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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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Place of birth

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]

Harold Pretty

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Regiment

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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Haydn Bretton Whitaker

Born 1882

Died 1941

British Army 6029 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 57452 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Charles John Waters

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 398692 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Howard

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 201205 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Henry Charles Sheppard

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 29247 Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick James Keeler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 738092 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

British Army 5594 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372786 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Frederick Garnham

Born 1888

Died 1966

Royal Navy 457 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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George Stannard

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 4 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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William Albert Coleman

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 7512 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 7512 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Herbert Stanley Day

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 145474 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 145474 Second Corporal Royal Engineers Establishment Engineers Services

British Army 145474 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Eric Landon Brown

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Corporal Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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George Montague Berford Fairbrother

Born 1894

Died 1947

British Army 4731 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 159046 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur James Burrows

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 3/9376 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3/9376 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cecil John Garnham

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Corporal Norfolk Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 1048 Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 6th Batalion

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Arthur William Howgego

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602927

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602927 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Ernest Holmes

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 12517 Private Suffolk Regiment

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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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