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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]

Alfred Benjamin Bales

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436662

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436662 Private Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 49th Battalion.

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Levi Anderson

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 27149 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 41172 Private Suffolk Regiment 11

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Charles Henry Dickerson

Born 1867

Died 1915

Royal Navy RMA/7127 Corporal HMS Goliath

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Harold Frank Laddiman

Born 1892

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87456

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Stanley James Folkard

Born 1896

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25677

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Philip Hugh Ballantyne

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2224 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1/4th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 4th reserve seaforth highland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Leonard Percival Baldry

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 184926 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John H Warnes

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 1440 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Clarke

Born 1891

Died 1959

Royal Navy 240120

Royal Navy 240120

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John William Welbank

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 179663 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Walter Bishop

Born 1882

Died 1959

British Army 14 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery, 270 Brigade

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George Alfred Wiseman

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 35308 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Robert Shearwood

Born 1877

British Army 16555 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Palmer

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 6473 Private London Regiment

British Army 533256 Private London Regiment

British Army 533256 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Thomas Richard Pauling

Born 1898

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177722

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Alfred John Knights

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16393 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Stanley Henry Bunkell

Born 1896

Died 1962

British Army 23822 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 85863 Private Labour Corps

British Army 85863 Private Labour Corps No. 2 Always Section

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Alfred Sidney Youngs

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 13354 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Albert Dennis George

Born 1885

British Army P2833 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Albert Carman

Born 1878

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59139

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59139 Private Canadian Infantry

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