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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]

Horace George Gedge

Born 1888

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

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

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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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William Samuel Childs

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 242252 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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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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John Brandon Kersey

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 19268 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 19268 Temporary Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Adruenna Allen Tupper, Rrc

Born 1860

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 Canadian General Hospital

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Leonard Edmund Cotter

Born 1869

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Iolaire

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Arthur Howell Long

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 221706 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 221706 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.1 Depot

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Henry James Neeve

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy 2585DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2585 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Courtier."

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Thomas Henry Archer

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy TS 5617 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5617TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.P.M.S. "Fair Maid."

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William Adcock

Died 1918

British Army 11824 Lance Corporal 7th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 29742 Lance Corporal Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

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Harold Seaton Maxted

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 24777 Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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John William Abrey

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 355128 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 245477 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 245477 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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William George Bowles

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 30 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Strathrannock."

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Tom Claude Powles

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1049DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1049 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "William Beatty."

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James Robert Bowles

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy 2372DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2372 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Amy."

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Frederick Isaac Coburn

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 250 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward John Howes Burgell

Died 1918

British Army 21192 Private Suffolk Regiment

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