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Norwich, Norfolk [2138]

Norwich [244]

Norwich England [208]

Norwich, Norfolk, England [167]

Norwich Norfolk [36]

Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [20]

Norwich Norfolk [18]

norwich,norfolk [16]

Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk [14]

Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk [9]

St James, Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Norwich, England [8]

Norwich, Lancashire [8]

Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [8]

Norfolk, Norwich [7]

Wymondham, Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Lakenham Norwich [5]

Near Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Norwich,Norfolk. [5]

Heigham Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Heigham, Norwich [4]

Lakenham, Norwich [4]

New Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Norwich district [4]

Swardeston, Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Fakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Hethersett, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Horsford, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Lakenham Norwich Norfolk [3]

Norwich, Essex [3]

Norwich, London [3]

Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Acle Norwich [2]

Ashwellthorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Belaugh, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Birmingham Norwich [2]

Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Heigham Norwich [2]

Norwich, Kent [2]

Norwich, Suffolk [2]

Norwich. Norfolk [2]

Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Sprowston, Norwich [2]

Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Surlingham, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [293]

Corporal [34]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Able Seaman [28]

Lance Corporal [28]

Serjeant [26]

Gunner [24]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Captain [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Sergeant [14]

Sapper [11]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Driver [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Major [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Assistant Matron [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Engineman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sergeant Mechanic [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Hand [1]

A/B [1]

AM2 Carpenter [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [118]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [22]

London Regiment [19]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Essex Regiment [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Naval Reserve [16]

Army Service Corps [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

HMS Falmouth [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

HMS Vanguard [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

HMS Ganges [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1602]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [719]

British Army [445]

Australian Imperial Force [210]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Other Empire Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [448]

C [301]

S [284]

H [283]

W [266]

G [191]

P [178]

M [166]

L [148]

R [147]

D [139]

F [137]

A [100]

T [98]

J [60]

N [58]

E [56]

K [53]

Y [21]

O [19]

V [15]

U [9]

Q [6]

I [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2974]

Merchant Navy [163]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [186]

Canada [5]

India [3]

Australia [2]

South Africa [2]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Malta [1]

Myanmar [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Norwich, Norfolk [2138] Norwich [244] Norwich England [208] Norwich, Norfolk, England [167] Norwich Norfolk [36] Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [20] Norwich Norfolk [18] norwich,norfolk [16] Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk [14] Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk [9] St James, Norwich, Norfolk [9] Norwich, England [8] Norwich, Lancashire [8] Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [8] Norfolk, Norwich [7] Wymondham, Norwich, Norfolk [7] Lakenham Norwich [5] Near Norwich, Norfolk [5] Norwich,Norfolk. [5] Heigham Norwich, Norfolk [4] Heigham, Norwich [4] Lakenham, Norwich [4] New Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [4] Norwich district [4] Swardeston, Norwich, Norfolk [4] Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Fakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Hethersett, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Horsford, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Lakenham Norwich Norfolk [3] Norwich, Essex [3] Norwich, London [3] Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Acle Norwich [2] Ashwellthorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Belaugh, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Birmingham Norwich [2] Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Heigham Norwich [2] Norwich, Kent [2] Norwich, Suffolk [2] Norwich. Norfolk [2] Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Sprowston, Norwich [2] Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Surlingham, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [293] Corporal [34] Second Lieutenant [31] Able Seaman [28] Lance Corporal [28] Serjeant [26] Gunner [24] Ordinary Seaman [18] Stoker 1st Class [15] Captain [14] Lieutenant [14] Sergeant [14] Sapper [11] Boy 1st Class [10] Driver [10] Deck Hand [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Acting Corporal [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Company Sergeant Major [4] Major [4] Petty Officer [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Assistant Matron [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Engineman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sergeant Mechanic [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Telegraphist [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Hand [1] A/B [1] AM2 Carpenter [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [118] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [22] London Regiment [19] Canadian Infantry [18] Essex Regiment [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Naval Reserve [16] Army Service Corps [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] HMS Falmouth [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] HMS Vanguard [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] East Kent Regiment [4] HMS Ganges [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS BENBOW [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1602] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [719] British Army [445] Australian Imperial Force [210] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Other Empire Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [448] C [301] S [284] H [283] W [266] G [191] P [178] M [166] L [148] R [147] D [139] F [137] A [100] T [98] J [60] N [58] E [56] K [53] Y [21] O [19] V [15] U [9] Q [6] I [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2974] Merchant Navy [163] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [186] Canada [5] India [3] Australia [2] South Africa [2] Egypt [1] France [1] Gibraltar [1] Malta [1] Myanmar [1] New Zealand [1]

Cecil Snowley

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy L12650

Royal Navy L/12650 Officer's Steward

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Francis Reinagle Barwell

Born 1874

Died 1943

British Army

British Army Temporary Captain / Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Bagshaw Dickerson

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 7013 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Alfred Albert Jordan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 10L/4503 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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George William Starling

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3/7350 Private Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 33023 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Balls Ouseley

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army M2/150312 Corporal Army Service Corps

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James Clarke

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6233 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6233 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Arthur Joshua Martins

Born 1887

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 835 Private 12th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 835 Lance Corporal 12th Battalion

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Armine Bridges

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army 480473 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T2112 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 4345 Norfolk Regiment

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Harold Rumsey

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 1948 Private London Regiment Field Ambulance

British Army 230378 Serjeant London Regiment Field Ambulance

British Army 1948 Serjeant London Regiment Field Ambulance

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William Elvin

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 2505 Private Essex Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Frederick R Enefer

Born 1890

Died 1939

British Army 3091 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240636 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick James Lundy

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 15565 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Ephraim Pummell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 475295 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Christopher Revell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frank Robert Harbord

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Chaplain Fourth Class (Captain) Royal Army Chaplains Department attd 25th Division

Other Empire Force Chaplain 4th Class Army Chaplains' Department attd. 25th Div. Chaplain's Depot.

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Francis Reinagle Barwell

Born 1874

Died 1943

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Daniel Clabburn

Born 1893

Died 1942

British Army 8492 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8492 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Booty

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1641 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1641 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Benjamin Fearnley

Born 1879

Died 1944

British Army 4733 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 201051 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army Norfolk Regiment 14th Battalion

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