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Lowestoft, Suffolk [600]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266]

Lowestoft [81]

Lowestoft England [27]

Lowestoft, Norfolk [16]

Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Lowestoft Suffolk [5]

Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Lowestoft, Sussex [4]

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

lowestoft [2]

lowestoft,Suffolk [2]

4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1]

Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Carlton Colville, Nr Lowestoft [1]

Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Kirkley Lowestoft [1]

Kirkley, Lowestoft [1]

Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Lowestoft Suffolk. [1]

Lowestoft suffolk [1]

Lowestoft, England [1]

Lowestoft, London [1]

Mutford district which includes Lowestoft [1]

Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Pakefield, Lowestoft [1]

Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Somerleyton, Lowestoft [1]

St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Vakefield, Lowestoft [1]

Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Watford, Lowestoft [1]

Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1]

lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [68]

Private [51]

Seaman [17]

Second Hand [12]

Skipper [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Engineman [7]

Trimmer [7]

Corporal [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Leading Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting gunner [1]

Air Mech. 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canon [1]

Captain [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Deckhand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Fourth Hand [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major, Chaplain Second Class [1]

Nurse [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

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

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Cressy." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2nd Reinforcement [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]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gurkha Rifles [1]

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

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

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [521]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159]

British Army [84]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [146]

C [116]

S [98]

W [82]

H [79]

M [79]

A [67]

G [55]

P [51]

R [50]

D [35]

F [35]

T [35]

L [33]

K [23]

J [22]

N [20]

E [19]

Y [9]

O [4]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [675]

Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Lowestoft, Suffolk [600] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266] Lowestoft [81] Lowestoft England [27] Lowestoft, Norfolk [16] Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Lowestoft Suffolk [5] Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Lowestoft, Sussex [4] Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] lowestoft [2] lowestoft,Suffolk [2] 4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1] Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Carlton Colville, Nr Lowestoft [1] Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Kirkley Lowestoft [1] Kirkley, Lowestoft [1] Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Lowestoft Suffolk. [1] Lowestoft suffolk [1] Lowestoft, England [1] Lowestoft, London [1] Mutford district which includes Lowestoft [1] Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Pakefield, Lowestoft [1] Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Somerleyton, Lowestoft [1] St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Vakefield, Lowestoft [1] Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Watford, Lowestoft [1] Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1] lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [68] Private [51] Seaman [17] Second Hand [12] Skipper [8] Able Seaman [7] Engineman [7] Trimmer [7] Corporal [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Driver [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Leading Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Stoker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting gunner [1] Air Mech. 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Canon [1] Captain [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Deckhand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Fourth Hand [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major, Chaplain Second Class [1] Nurse [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111] Suffolk Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Cressy." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Yeomanry [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd Reinforcement [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] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gurkha Rifles [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Leda." [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [521] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159] British Army [84] Australian Imperial Force [29] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [146] C [116] S [98] W [82] H [79] M [79] A [67] G [55] P [51] R [50] D [35] F [35] T [35] L [33] K [23] J [22] N [20] E [19] Y [9] O [4] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [675] Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [45] France [1]

George Wilfred Pritchard

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army T4/143299 Driver Army Service Corps 280th Railway Company, R.E.

British Army T4/143299 Driver Army Service Corps 2 Depot Company

British Army T4/143299 Driver Army Service Corps 30th Railway Labour Battalion, R.E.

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George Harry Frary

Born 1891

British Army 40553 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138671 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138671 Clerk 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Stanley Arthur Robert Mason

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 357927 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Herbert Henry Ashford

Born 1889

British Army 43371 Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Ivan Osborne Lumsden

Born 1890

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75904 Air Mech. 1

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Charles Saunders

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 23069 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 13th reserve battalion attached 15th (service) battalion

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Frederick William Bunn

Born 1876

Died 1947

British Army M/413153 Private Army Service Corps

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Silas William Brown

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 33569 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 37978 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Reginald William Walter Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 10th Battalion - 'Grimsby Chums'

British Army 40910 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion - 'Grimsby Chums'

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Frank Odham Fletcher

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 55276 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Graham De Gonfreville Tooley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 37695 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion, "D" Company

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Percy Robert Blanchflower

Died 1918

British Army 302183 Private Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

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Peter Annis

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 13306 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 13306 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 13306 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Percival Albert J Norman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 29721 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Benjamin Wright

Born 1888

Died 1977

British Army 153830 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Evelyn Branwhite

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116137 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116137 Lance Corporal 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Acting Corporal Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion

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James W Waters

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38291 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Robert Edgeley

Born 1900

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Fourth Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) Fourth Hand

Other Empire Force Fourth Hand Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft)

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Thomas George Youngman

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 73421 Driver Royal Field Artillery 114th Battery

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Wilfred Henry Woods Browne

Born 1892

Died 1979

Royal Navy A 4174 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy CH/ A/ 4147 Seaman Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion

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