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Norwich, Norfolk [2138]

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]

Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [9]

Norfolk, Norwich [7]

Wymondham, Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Near Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Norwich,Norfolk. [5]

Heigham Norwich, Norfolk [4]

New Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [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]

Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Ashwellthorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Belaugh, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Norwich [2]

Norwich. Norfolk [2]

Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Scole, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

St Augustine's, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

St Mary's, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Surlingham, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Thetford, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Worstead, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Acle, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Alderford, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Attleborough, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Aylsha,Norwich,Norfolk. [1]

Aylsham, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Banham Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Blakeney, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Booton, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Brundall, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [184]

Able Seaman [26]

Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Serjeant [17]

Gunner [15]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Captain [11]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [9]

Sergeant [7]

Driver [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Rifleman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Major [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Telegraphist [3]

Wireman 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sergeant Mechanic [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Hand [1]

A/B [1]

AM2 Carpenter [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air mechanic 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [77]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [18]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Army Service Corps [11]

Labour Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

HMS Falmouth [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Army Chaplains' Department [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Natal." [2]

HM Submarine K4 [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Natal [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1438]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [718]

British Army [264]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [366]

C [240]

S [239]

H [230]

W [218]

G [156]

P [145]

M [141]

L [124]

R [123]

D [114]

F [111]

T [87]

A [81]

N [52]

J [50]

K [47]

E [39]

Y [18]

O [17]

V [10]

U [7]

Q [6]

I [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2431]

Merchant Navy [163]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Canada [3]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Myanmar [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [2138] 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] Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [9] Norfolk, Norwich [7] Wymondham, Norwich, Norfolk [7] Near Norwich, Norfolk [5] Norwich,Norfolk. [5] Heigham Norwich, Norfolk [4] New Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [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] Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk [3] Ashwellthorpe, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Belaugh, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Norwich [2] Norwich. Norfolk [2] Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Scole, Norwich, Norfolk [2] St Augustine's, Norwich, Norfolk [2] St Mary's, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Surlingham, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Thetford, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Worstead, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Acle, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Alderford, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Attleborough, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Aylsha,Norwich,Norfolk. [1] Aylsham, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Banham Norwich, Norfolk [1] Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Blakeney, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Booton, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Brundall, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [184] Able Seaman [26] Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Ordinary Seaman [17] Serjeant [17] Gunner [15] Stoker 1st Class [14] Captain [11] Boy 1st Class [10] Lieutenant [9] Sapper [9] Sergeant [7] Driver [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [5] Rifleman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Major [3] Petty Officer [3] Telegraphist [3] Wireman 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Leading Stoker [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sergeant Mechanic [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Hand [1] A/B [1] AM2 Carpenter [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air mechanic 1 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Matron [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [77] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Royal Engineers [18] Canadian Infantry [14] Army Service Corps [11] Labour Corps [11] London Regiment [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] HMS Falmouth [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS Ganges [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Army Chaplains' Department [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Natal." [2] HM Submarine K4 [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Natal [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1438] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [718] British Army [264] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [366] C [240] S [239] H [230] W [218] G [156] P [145] M [141] L [124] R [123] D [114] F [111] T [87] A [81] N [52] J [50] K [47] E [39] Y [18] O [17] V [10] U [7] Q [6] I [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2431] Merchant Navy [163] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Canada [3] India [3] Australia [2] Egypt [1] France [1] Gibraltar [1] Myanmar [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Herbert James Woods

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 7245657 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Basil William Booty

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 24253 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 45748 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Arthur Tunmore

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 17745 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 17745 Sapper Royal Engineers 55th Company

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Andrew Sydney Youngs

Born 1899

Died 1968

Royal Navy J49813

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Harry Cator

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 5190 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Edward William Rumsey

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 929 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 929 Sargeant London Regiment 2nd Batt

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Albert Edward Woodbine

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7188 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 7188 Private Norfolk Regiment H Coy. 1st Bn.

British Army Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Miles Daines

Born 1878

Died 1954

Royal Navy M24683

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Arthur Allen

Born 1895

Died 1940

Royal Navy M7793 S.B.A. H.M.S. Pembroke

Royal Navy Warrant Wardmaster

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Frank Harry Edwin Fuller

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84627

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Edward Charles Fuller

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30099

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Dudley Leonard Bloom Copsey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 28309 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 42711 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horace Cushing

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307447

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William Lee Gowing

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 200033 Company Serjeant Major Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Albert James Ireland

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17666 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 17666 Private Manchester Regiment C Company

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Arthur Samuel Kedge

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army 017039 Acting Staff Sergeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Walter John Gill

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73663

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Frank Pratt

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263329

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John Alfred Henry Rabjohns

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169490

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Percy Sayer

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260770

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