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Norwich, Norfolk [20]

Islington, London [9]

Walthamstow, Essex [8]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [7]

Foulsham, Norfolk [7]

Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [7]

Snodland, Kent [7]

Stratford, Essex [7]

South Shields, Durham [6]

Ashwell, Hertfordshire [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Melbourn, Cambridgeshire [5]

Paddington, London [5]

Romford, Essex [5]

Bodham, Norfolk [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Loughton, Essex [4]

South Walsham, Norfolk [4]

Barking, Essex [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Briston, Norfolk [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Cromer, Norfolk [3]

Highgate, London [3]

Letheringsett, Norfolk [3]

Plaistow, Essex [3]

St Pancras, London [3]

Strood, Kent [3]

Walpole St Peter, Norfolk [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bessingham, Norfolk [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bowes Park, Middlesex [2]

Brentwood, Essex [2]

Buxton, Norfolk [2]

Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Catton, Norfolk [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Erpingham, Norfolk [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [2]

Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Rank

Private [326]

Gunner [35]

Corporal [25]

Serjeant [25]

Driver [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain (Flight Commander) [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Plumber [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster and Captain [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer) [1]

Squadron Leader (temp.) [1]

Squadron Leader (war subs.) [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [49]

Army Service Corps [48]

Labour Corps [33]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Royal Engineers [24]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Essex Regiment [19]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469]

Royal Navy [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [134]

C [106]

G [77]

F [65]

D [55]

E [53]

H [38]

A [30]

L [10]

J [8]

K [6]

M [6]

S [5]

W [4]

N [2]

R [2]

I [1]

O [1]

P [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [606]

Country

United Kingdom [482]

India [7]

China [1]

Malta [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [606] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [20] Islington, London [9] Walthamstow, Essex [8] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [7] Foulsham, Norfolk [7] Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [7] Snodland, Kent [7] Stratford, Essex [7] South Shields, Durham [6] Ashwell, Hertfordshire [5] Fulham, London [5] Melbourn, Cambridgeshire [5] Paddington, London [5] Romford, Essex [5] Bodham, Norfolk [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Loughton, Essex [4] South Walsham, Norfolk [4] Barking, Essex [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Briston, Norfolk [3] Chelsea, London [3] Cromer, Norfolk [3] Highgate, London [3] Letheringsett, Norfolk [3] Plaistow, Essex [3] St Pancras, London [3] Strood, Kent [3] Walpole St Peter, Norfolk [3] Battersea, London [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bessingham, Norfolk [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bowes Park, Middlesex [2] Brentwood, Essex [2] Buxton, Norfolk [2] Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Catton, Norfolk [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Clapham, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Erpingham, Norfolk [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [2] Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [2] Hammersmith, London [2]

Rank

Private [326] Gunner [35] Corporal [25] Serjeant [25] Driver [17] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [12] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain (Flight Commander) [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Fitter [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal Temporary Serjeant [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Plumber [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Quartermaster and Captain [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer) [1] Squadron Leader (temp.) [1] Squadron Leader (war subs.) [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [49] Army Service Corps [48] Labour Corps [33] London Regiment [29] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Royal Engineers [24] Machine Gun Corps [22] Essex Regiment [19] Suffolk Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469] Royal Navy [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [134] C [106] G [77] F [65] D [55] E [53] H [38] A [30] L [10] J [8] K [6] M [6] S [5] W [4] N [2] R [2] I [1] O [1] P [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [606]

Country

United Kingdom [482] India [7] China [1] Malta [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Anthony Harvey Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert James Adams

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy K24581 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K24581 Stoker 1st Class HMS Dominion

Royal Navy K24581 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine L55

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Alfred James Cahill

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 762951 Private London Regiment

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George Frederick Brittain

Born 1883

Died 1928

Canadian Expeditionary Force 240053

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Charles Henry Burden

Born 1887

Died 1977

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477128

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Frederick William Gathercole

Born 1897

Died 1978

Royal Navy J61968

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Marcus Girling

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 40714 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 104528 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Cubbin

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army T4/245878 Corporal Army Service Corps

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George Edmund Fermor

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army 63118 Acting Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest William Cooper

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 30019 Private Border Regiment

British Army 37010 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Christopher George Paine Cox

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army 3789 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 651396 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

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Alfred James Eveling

Born 1875

Died 1962

British Army 20412 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 249902 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Charles Alfred Brittain

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2094 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 32551 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Alfred John Bumfrey

Born 1889

Died 1948

British Army T4/043854 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Burton Victor Baldwin

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 2018 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200186 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Wilfred Robert Agus

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 3318 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240744 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 624336 Private Royal Engineers

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Sidney John Fisk

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 8414 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 62362 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Ernest Fisk

Born 1893

Died 1949

British Army DM2/179497 Private Army Service Corps

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John Forster

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 110244 Private Tank Corps

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Norman Fowler

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 5825 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 27497 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202788 Private West Riding Regiment

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