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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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Place of birth

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]

Charles James Thornton

British Army 22170 Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Robert Clyde Davidson

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/80

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Reginald Draper

British Army 16377 Essex Regiment

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Alfred Boyden

British Army 501321 Private Agricultural Company

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George J Dusgate

British Army 4219 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 241092 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Basil Burgess

British Army 40424 L/Cpl Machine Guns Corps E Batt

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Ernest Alfred Burrell

British Army 502842 Private Agricultural Company

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Percy Sidney Johnson

British Army 81032 Private Church Army HQ

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George Long

British Army 48437 East Surrey Regiment 4th Bn

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George O'd F Thomas O'donel

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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George Arthur Ashfield

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy S 2493 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2493(S) Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Frederick Edwin Bruton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2719 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Catherine D Macfie, Arrc

Born 1883

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

British Army Staff Nurse 4th Scottish General Hospital

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Harry Leslie Barradell

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Blyth

Born 1891

British Army 14882 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 14882 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Harry Arthur Wynter Blathwayt

Born 1870

Died 1945

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplian Department

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Francis Bernard Roseveare

Born 1896

Died 1917

Indian Army Lieutenant Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Infantry (F.F.) (Lumsden's), attached 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

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David Everett Wheeler

Born 1872

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Assistant Surgeon French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Assistant Surgeon American Ambulance Service

Other Empire Force First Lieutenant Regimental Surgeon US Army Medical Corps Attached 16th Infantry, 1st Division

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Arthur Jones

Born 1899

Died 1925

Royal Navy J30864 Boy 1st Class HMS SUPERB

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John Hastings Lloyd

Born 1881

Royal Navy Chaplain

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