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Attleborough, Norfolk [11]

Wetherden [8]

Besthorpe, Norfolk [5]

Bacton, Suffolk [3]

Thetford, Norfolk [3]

Watton, Norfolk [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Allersley, Warwickshire [1]

Ashwellthorpe Norfolk [1]

Attleborough Norfolk [1]

Aylsham [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barnoldswick, Lancashire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Breckles, Norfolk [1]

Bunwell [1]

Buxton England [1]

Caston, Norfolk [1]

Crownthorpe, Norfolk [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [1]

Grimsby [1]

Hingham, Norfolk [1]

Holme Hale, Norfolk [1]

Lakenham, Norwich [1]

Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1]

Little Ellingham [1]

Liverpool [1]

Loddon, Norfolk [1]

Mendlesham [1]

Mildenhall, Suffolk [1]

Mitford, Norfolk [1]

Morley St Botolph with St Peter [1]

Morley St Peter, Norfolk [1]

Morley, Norfolk [1]

Moulton [1]

Needham Market [1]

Norfolk England [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Old Buckenham, Norfolk [1]

Overstrand, Norfolk [1]

Pulham St Mary, Norfolk [1]

Reepham [1]

Rolvenden [1]

Rolvenden, Kent [1]

Stowupland [1]

Rank

Private [142]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Captain [6]

Driver [6]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [60]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

ALIAS [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

16th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1]

3rd Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1]

Attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Attd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [204]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [31]

S [24]

W [18]

C [15]

H [15]

T [14]

L [11]

P [11]

D [10]

E [10]

G [9]

R [8]

A [7]

F [7]

M [7]

J [4]

O [4]

K [3]

N [3]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [213] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Attleborough, Norfolk [11] Wetherden [8] Besthorpe, Norfolk [5] Bacton, Suffolk [3] Thetford, Norfolk [3] Watton, Norfolk [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Allersley, Warwickshire [1] Ashwellthorpe Norfolk [1] Attleborough Norfolk [1] Aylsham [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barnoldswick, Lancashire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Breckles, Norfolk [1] Bunwell [1] Buxton England [1] Caston, Norfolk [1] Crownthorpe, Norfolk [1] Dewsbury [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Freethorpe, Great Yarmouth [1] Grimsby [1] Hingham, Norfolk [1] Holme Hale, Norfolk [1] Lakenham, Norwich [1] Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1] Little Ellingham [1] Liverpool [1] Loddon, Norfolk [1] Mendlesham [1] Mildenhall, Suffolk [1] Mitford, Norfolk [1] Morley St Botolph with St Peter [1] Morley St Peter, Norfolk [1] Morley, Norfolk [1] Moulton [1] Needham Market [1] Norfolk England [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Old Buckenham, Norfolk [1] Overstrand, Norfolk [1] Pulham St Mary, Norfolk [1] Reepham [1] Rolvenden [1] Rolvenden, Kent [1] Stowupland [1]

Rank

Private [142] Second Lieutenant [22] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Gunner [9] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Captain [6] Driver [6] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [60] Suffolk Regiment [23] Royal Field Artillery [10] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Norfolk Yeomanry [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] ALIAS [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 16th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1] 3rd Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1] Attached Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Attd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [204] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [31] S [24] W [18] C [15] H [15] T [14] L [11] P [11] D [10] E [10] G [9] R [8] A [7] F [7] M [7] J [4] O [4] K [3] N [3] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Wilfred H Elvin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42059 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Frederick Glaister

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army PS/9890; TR/61279 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Leslie Ashby

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Walter Norman Welton

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4347 The Queen's Regiment

British Army 128805 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Whitham Laycock Waterworth

Died 1917

British Army 20458 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Sydney Samuel Parker

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 19214 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 19214 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Stanhope William Howard S Douglas-Willan

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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Reuben Heap

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 77484 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leonard Robert Beckett

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2644 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 43381 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ernest George Gooda

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 3/8234 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Leonard V Stubbings

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army S3/022928 Private Army Service Corps

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William Brown Weatherill

Died 1918

British Army R/25605 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Robert Webster

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 52215 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Shaw

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2918 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Robert William Etteridge

Died 1917

British Army 300025(Incomplete) Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Bertie Robert Wyand Chapman

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army South Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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John Robert Oldfield

Died 1916

British Army 24298 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John William Berry

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army PS/10150 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th

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Charles Edward Chaplin

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 37394 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 27376 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Percival Ernest Thompson

Died 1918

British Army M/279858 Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

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