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Holt, Norfolk [68]

Blakeney, Holt, Norfolk [2]

Holt, Norfolk, England [2]

Cockthorpe, Holt, Norfolk [1]

Hempstead by Holt, Norfolk [1]

Holt, Cromer, Norfolk [1]

Holt, Sheringham, Norfolk [1]

Holt. Norfolk [1]

Kelling, Holt, Norfolk [1]

Morston, Holt, Norfolk [1]

Thurning, Holt, Norfolk [1]

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Private [7]

Lance Corporal [2]

Captain [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

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Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

British Army [8]

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C [12]

B [9]

W [9]

P [8]

D [6]

H [6]

G [5]

J [5]

L [5]

F [3]

E [2]

M [2]

N [2]

R [2]

A [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

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Military Service [78]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [80] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holt, Norfolk [68] Blakeney, Holt, Norfolk [2] Holt, Norfolk, England [2] Cockthorpe, Holt, Norfolk [1] Hempstead by Holt, Norfolk [1] Holt, Cromer, Norfolk [1] Holt, Sheringham, Norfolk [1] Holt. Norfolk [1] Kelling, Holt, Norfolk [1] Morston, Holt, Norfolk [1] Thurning, Holt, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [7] Lance Corporal [2] Captain [1] Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Essex Regiment [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] British Army [8]

Last name first letter

C [12] B [9] W [9] P [8] D [6] H [6] G [5] J [5] L [5] F [3] E [2] M [2] N [2] R [2] A [1] S [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [78] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Sidney Preston

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2530 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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James George Elvin

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy K53421

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Percy George Cooke

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263788

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Ernest Cawdron

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194852

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Ernest Wallace Jacobs

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221588

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Gwilym Jones

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224219

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Robert George Pilch

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233134

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Arthur John Preston

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240741

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Chamberlain Preston

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army 15596 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 15596 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edwin George Wright

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 240092 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1/5th Bn.

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Bazzett Newton

Born 1880

Died 1929

British Army 29623 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 77059 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Gifford Arthur Horne

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105742

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Oscar Ling

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404340

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Arthur Moy

Died 1917

British Army 40623 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Leslie Waters Dix

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237401

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Stanley Richard Chapman

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252603

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Clifford Burrell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55962

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Walter Clarke

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137677

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Bertie Alfred Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23436

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Edmund Warman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138010

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