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Newmarket Victoria [110]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [82]

Newmarket, Suffolk [75]

Newmarket [22]

Newmarket England [13]

Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [8]

Newmarket Queensland [4]

Newmarket, Cambs [4]

Newmarket, Ontario [4]

Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk [2]

Newmarket Registration District, Cambridgeshire [2]

Newmarket, Cambridge [2]

Newmarket, Cork [2]

Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1]

Cheveley, Newmarket [1]

Cheveley, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Debenham, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Dullingham, near Newmarket, Cambs [1]

Exning Newmarket Suffolk [1]

Fordham Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Fordham, Newmarket [1]

Gazeley, Newmarket [1]

Great Bradley Rectory, near Newmarket [1]

Great Bradley, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Haverhill, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Hesket Newmarket, Cumberland [1]

Lidgate, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Long Meadow, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Newmarket Gloucestershire [1]

Newmarket NZ [1]

Newmarket Tasmania [1]

Newmarket, Cambidgeshire [1]

Newmarket, Cambridge England [1]

Newmarket, Co. Clare [1]

Newmarket, Dublin [1]

Newmarket, Gloucestershire [1]

Newmarket, New Hampshire [1]

Newmarket-in-Fergus [1]

Newmarket-on-Fergus [1]

Ousden, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Owsden Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgshire [1]

Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

The Cottage, Newmarket, Co. Cork [1]

Wood Ditton Newmarket [1]

Woodditton, Newmarket, East Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Captain [4]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Ambulance Driver [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drivr [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [16]

London Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

19th Hussars [1]

502nd Home Service Employment Company [1]

Australian Volunteer Hospital [1]

Big,Can.F.A.3rd Div.10th. [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Iphigenia [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Repulse [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifles Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Superb" [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [140]

Royal Navy [115]

British Army [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

M [35]

C [33]

W [32]

B [30]

S [30]

R [27]

P [25]

L [20]

T [20]

H [17]

A [15]

F [14]

G [13]

D [12]

E [11]

J [10]

N [7]

K [4]

O [3]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Newmarket Victoria [110] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [82] Newmarket, Suffolk [75] Newmarket [22] Newmarket England [13] Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [8] Newmarket Queensland [4] Newmarket, Cambs [4] Newmarket, Ontario [4] Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk [2] Newmarket Registration District, Cambridgeshire [2] Newmarket, Cambridge [2] Newmarket, Cork [2] Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1] Cheveley, Newmarket [1] Cheveley, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Debenham, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Dullingham, near Newmarket, Cambs [1] Exning Newmarket Suffolk [1] Fordham Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Fordham, Newmarket [1] Gazeley, Newmarket [1] Great Bradley Rectory, near Newmarket [1] Great Bradley, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Haverhill, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Hesket Newmarket, Cumberland [1] Lidgate, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Long Meadow, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Newmarket Gloucestershire [1] Newmarket NZ [1] Newmarket Tasmania [1] Newmarket, Cambidgeshire [1] Newmarket, Cambridge England [1] Newmarket, Co. Clare [1] Newmarket, Dublin [1] Newmarket, Gloucestershire [1] Newmarket, New Hampshire [1] Newmarket-in-Fergus [1] Newmarket-on-Fergus [1] Ousden, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Owsden Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgshire [1] Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] The Cottage, Newmarket, Co. Cork [1] Wood Ditton Newmarket [1] Woodditton, Newmarket, East Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Captain [4] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Ambulance Driver [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drivr [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Group Captain [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Stoker [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [16] London Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 19th Hussars [1] 502nd Home Service Employment Company [1] Australian Volunteer Hospital [1] Big,Can.F.A.3rd Div.10th. [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Iphigenia [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Repulse [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vindictive [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifles Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Territorial Force [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Superb" [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [140] Royal Navy [115] British Army [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

M [35] C [33] W [32] B [30] S [30] R [27] P [25] L [20] T [20] H [17] A [15] F [14] G [13] D [12] E [11] J [10] N [7] K [4] O [3] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Frederick Jarvis

Born 1885

British Army 36602 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 33602 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 9422 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Ellis

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 85245 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 85245 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur George Richard Whitworth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6633 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 24th battalion, northumberland Battalion

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Edward Archibald 'archie' Bowers

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16825 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 16825 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Edgar Pegg

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 16711 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Reginald Alwyne Count

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162112

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Harry Beeton

Died 1916

British Army 8368 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8368 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Percy Ronald Anderton

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11505 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 11505 Private Scots Guards

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Dermod Patrick Jewitt

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Ernest Edwin Simpson

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208141

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Walter Ernest Ashford

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291099

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Henry Sydney Howard

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11726

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George Henry Talbot

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 5256 Corporal Acting Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 5256 Acting Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 5256 Lance Serjeant Suffolk Regiment B Coy. Depot

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Arthur How

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78352

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Reginald John Hill

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236436

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Frank Fordham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265535

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Harry John Bardwell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27356

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James Daley

Australian Imperial Force 2575

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Tom Baker

Born 1878

Died 1917

Royal Navy R.M.A./6544 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Superb"

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Denis Patrick O'riordan

Australian Imperial Force 6831

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