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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]

George Herbert Dunthorne

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army B/8073 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/8073 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 3/8073 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Hyde Villiers

Born 1863

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel City of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Horse Guards

British Army Officer / 212 Captain Royal Horse Guards

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George Horatio Goodrick

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 37885 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Thomas Butler Rayment

Born 1875

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60066

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Frank George Brighty

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219116

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Alfred James Colman

Born 1878

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115168

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James William Pennell

Born 1885

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46889

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Arthur Amyot Steward

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery and Royal Flying Corps

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Edward William Laxton

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 43254 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas James Ladd

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 6329 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Ellis Haydon

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army R 7434 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R7434 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot

British Army R/7434 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion

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John Weston Wilkinson

Born 1885

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77036

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Ernest George Silver

Born 1878

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63878

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Walter J Garnham

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 82244 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 82244 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 82244 Corporal - Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Hewitt

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57783

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Arthur Henry Harold

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 9/40754 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 9/41408 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John Thomas Wyeth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G8930 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/8930 Private The East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Alfred Lailey Rowland

Born 1872

Died 1940

British Army 46 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 46 Saddler Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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John Carlisle Decy Spedding

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army Captain Base Pay Office

British Army Major Army Pay Department

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Charles Goodchild

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191321

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