872

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Leonard Harrison

Born 1896

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Charles Dudley Lamb

Born 1896

Royal Navy M17460 Wireman 2nd Class HMS BOADICEA

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Cecil James Pike

Born 1893

Royal Navy K15978 Stoker 1st Class HMS BOADICEA

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Leonard Fletcher Foulsham

Born 1886

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Thomas Henry Gouge

Born 1876

Royal Navy 269184 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Christopher

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Walter Ernest Gray

Born 1866

Royal Navy 354404

Royal Navy 354404 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Prince of Wales

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Ernest Archibald Jessup

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38776 Boy 1st Class HMS COLLINGWOOD

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Hilton James Samuel Steele

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS115852 Stoker 1st Class HMS TIGER

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Edward William Thomas Andrews

Born 1899

Royal Navy J41479 Boy 1st Class HMS Calliope

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William Philip Calver

Born 1892

Royal Navy M6681 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS IRON DUKE

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William Redvers Rolfe

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57713

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Walter George Cogger

Born 1876

Royal Navy 167449 Petty Officer HMS IRON DUKE

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