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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [267]

Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [160]

Great Yarmouth [78]

Yarmouth [48]

Yarmouth England [29]

Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [28]

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight [24]

Great Yarmouth England [23]

Yarmouth Isle of Wight [12]

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England [11]

Yarmouth, Suffolk [11]

West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [10]

Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8]

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [8]

Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [7]

Yarmouth district [6]

Yarmouth NS [5]

Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4]

great yarmouth,norfolk [4]

Gt. Yarmouth [3]

Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [3]

Yarmouth, Hampshire [3]

Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [2]

Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Yarmouth Norfolk [2]

Yarmouth, England [2]

Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia [2]

Beccles, Yarmouth [1]

Belton near Great Yarmouth [1]

Belton, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1]

Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Calbourne Yarmouth Isle of Wight [1]

Calbourne, Yarmouth, Hampshire [1]

Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Filby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Flegg District (Yarmouth) [1]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Glenwood, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia [1]

Gorleston Yarmouth [1]

Gorleston Yarmouth, Suffolk [1]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1]

Gorleston, Yarmouth [1]

Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [113]

Deck Hand [38]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [16]

Able Seaman [15]

Skipper [14]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Engineman [12]

Seaman [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Hand [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Sergeant [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Captain [7]

Driver [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [6]

Trimmer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker [3]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Second Engineer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st class [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [89]

Norfolk Regiment [39]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Civilian war death [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull) [2]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby) [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Acasta [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Norfolk Yeomanry [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [883]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246]

British Army [205]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Other Empire Force [16]

Canadian Navy [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [275]

S [201]

H [155]

C [153]

G [153]

D [130]

W [110]

M [105]

R [88]

P [77]

F [74]

A [73]

T [65]

L [61]

J [56]

N [46]

K [42]

E [32]

O [12]

I [8]

V [7]

Y [5]

Q [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1321]

Merchant Navy [482]

Country

United Kingdom [95]

Canada [5]

India [4]

Gibraltar [1]

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Place of birth

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [784] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [304] Yarmouth, Norfolk [267] Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [160] Great Yarmouth [78] Yarmouth [48] Yarmouth England [29] Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [28] Yarmouth, Isle of Wight [24] Great Yarmouth England [23] Yarmouth Isle of Wight [12] Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England [11] Yarmouth, Suffolk [11] West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [10] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [8] Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [8] Lower West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [7] Yarmouth district [6] Yarmouth NS [5] Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [4] great yarmouth,norfolk [4] Gt. Yarmouth [3] Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia [3] Yarmouth, Hampshire [3] Acle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [2] Gorleston Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Yarmouth Norfolk [2] Yarmouth, England [2] Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia [2] Beccles, Yarmouth [1] Belton near Great Yarmouth [1] Belton, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1] Billockby Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Calbourne Yarmouth Isle of Wight [1] Calbourne, Yarmouth, Hampshire [1] Filby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Filby, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Flegg District (Yarmouth) [1] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Glenwood, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia [1] Gorleston Yarmouth [1] Gorleston Yarmouth, Suffolk [1] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1] Gorleston, Yarmouth [1] Gorleston, Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [113] Deck Hand [38] Gunner [18] Corporal [16] Able Seaman [15] Skipper [14] Stoker 1st Class [14] Engineman [12] Seaman [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [10] Second Hand [10] Lance Corporal [8] Major [8] Sergeant [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Captain [7] Driver [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Petty Officer [6] Rifleman [6] Sapper [6] Trimmer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Leading Seaman [4] Nursing Sister [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Stoker [3] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Second Engineer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cooper [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Air Craft Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1st class [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [89] Norfolk Regiment [39] Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [12] Royal Engineers [11] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Canadian Army Medical Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS MALAYA [3] HMS Vindictive [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Civilian war death [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull) [2] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby) [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Acasta [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Norfolk Yeomanry [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [883] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246] British Army [205] Australian Imperial Force [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Other Empire Force [16] Canadian Navy [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [275] S [201] H [155] C [153] G [153] D [130] W [110] M [105] R [88] P [77] F [74] A [73] T [65] L [61] J [56] N [46] K [42] E [32] O [12] I [8] V [7] Y [5] Q [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1321] Merchant Navy [482]

Country

United Kingdom [95] Canada [5] India [4] Gibraltar [1]

Frederick Samuel Howes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33896 Warrant Officer Class II Royal Field Artillery B Battery

British Army 33896 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Howitzer Brigade

British Army 33896 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 27th Reserve Battery

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Sidney Edwin Lewis Lloyd

Born 1892

Died 1975

British Army 6836 Private Hussars

British Army 6836 Serjeant Hussars

British Army 6836 Serjeant Hussars 7th

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Arthur William Christian

Born 1883

British Army 64432 Private Machine Gun Corps

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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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Robert Nudd

Born 1865

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby)

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Joseph Richard Wilson

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15780 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 15780 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Jacob Sainty

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9577 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Private Essex Regiment

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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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Edgar Dalton Ann

Born 1889

Died 1962

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

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Claude Burrard Lewes Dashwood

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Major Northumberland Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Bn

British Army Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Granville Creasy

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5266 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Albert George Westgate

Born 1890

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Spare Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull)

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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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Samuel Shorten Arthur Wade

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 4191 Warrant Officer Class 2 Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Henry Scarles

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 83363 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 15th Siege Battery

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Herbert Percy Fleet

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy WSA 714 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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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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