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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]

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People [362] Stories Communities

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]

John Roche

Australian Imperial Force 2198

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Edwin J Gardner

Born 1897

British Army 12241 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Collins

Australian Imperial Force 2128

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John Browne

Australian Imperial Force 4722

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Dan Sheahan

Australian Imperial Force 2656

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Patrick Shine

Australian Imperial Force 6910

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John Francis Anderton

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army 46446 Warrant Officer Class 2 19th Hussars

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Arthur Steed

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 65377 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Maurice Charles Humphrey Lloyd

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Iphigenia

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Augustine Thomas Frost

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Alfred Edwin Bly

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 305 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 530148 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

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Frederick Martin

Died 1917

British Army 8/3460 Private Hampshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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Joseph Howarth Ellis

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy K17683

Royal Navy K/17683 Stoker HMS Bulwark

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William C Trimmer

Born 1896

British Army 6753 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200306 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 424268 Private Royal Engineers

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Walter Andrew Bridgeman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166571

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Irvine Dudley Ross

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 602004 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment

British Army 602004 Private Canadian Infantry 116th Battalion

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Henry Alonzo Trent

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3039261

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3039261 Sapper Canadian Engineers 3rd Railway Battalion

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Thomas Henry Humn

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136554

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Richard Frederic John Donough Le Poer Trench

Born 1891

Died 1971

Royal Navy F20492

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Edward Goer

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191334

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