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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]

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]

Bunwell 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]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Vanguard [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]

HMS Natal [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [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]

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] 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] Bunwell 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] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Vanguard [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] HMS Natal [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [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]

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]

George Clarke

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army 14388 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 472755 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Frederick Dawson

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 57280 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 57280 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 57280 Sapper Royal Engineers 106th Field Company

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Norris Varley Artis

Born 1895

Died 1981

Royal Navy PO/17741 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/17741 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/17741 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Benjamin James Spalding

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 13838 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas Leonard Shave

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 39590 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 39590 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

British Army 39590 Acting Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Sydney Samuel Parker

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 19214 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 19214 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sidney James Day

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 15092 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 15092 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Harry Norman Victor Quantrell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 162 Private Army Service Corps Territorial Force 1st Mounted Divisional Supply Column

British Army M2/035276 Private Army Service Corps

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Harcourt Cubitt Thorns

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army G-19164 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 23730 Private Royal Fusilliers 26th Battalion

British Army G/19164 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Arthur Oswald Taylor

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 4808 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 4808 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 4808 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Aldis

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 20477 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6600 Corporal

British Army Boy

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Charles James Catchpole

Born 1884

Died 1961

British Army 6737 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Flight Serjeant Royal Air Force

British Army 6737 Air Mechanic 2 Royal Flying Corps 14 Squadron

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William Harmer

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1090 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

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Gilbert Blois Knights

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 41785 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army TR/10/6298 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment T R Battalion

British Army 41785 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Christmas Holly Aldous

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 29502 Corporal 2nd Norfolk Regiment

British Army 29502 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Herbert Christopher Armes

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 130139 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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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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