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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [267]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8]

Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4]

great yarmouth,norfolk [4]

Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Yarmouth Norfolk [2]

Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Filby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Gt Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Gt Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Gt. Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Mancroft, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rollesby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Saint James Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Saint Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1]

Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Stalham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Stokesby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Stokesby, nr. Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Winterton, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [57]

Deck Hand [22]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Able Seaman [11]

Corporal [10]

Skipper [10]

Engineman [8]

Gunner [7]

Seaman [7]

Serjeant [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Second Hand [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Trimmer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck hand [1]

Director-General [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer Apprentice [1]

First Engineer [1]

General [1]

Honorary Major-General [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [57]

Norfolk Regiment [27]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Civilian war death [2]

HMS Acasta [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber" [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Pack Battery Royal Artillery [1]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

5th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Attached Royal Engineers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [755]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243]

British Army [105]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [210]

S [159]

H [129]

G [115]

C [106]

W [80]

M [75]

D [64]

R [63]

F [57]

P [53]

A [51]

T [49]

L [45]

J [43]

N [37]

K [31]

E [23]

O [10]

I [6]

V [5]

Y [5]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1033]

Merchant Navy [309]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304] Yarmouth, Norfolk [267] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8] Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4] great yarmouth,norfolk [4] Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Yarmouth Norfolk [2] Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Filby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1] Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Gt Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Gt Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Gt. Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Mancroft, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Newton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Potter Heigham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Repps, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Rollesby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Saint James Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Saint Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Southtown Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Southtown, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] St Andrews, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Stalham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Stokesby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Stokesby, nr. Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Winterton, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] southtown,great yarmouth,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [57] Deck Hand [22] Stoker 1st Class [13] Able Seaman [11] Corporal [10] Skipper [10] Engineman [8] Gunner [7] Seaman [7] Serjeant [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant [6] Petty Officer [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [4] Leading Seaman [4] Second Hand [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Driver [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Trimmer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cooper [1] Acting Major [1] Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Colonel [1] Deck hand [1] Director-General [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer Apprentice [1] First Engineer [1] General [1] Honorary Major-General [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [57] Norfolk Regiment [27] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS MALAYA [3] HMS Vindictive [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Norfolk Yeomanry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Civilian war death [2] HMS Acasta [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Humber" [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Pack Battery Royal Artillery [1] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1] 5th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Attached Royal Engineers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [755] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243] British Army [105] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [210] S [159] H [129] G [115] C [106] W [80] M [75] D [64] R [63] F [57] P [53] A [51] T [49] L [45] J [43] N [37] K [31] E [23] O [10] I [6] V [5] Y [5] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1033] Merchant Navy [309]

Country

United Kingdom [66] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1] India [1]

Frank Nicholas Watson French

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 28731 Gunner 5th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 311998 Corporal Royal Engineers X Corps. Signal Company

British Army Trumpeter Royal Garrison Artillery 23rd Signals Company

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Egbert T White

Born 1880

Died 1948

British Army SR/1003 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Francis Scott Napier

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Jacob Elliott French

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3/6423 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 20995 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 20995 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Herbert Percy Fleet

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy WSA 714 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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Edgar Dalton Ann

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 546305 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd London Sanitary Company

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Herbert Granville Creasy

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5266 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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George William Brunning

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 4194 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240870 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240870 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1st/5th Btn.

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Bernard Leslie Symonds

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2092 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43095 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Samuel Benjamin Sargent

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy TS 4474 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4474TS Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II"

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Percy William Tomkins Maidstone

Born 1880

Died 1957

British Army 42043 Private Essex Regiment

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Stanley Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1464 Suffolk Cyclists

British Army 43381 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 11th

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John Robert Cox

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K9678 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt

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Grace Boyden

Born 1888

Died 1944

British Army Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Abel Arthur Adams

Born 1888

Died 1935

Royal Navy F40443

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William Charles Dossett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22810 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Leslie George Deuce

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/27804 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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John Dakin Rushmer

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13177 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Douglas Charles Brunning

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 43549 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 2892 Private Norfolk Yeomanry 3rd/1st Battalion

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Frank Henry Burman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 202069 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 202069 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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