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Thurlton, Norfolk [4]

Chorlton, Lancashire [3]

Corton, Suffolk [2]

Deptford, London [2]

37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Badingham, Suffolk [1]

Barkingside, Essex [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Broad Clyst, Devonshire [1]

Carbrooke, Norfolk [1]

Coltishall, Norfolk [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Flixton, Suffolk [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Heckingham, Norfolk [1]

Heckingham, Suffolk [1]

Horham, Suffolk [1]

Ingworth, Norfolk [1]

Ludham, Norfolk [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Meuron [1]

Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Nagpur, Central Provinces [1]

North Repps, Norfolk [1]

Norton Subcourse, Norfolk [1]

Plumstead, Norfolk [1]

Ringsfield, Beccles [1]

South Koorg [1]

Southwold, Suffolk [1]

Thorpe, Norfolk [1]

Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Norfolk [1]

Walpole, Suffolk [1]

Wangford, Suffolk [1]

West Somerton, Norfolk [1]

Windlesham, Surrey [1]

Yoxford, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [40]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Major [4]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

London Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment Royal Flying Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Suffolk Yeomanry [1]

Territorial Army Nursing Service [1]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [58]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [10]

B [7]

P [7]

W [6]

C [5]

G [4]

K [3]

L [3]

M [3]

R [3]

A [2]

D [2]

H [2]

F [1]

J [1]

N [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [62]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [1]

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People [62] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Thurlton, Norfolk [4] Chorlton, Lancashire [3] Corton, Suffolk [2] Deptford, London [2] 37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Badingham, Suffolk [1] Barkingside, Essex [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Broad Clyst, Devonshire [1] Carbrooke, Norfolk [1] Coltishall, Norfolk [1] Derbyshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Flixton, Suffolk [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Hampstead, London [1] Heckingham, Norfolk [1] Heckingham, Suffolk [1] Horham, Suffolk [1] Ingworth, Norfolk [1] Ludham, Norfolk [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Meuron [1] Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Nagpur, Central Provinces [1] North Repps, Norfolk [1] Norton Subcourse, Norfolk [1] Plumstead, Norfolk [1] Ringsfield, Beccles [1] South Koorg [1] Southwold, Suffolk [1] Thorpe, Norfolk [1] Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Norfolk [1] Walpole, Suffolk [1] Wangford, Suffolk [1] West Somerton, Norfolk [1] Windlesham, Surrey [1] Yoxford, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [40] Second Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Major [4] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [8] London Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Pembroke [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment Royal Flying Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Suffolk Yeomanry [1] Territorial Army Nursing Service [1] Territorial Force Nursing Service [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [58] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [10] B [7] P [7] W [6] C [5] G [4] K [3] L [3] M [3] R [3] A [2] D [2] H [2] F [1] J [1] N [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [62]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [1]

George Henry Parfrey

Born 1893

Died 1949

Royal Navy J73551

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William Frank Penny

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 78413 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William John Riches

Died 1915

British Army 20556 Private Essex Regiment

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Robert William Youngs

Died 1915

British Army 3/10027 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Allum

Died 1915

British Army 3/10662 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10662 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10662 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas Warnes

Died 1916

British Army 18322 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Stanley Harper

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5348 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267109 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267109 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Stanley V Whiting

Died 1918

British Army 10689 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ted Sutton

Died 1918

British Army 66987 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William David Scott

Died 1917

British Army 4848 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Parfrey

Born 1888

Royal Navy 235330

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Robert Newson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 926 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43238 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James W Selsby

British Army 1080 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 18973 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Leefe Robinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps seconded from Worcestershire Regiment

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Alfred James Barrett

Died 1916

British Army 17803 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 17803 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Percy Letch

Died 1917

British Army 32910 Essex Regiment

British Army 28298 Private Border Regiment

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Henry John Clark

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 202709 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 146511 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 235056 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Jack Warnes

Died 1917

British Army 16616 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Henry Brown

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 21531 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 21531 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert Stoney Smith

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army Major Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leicestershire Regiment

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