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Hartley Wintney Hampshire [80]

Docking Norfolk [55]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [44]

Pulham Market Norfolk [43]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [39]

Bressingham Norfolk [34]

Docking Norfolk [34]

Starston Norfolk [31]

Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [30]

Stiffkey Norfolk [30]

Holkham Norfolk [28]

Downton, Wiltshire [27]

Stanhoe Norfolk [25]

Finningham Suffolk [24]

Norfolk [24]

Wickmere Norfolk [22]

Aldborough Norfolk [20]

London [20]

Wighton Norfolk [20]

Cotton Suffolk [19]

Little Snoring Norfolk [19]

Rotherwick Hampshire [19]

Shelfanger Norfolk [19]

Norwich Norfolk [18]

Winfarthing Norfolk [18]

Heckfield Hampshire [17]

Rickinghall Suffolk [17]

Stanhoe Norfolk [17]

Tharston Norfolk [17]

Brockdish Norfolk [16]

East Barsham Norfolk [15]

Norwich Norfolk [15]

Rushall Norfolk [15]

Wortham Suffolk [15]

Docking, Norfolk [14]

Gt Bircham Norfolk [14]

Norwich, Norfolk [14]

Palgrave Suffolk [14]

Warham Norfolk [14]

Wortham Suffolk [14]

Bircham Tofts Norfolk [13]

Hampshire [13]

Thorpe Abbotts Norfolk [13]

Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [13]

Tivetshall Norfolk [12]

Brockdish Norfolk [11]

Fersfield Norfolk [11]

Gt Bircham Norfolk [11]

Palgrave Suffolk [11]

Redgrave Suffolk [11]

Rank

Private [2397]

Gunner [242]

Driver [195]

Corporal [162]

Second Lieutenant [158]

Serjeant [138]

Lieutenant [121]

Lance Corporal [120]

Captain [92]

Sapper [79]

Acting Corporal [34]

Rifleman [33]

Nurse [25]

Major [23]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [19]

Able Seaman [17]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Sergeant [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Shoeing Smith [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Commander [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Trooper [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Engineman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Chief Stoker [4]

Colonel [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Hon Capt [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Pte [4]

Worker [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [705]

Labour Corps [251]

Royal Field Artillery [245]

Army Service Corps [224]

Hampshire Regiment [196]

Royal Engineers [185]

Royal Garrison Artillery [152]

Suffolk Regiment [136]

Essex Regiment [123]

Royal Fusiliers [110]

Machine Gun Corps [86]

The Queen's Regiment [78]

Bedfordshire Regiment [75]

London Regiment [72]

East Surrey Regiment [67]

Middlesex Regiment [65]

Canadian Infantry [58]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Royal Flying Corps [49]

Royal Army Service Corps [47]

Wiltshire Regiment [46]

Northamptonshire Regiment [44]

Devonshire Regiment [39]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [37]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Border Regiment [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [32]

Royal Defence Corps [31]

Royal Horse Artillery [29]

Canadian Forestry Corps [28]

East Kent Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Norfolk Yeomanry [24]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Coldstream Guards [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Dorsetshire Regiment [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

Service

British Army [3714]

Royal Navy [372]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [265]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [232]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

Other Empire Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [582]

S [402]

H [370]

R [360]

C [357]

M [324]

W [295]

P [274]

G [267]

L [232]

F [200]

D [197]

A [194]

T [160]

N [100]

E [94]

K [84]

J [59]

O [47]

Y [29]

V [25]

I [11]

U [8]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3994]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [206]

Canada [10]

India [5]

Ireland [3]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

United States [1]

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Hartley Wintney Hampshire [80] Docking Norfolk [55] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [44] Pulham Market Norfolk [43] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [39] Bressingham Norfolk [34] Docking Norfolk [34] Starston Norfolk [31] Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [30] Stiffkey Norfolk [30] Holkham Norfolk [28] Downton, Wiltshire [27] Stanhoe Norfolk [25] Finningham Suffolk [24] Norfolk [24] Wickmere Norfolk [22] Aldborough Norfolk [20] London [20] Wighton Norfolk [20] Cotton Suffolk [19] Little Snoring Norfolk [19] Rotherwick Hampshire [19] Shelfanger Norfolk [19] Norwich Norfolk [18] Winfarthing Norfolk [18] Heckfield Hampshire [17] Rickinghall Suffolk [17] Stanhoe Norfolk [17] Tharston Norfolk [17] Brockdish Norfolk [16] East Barsham Norfolk [15] Norwich Norfolk [15] Rushall Norfolk [15] Wortham Suffolk [15] Docking, Norfolk [14] Gt Bircham Norfolk [14] Norwich, Norfolk [14] Palgrave Suffolk [14] Warham Norfolk [14] Wortham Suffolk [14] Bircham Tofts Norfolk [13] Hampshire [13] Thorpe Abbotts Norfolk [13] Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [13] Tivetshall Norfolk [12] Brockdish Norfolk [11] Fersfield Norfolk [11] Gt Bircham Norfolk [11] Palgrave Suffolk [11] Redgrave Suffolk [11]

Rank

Private [2397] Gunner [242] Driver [195] Corporal [162] Second Lieutenant [158] Serjeant [138] Lieutenant [121] Lance Corporal [120] Captain [92] Sapper [79] Acting Corporal [34] Rifleman [33] Nurse [25] Major [23] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [19] Able Seaman [17] Lance Serjeant [13] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Sergeant [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Deck Hand [12] Acting Bombardier [9] Shoeing Smith [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Commander [8] Staff Nurse [8] Trooper [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Engineman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Sister [5] Acting Captain [4] Chief Stoker [4] Colonel [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Hon Capt [4] Leading Seaman [4] Pte [4] Worker [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [705] Labour Corps [251] Royal Field Artillery [245] Army Service Corps [224] Hampshire Regiment [196] Royal Engineers [185] Royal Garrison Artillery [152] Suffolk Regiment [136] Essex Regiment [123] Royal Fusiliers [110] Machine Gun Corps [86] The Queen's Regiment [78] Bedfordshire Regiment [75] London Regiment [72] East Surrey Regiment [67] Middlesex Regiment [65] Canadian Infantry [58] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] Rifle Brigade [55] Royal Flying Corps [49] Royal Army Service Corps [47] Wiltshire Regiment [46] Northamptonshire Regiment [44] Devonshire Regiment [39] Royal Berkshire Regiment [37] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Border Regiment [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Voluntary Aid Detachment [32] Royal Defence Corps [31] Royal Horse Artillery [29] Canadian Forestry Corps [28] East Kent Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] Norfolk Yeomanry [24] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Coldstream Guards [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Dorsetshire Regiment [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [20] Royal Air Force [20]

Service

British Army [3714] Royal Navy [372] Canadian Expeditionary Force [265] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [232] Australian Imperial Force [69] Other Empire Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [3] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [582] S [402] H [370] R [360] C [357] M [324] W [295] P [274] G [267] L [232] F [200] D [197] A [194] T [160] N [100] E [94] K [84] J [59] O [47] Y [29] V [25] I [11] U [8] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3994] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [206] Canada [10] India [5] Ireland [3] South Africa [2] Australia [1] United States [1]

Thomas William Binge

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4/2662 Private Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 2662 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Percy Alfred Ward

Born 1889

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126045

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Gerald Lionel Wickens

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 18276 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 18276 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 8th Battalion

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Charles H Stent

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 201582 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Stephen Howard

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200434 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Aubrey Greenman

Born 1892

Died 1930

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89187

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Sidney Dixon Wand

Born 1872

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279690

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Charles George Buxton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 47725 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 47725 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 47725 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Hinnells

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 522848

Canadian Expeditionary Force 522848 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Frank Cecil Barrett

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 153649 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 153649 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William George Hookey

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 372909 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5828 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frank Edward Friend

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6082 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6082 Acting Lance Sergeant The Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Charles Leslie Rayment

Born 1888

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37758

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Alfred Ludwig Andersen

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 3803 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/3803 Private 12th Lancers

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Walter Filby Rayner

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 202676 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 225649 Private London Regiment

British Army 225649 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Ernest Ashford

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 5357 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 5357 Lance Corporal East Surrey 8th

British Army 5357 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Francis Desbrow Nichols

Born 1879

Died 1925

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65256

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Frank Butler

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 15259 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15259 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Albert Steele

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 10262 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10262 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Karble Route

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 24108 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 24108 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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