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Haverhill, Suffolk [92]

26 Vine Cotts, Burton End, Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Clare, Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Haverhill Suffolk [1]

Haverhill, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Little Wratting, near Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Withersfield, Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy cadet [1]

Bugler [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner [1]

L/corpral [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Ganges [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Nonsuch [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery: HMS Indomitable [1]

Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Erin [1]

Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Exmouth [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

British Army [20]

Last name first letter

B [17]

M [13]

S [11]

W [11]

T [9]

H [7]

C [6]

D [4]

P [4]

R [4]

F [3]

G [2]

K [2]

A [1]

E [1]

J [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [98] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Haverhill, Suffolk [92] 26 Vine Cotts, Burton End, Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Clare, Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Haverhill Suffolk [1] Haverhill, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Little Wratting, near Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Withersfield, Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy cadet [1] Bugler [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner [1] L/corpral [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Ganges [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Nonsuch [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery: HMS Indomitable [1] Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Erin [1] Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Exmouth [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] British Army [20]

Last name first letter

B [17] M [13] S [11] W [11] T [9] H [7] C [6] D [4] P [4] R [4] F [3] G [2] K [2] A [1] E [1] J [1] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Jersey [1]

William Shipp

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 10950 Private Grenadier Guards

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Arthur Mizon

Born 1889

Died 1978

British Army 3854 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 548515 Private Labour Corps

British Army 041271 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Hubert Brown

Died 1916

British Army 3028 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3028 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest Thake

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/17016 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/17016 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Whiffing

Born 1875

Died 1922

British Army SS/13729 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 305479 Private Labour Corps

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Archibald Fairweather

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4002 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326559 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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James Jarmin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46534

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Walter Beavis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300753

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Charles Marsh

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193145

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Edward Bury Backler

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166799

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Walter Argent

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284908

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Charles Henry Pannell

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243789

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Henry Albert Davey

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310105

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Albert Charles Halls

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169905

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Stanley Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 17/758 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 17th west Battalion

British Army 17/758 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 17th Battalion

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Albert Whiting

Born 1873

Died 1940

Royal Navy 152869 Boy cadet Ganges

British Army 37741 Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 3/8th Battalion

British Army 4226 Sergeant Hussars 19th Battalion

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Albert Percy Backler

Born 1897

Died 1967

British Army 2207 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 404047 Private Royal Air Force

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Frank Eustace Buck

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245684

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Charles Mizon

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 7909 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Albert Beavis

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192222

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