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Ipswich, Suffolk [1516]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [317]

Ipswich Suffolk [16]

Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk [15]

Woodbridge, Ipswich, Suffolk [9]

Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

California, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Ipswich Suffolk [3]

Ipswich,Suffolk [3]

Little Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Stowmarket, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Whitton, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Hitcham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Walton, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

ipswich, Suffolk [2]

280 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk [1]

Bacton, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Blaxhall, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Bosmere, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Bramford Ipswich Suffolk [1]

Bramford near Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Bury st Edmunds,Ipswich,Suffolk. [1]

East Bergholt, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Elmsett near Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Eye, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Falkenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Flowton, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Foxhall Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Framlingham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Hemingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Hemingstone, near Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Henley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Heveningham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Holywells, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Ipswich suffolk [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1]

Ipswich,Suffolk. [1]

Near Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Orford Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Otley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Polstead, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [143]

Corporal [30]

Able Seaman [19]

Gunner [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Rifleman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Sapper [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Signalman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Cook [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chaplain 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, The Reverend [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS Vanguard [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

South Wales Borderers Depot [2]

Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [909]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [506]

British Army [230]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [246]

S [217]

C [180]

W [157]

H [133]

G [127]

P [124]

R [106]

F [101]

M [89]

L [81]

T [79]

D [74]

A [65]

K [51]

N [37]

J [34]

E [27]

O [15]

V [9]

Q [7]

I [4]

Y [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1624]

Merchant Navy [321]

Country

United Kingdom [129]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [1516] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [317] Ipswich Suffolk [16] Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk [15] Woodbridge, Ipswich, Suffolk [9] Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [5] California, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Ipswich Suffolk [3] Ipswich,Suffolk [3] Little Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Stowmarket, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Whitton, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Capel St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Hitcham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Walton, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] ipswich, Suffolk [2] 280 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk [1] Bacton, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Bentley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Blaxhall, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Bosmere, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Bramford Ipswich Suffolk [1] Bramford near Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Bury st Edmunds,Ipswich,Suffolk. [1] East Bergholt, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Elmsett near Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Eye, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Falkenham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Flowton, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Foxhall Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Framlingham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Hemingstone, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Hemingstone, near Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Henley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Heveningham, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Holywells, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Ipswich suffolk [1] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1] Ipswich,Suffolk. [1] Near Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Orford Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Otley, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Polstead, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [143] Corporal [30] Able Seaman [19] Gunner [16] Lieutenant [15] Ordinary Seaman [12] Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Rifleman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Sapper [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [6] Petty Officer [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Signalman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy Cook [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chaplain 2nd Class [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, The Reverend [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [11] London Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] HMS NEPTUNE [6] Labour Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS Vanguard [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Victory I [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] South Wales Borderers Depot [2] Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [909] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [506] British Army [230] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [246] S [217] C [180] W [157] H [133] G [127] P [124] R [106] F [101] M [89] L [81] T [79] D [74] A [65] K [51] N [37] J [34] E [27] O [15] V [9] Q [7] I [4] Y [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1624] Merchant Navy [321]

Country

United Kingdom [129] India [2] Canada [1]

Albert Victor Stubbs

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 136 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sidney Samuel Bennett

Born 1883

British Army G88442 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th Battalion

British Army 12999 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 88442 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th Battalion

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Frederick Bernard Gould

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 473005 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Donald Sherrington Pretty

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Cyril Westley Campe

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 35329 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Walter Collins Gostling

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5856 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372934 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Augustus Bradbrook

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30345 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Samuel Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1653 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Douglas Martin

Born 1894

British Army 1472 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320465 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James Edward Catling

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/96898 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Ernest Cozens Cooke

Born 1874

Died 1953

British Army Major Exchanger and Audit Department

British Army Captain Exchequer and Audit Department

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Albert E Sterry

Born 1881

Died 1962

British Army 343 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 343 Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 343 Lance corporal Suffolk Regiment 4th battalion

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Victor Percy Symonds

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 631788 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Hardy

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 372620 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372620 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5277 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edwin Arthur Butcher

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 265047 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick William Pyman

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 14551 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion

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Herbert W Grist

Born 1880

Died 1945

British Army 347542 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 237300 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army WR/279106 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Lionel Alfred Cornish

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army 142561 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Jonathan Crisp

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 168056 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter V Page

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2254 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 2254 Private 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade

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