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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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Place of birth

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]

Henry Fearnley

Born 1897

British Army 21701 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 607754 Private Labour Corps

British Army 21701 Private Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

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Basil Bernard Lawrence

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5866 Private London Regiment

British Army 652678 Private London Regiment

British Army 652678 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Samuel George Pummell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 12044 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12044 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Horace Benjamin Yallop

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 214148 Private Labour Corps

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Sydney Charles Stamp

Born 1889

Died 1935

British Army 15893 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Samuel Goffin

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 11564 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11564 Acting Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11564 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Burridge

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6492 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Hugh Salisbury Palmer

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd/1st Home Counties Field Amb.

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John Henry Brightwell

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 3832 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3832 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Frank George Brighty

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219116

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Harry Robert Bidewell

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 14152 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Robert Muirhead

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army 656723 Private Labour Corps

British Army 46963 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th

British Army 28137 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George William Fearnley

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army 93343 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 2478/93343 Private RAMC 2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance

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Alexander Joseph Foyster

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 7958 Corporal Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment West African Frontier Force

British Army 7958 Corporal Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Sergeant Norfolk Regiment

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Robert William Thacker

Born 1846

Died 1928

British Army 3/3894 Colour Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 921 Private 54th Regiment of Foot

British Army 921 Corporal 54th Regiment of Foot

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Arthur Graeme West

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army PS/1511 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army PS/1511 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Herbert Gostling

Died 1916

British Army 11982 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 11982 Acting Serjeant Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment 8th Battalion

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Harry H Bushell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 9333 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Goldsmith

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 35483 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 67988 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Ronald R Yallop

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 206141 Private Tank Corps

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