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Kings Lynn, Norfolk [258]

Kings Lynn England [15]

Kings Lynn [14]

kings lynn,norfolk [8]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [7]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [6]

Babingley near Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England [2]

Denver,Kings Lynn,Norfolk. [1]

Gaywood Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Gaywood, Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

KIngs Lynn Norfolk [1]

KIngs Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kings Lynn ENGLAND [1]

Kings Lynn, England [1]

Kings Lynn, Norfok [1]

Kings Lynn, Norfold [1]

Kings Lynn, West Norfolk [1]

Kings lynn norfolk [1]

Kings' Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kings-Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Magdalen Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

St Margaret, Kings Lynn [1]

Syderstone Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Hand [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Commandant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Director [1]

Gunner [1]

Mine Sweeper [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Skipper [1]

Worker [1]

private [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS "Queen Mary" [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS CONQUEROR [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LIZARD [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

HMS SHARK [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245]

British Army [60]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [36]

B [35]

C [30]

G [28]

W [27]

H [24]

D [19]

F [19]

R [17]

A [14]

M [13]

T [13]

P [12]

L [11]

E [9]

K [8]

J [5]

N [4]

O [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Germany [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

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People [328] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [258] Kings Lynn England [15] Kings Lynn [14] kings lynn,norfolk [8] Kings Lynn Norfolk [7] Kings Lynn Norfolk [6] Babingley near Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2] Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England [2] Denver,Kings Lynn,Norfolk. [1] Gaywood Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] Gaywood, Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] KIngs Lynn Norfolk [1] KIngs Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kings Lynn ENGLAND [1] Kings Lynn, England [1] Kings Lynn, Norfok [1] Kings Lynn, Norfold [1] Kings Lynn, West Norfolk [1] Kings lynn norfolk [1] Kings' Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kings-Lynn, Norfolk [1] Magdalen Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] St Margaret, Kings Lynn [1] Syderstone Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [39] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Lieutenant [3] Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Sapper [2] Second Hand [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Air Commandant [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Director [1] Gunner [1] Mine Sweeper [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Painter 1st Class [1] Serjeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Skipper [1] Worker [1] private [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [16] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Suffolk Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Engineers [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS "Queen Mary" [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS CONQUEROR [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LIZARD [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS President [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Racoon [1] HMS SHARK [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245] British Army [60] Australian Imperial Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [36] B [35] C [30] G [28] W [27] H [24] D [19] F [19] R [17] A [14] M [13] T [13] P [12] L [11] E [9] K [8] J [5] N [4] O [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Germany [2] Egypt [1] India [1]

Sidney Claude Winearls

Born 1885

Royal Navy 219091

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Aleck John Bridges

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221009

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Creak Shipp

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221482

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Thomas William Gant

Born 1886

Royal Navy 224893

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Horace George Page

Born 1895

Royal Navy J19344 Able Seaman HMS VALIANT

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James Nowell Batterbee

Born 1898

Royal Navy J33214 Boy 1st Class HMS WARSPITE

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Edward John William Chamberlain

Born 1897

Royal Navy J16725

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Cyril Turney

Born 1896

Royal Navy J16727

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