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Thetford, Norfolk [120]

East Harling, Thetford, Norfolk [2]

Thetford, Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Croxton, Thetford, Norfolk [1]

East Wretham,Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Rushford Rectory, Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Rushford, Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Snetterton Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Thatford (Thetford ?) Norfolk [1]

Thetford Norfolk [1]

Thetford Norfolk [1]

Thetford, Norfolk, England [1]

thetford,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

13th Division [1]

Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke 1, Shore establishment, Chatham [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

British Army [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

L [13]

S [12]

T [11]

C [9]

H [9]

A [8]

W [8]

P [6]

M [5]

N [5]

G [4]

D [3]

K [3]

R [3]

F [2]

J [2]

I [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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People [134] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Thetford, Norfolk [120] East Harling, Thetford, Norfolk [2] Thetford, Norwich, Norfolk [2] Croxton, Thetford, Norfolk [1] East Wretham,Thetford, Norfolk [1] Rushford Rectory, Thetford, Norfolk [1] Rushford, Thetford, Norfolk [1] Snetterton Thetford, Norfolk [1] Thatford (Thetford ?) Norfolk [1] Thetford Norfolk [1] Thetford Norfolk [1] Thetford, Norfolk, England [1] thetford,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [13] Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 13th Division [1] Army Medical Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke 1, Shore establishment, Chatham [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Chaplains' Department [1] Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Suffolk Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] British Army [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] L [13] S [12] T [11] C [9] H [9] A [8] W [8] P [6] M [5] N [5] G [4] D [3] K [3] R [3] F [2] J [2] I [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

James Thomas Bambridge

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 154428 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest George Tiffen

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2596

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Frederick Charles Victor Laws

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 334

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Lynhurst Plummer

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232804

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Robert Shaw

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2919 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Herbert Walter Harbour

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265329

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George Thacker

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249513

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Frederick Isaac Diver

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy K33593 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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William Seymour Woods

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224737

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Arthur Daniel Thorpe

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 21244 Private Border Regiment

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Tom George Towers

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220582

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Robert Barnard Goodman

Born 1899

Died 1968

British Army GS/78160 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Edward Cook

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1057

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Charles Edward Lane Jackson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195938

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Albert Shaw

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2918 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Joseph William Cox

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force No.7 Training Depot Station

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Harold Cross

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164146

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Francis Edwin Banyard

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Robert Largent

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221894

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Arthur Henry Albert Pipe

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32106

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