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Lowestoft, Suffolk [600]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266]

Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Lowestoft Suffolk [5]

Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

lowestoft,Suffolk [2]

Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Lowestoft Suffolk. [1]

Lowestoft suffolk [1]

Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1]

lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [40]

Private [29]

Second Hand [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Trimmer [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Seaman [5]

Skipper [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Engineman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting gunner [1]

Air Mech. 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canon [1]

Captain [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major, Chaplain Second Class [1]

Pensioner [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sculleryman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Third Hand [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [70]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [5]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet." [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

19th Hussars [1]

3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company [1]

57th Division [1]

7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Airmen's Service [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gurkha Rifles [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Leda." [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Raglan [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Licolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [446]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159]

British Army [49]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

C [98]

S [83]

H [70]

W [68]

M [67]

A [52]

G [50]

P [47]

R [44]

T [33]

D [30]

F [30]

L [30]

J [21]

K [19]

N [19]

E [18]

Y [5]

O [3]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591]

Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Lowestoft, Suffolk [600] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266] Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Lowestoft Suffolk [5] Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] lowestoft,Suffolk [2] Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Lowestoft Suffolk. [1] Lowestoft suffolk [1] Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1] lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [40] Private [29] Second Hand [7] Able Seaman [6] Trimmer [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Seaman [5] Skipper [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Engineman [3] Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Sapper [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting gunner [1] Air Mech. 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Canon [1] Captain [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major, Chaplain Second Class [1] Pensioner [1] Rifleman [1] Sculleryman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Third Hand [1] Trimmer Cook [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [70] Suffolk Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [5] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet." [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Yeomanry [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 19th Hussars [1] 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company [1] 57th Division [1] 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Airmen's Service [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gurkha Rifles [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Leda." [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS LION [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Raglan [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps [1] Licolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [446] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159] British Army [49] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] C [98] S [83] H [70] W [68] M [67] A [52] G [50] P [47] R [44] T [33] D [30] F [30] L [30] J [21] K [19] N [19] E [18] Y [5] O [3] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591] Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [29] France [1]

Frederick Fisher

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3412/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3412 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Hope."

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Edward Richard Moxey

Born 1892

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft)

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Clifford Blyth

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 6847 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 6847DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet."

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Harold Thomas Hudson

Born 1901

Died 1971

Royal Navy J73406

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Cornelius William Seeley

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293071

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Robert Taylor Carr

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39602

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David Moore

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167169

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Ernest Albert Jeffries

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31397

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George Penman

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293269

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James Robert Alexander Wilson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166948

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Ernest Edward Brown

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14366

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Leonard Emmanuel Peek

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy ES 4040 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy ES/4040 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Girl Gracie."

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Frederick Herbert Harwood

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160075

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William James Foreman

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army C/442 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/442 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Arthur Hall

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 1517DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1517 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Mary."

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Michael Daniel Holland

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy 2788DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2788 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Waltham."

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Ernest George Woolnough

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 3244DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3244 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Datum."

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Sidney Richard Ayers

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy DA 8513 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8513DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Launch Out."

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John Frederick Beckett

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy DA 12692 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 12692/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Soar."

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Cecil John Boor

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 11628 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 11628DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II."

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