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Ipswich, Suffolk [1516]

Ipswich Queensland [1150]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [317]

Ipswich [120]

Ipswich England [120]

Ipswich Suffolk [16]

Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk [15]

Woodbridge, Ipswich, Suffolk [9]

Ipswich, Queensland [7]

Ipswich, England [6]

Ipswich, Norfolk [6]

Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

California, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Ipswich Suffolk [3]

Ipswich, Essex [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]

Great Bricett, Ipswich [2]

Hitcham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Ipswich, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffok [2]

North Ipswich Queensland [2]

St. Clements, Ipswich [2]

Walton, Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

ipswich, Suffolk [2]

280 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk [1]

Akenham Ipswich [1]

Attleborough,Ipswich. [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]

Claydon, Ipswich [1]

Copdock, Ipswich [1]

East Bergholt, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Elmsett near Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Eye, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [213]

Corporal [44]

Lieutenant [24]

Gunner [22]

Able Seaman [20]

Serjeant [19]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Rifleman [13]

Captain [12]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Driver [10]

Sapper [10]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

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]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [93]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Australian Engineers [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1284]

Royal Navy [957]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [510]

British Army [346]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [388]

S [365]

C [290]

W [280]

M [265]

H [226]

G [195]

R [177]

P [176]

F [156]

L [136]

D [130]

T [125]

A [105]

K [94]

J [82]

N [67]

E [57]

O [55]

Y [16]

V [15]

Q [12]

I [10]

U [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3067]

Merchant Navy [322]

Country

United Kingdom [163]

Australia [5]

India [2]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Ipswich, Suffolk [1516] Ipswich Queensland [1150] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [317] Ipswich [120] Ipswich England [120] Ipswich Suffolk [16] Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk [15] Woodbridge, Ipswich, Suffolk [9] Ipswich, Queensland [7] Ipswich, England [6] Ipswich, Norfolk [6] Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [5] California, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Ipswich Suffolk [3] Ipswich, Essex [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] Great Bricett, Ipswich [2] Hitcham, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Ipswich, London [2] Ipswich, Suffok [2] North Ipswich Queensland [2] St. Clements, Ipswich [2] Walton, Ipswich, Suffolk [2] ipswich, Suffolk [2] 280 Woodbridge Road Ipswich Suffolk [1] Akenham Ipswich [1] Attleborough,Ipswich. [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] Claydon, Ipswich [1] Copdock, Ipswich [1] East Bergholt, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Elmsett near Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Eye, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [213] Corporal [44] Lieutenant [24] Gunner [22] Able Seaman [20] Serjeant [19] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Rifleman [13] Captain [12] Ordinary Seaman [12] Driver [10] Sapper [10] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Corporal [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Deck Hand [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Engineman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Second Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 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]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [93] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [21] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21] London Regiment [17] Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [15] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Naval Reserve [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Essex Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Australian Engineers [2] Australian Infantry [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Victory I [2]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1284] Royal Navy [957] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [510] British Army [346] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [388] S [365] C [290] W [280] M [265] H [226] G [195] R [177] P [176] F [156] L [136] D [130] T [125] A [105] K [94] J [82] N [67] E [57] O [55] Y [16] V [15] Q [12] I [10] U [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3067] Merchant Navy [322]

Country

United Kingdom [163] Australia [5] India [2] Canada [1] United States [1]

Percival James Savage

Born 1894

Died 1976

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division Engineers 3rd Field Company

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 1st Division Engineers 3rd Field Company

Australian Imperial Force Temporary Captain 1st Division Engineers 3rd Field Company

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Robert Kemp

Born 1879

Died 1962

British Army 3/9327 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Sidney Charles Nunn

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Francis Robert Henry Southgate

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 1416 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment Infantry

British Army 1416 Corporal Suffolk Regiment Infantry

British Army 200123 Acting Sergeant Suffolk Regiment Cambs & Suffolk Reserve Btn

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Charles Edward Bennett

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army SS/10345 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/10345 Private Service Corp

British Army SS/10345 Private Army Service Corps

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Robert Henry 'harry' King

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army 30534 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frank Arnold Armstrong

Born 1890

Died 1971

Australian Imperial Force 3303 Private 11th Depot Battalion Enoggera

Australian Imperial Force 3303 Private 4th Pioneer Battalion 8th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 3303 Private 4th Pioneer Battalion

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William Joseph Holmes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army B/20353 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Walter Stanley Brown

Born 1894

Died 1948

British Army 776450 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Curtis

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army DM2-208465 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Army Ordnance Corp

British Army Private

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Edward Merchant

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 14562 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Edward Allen

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 21057 Private Essex Regiment

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Stanley Spalding

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army PS/10370 Private Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Preston Anthony Augustus Enright

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 40368 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Eastbourne-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 40368 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston Fighting School-No. 2 Wing

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40368 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 2 Wing-222 Squadron-62 Wing-220 Squadron

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James Bransom Orr

Born 1892

Died 1975

Australian Imperial Force 195 Lance Corporal 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers

Australian Imperial Force N388508

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Thomas Jordan

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army T/22499 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T22499 Driver Army Service Corp

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Stanley Edward Rampling

Born 1889

British Army 208399 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 663821 Driver Labour Corps

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Clifford Edwards Garnham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4664 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Charles W Jordan

Born 1884

Died 1929

British Army S2/016251 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/016251 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S2/016251 Private Royal Army Service Corp

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Herbert Charles Harvey

Born 1891

British Army 2244 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 320657 Private Suffolk Regiment 15th Battalion

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