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Great Hockham, Norfolk [29]

Blackburn, Lancashire [22]

Shropham, Norfolk [17]

Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [15]

Attleborough, Norfolk [11]

Aylsham, Norfolk [9]

Rockland St Peter, Norfolk [8]

Watton, Norfolk [7]

Banham, Norfolk [6]

Little Ellingham, Norfolk [6]

Snetterton, Norfolk [6]

Caston, Norfolk [5]

Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Rocklands, Norfolk [5]

Wickhambrook, Suffolk [5]

Chevington, Suffolk [4]

Croxton, Norfolk [4]

Great Ellingham, Norfolk [4]

Old Buckenham, Norfolk [4]

Stow Bedon, Norfolk [4]

East Wretham, Norfolk [3]

Kennington, London [3]

Martham, Norfolk [3]

Alpington, Norfolk [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [2]

Banstead, Surrey [2]

Besthorpe, Norfolk [2]

Brandon, Suffolk [2]

Bridgham, Norfolk [2]

Brighton [2]

Bungay, Suffolk [2]

Colby, Norfolk [2]

Darnall, Yorkshire [2]

East Harling, Norfolk [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Framingham Pigot, Norfolk [2]

GT. Ellingham, Norfolk [2]

Heigham, Norwich [2]

Hinderclay, Suffolk [2]

Hingham, Norfolk [2]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [2]

Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Manchester [2]

Mulbarton, Norfolk [2]

Paddington [2]

Sibton, Suffolk [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Thetford, Norfolk [2]

Upton, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [334]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lance Corporal [26]

Serjeant [25]

Corporal [23]

Captain [22]

Gunner [22]

Driver [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Sapper [12]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/Lieut. [1]

A/Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigade-Commander [1]

Chaplain to the Forces The Reverend [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel / Commandant [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Major General [1]

Major originally Temporary Major [1]

Officer's Steward [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [128]

Labour Corps [28]

Essex Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469]

Royal Navy [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [76]

C [51]

S [48]

H [36]

L [35]

G [34]

R [30]

W [30]

A [22]

M [20]

P [19]

T [19]

K [16]

D [15]

F [15]

J [14]

N [14]

E [13]

O [8]

V [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [466]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [245]

Canada [8]

United States [5]

Australia [2]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Guernsey [1]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [519] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Great Hockham, Norfolk [29] Blackburn, Lancashire [22] Shropham, Norfolk [17] Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [15] Attleborough, Norfolk [11] Aylsham, Norfolk [9] Rockland St Peter, Norfolk [8] Watton, Norfolk [7] Banham, Norfolk [6] Little Ellingham, Norfolk [6] Snetterton, Norfolk [6] Caston, Norfolk [5] Norwich, Norfolk [5] Rocklands, Norfolk [5] Wickhambrook, Suffolk [5] Chevington, Suffolk [4] Croxton, Norfolk [4] Great Ellingham, Norfolk [4] Old Buckenham, Norfolk [4] Stow Bedon, Norfolk [4] East Wretham, Norfolk [3] Kennington, London [3] Martham, Norfolk [3] Alpington, Norfolk [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [2] Banstead, Surrey [2] Besthorpe, Norfolk [2] Brandon, Suffolk [2] Bridgham, Norfolk [2] Brighton [2] Bungay, Suffolk [2] Colby, Norfolk [2] Darnall, Yorkshire [2] East Harling, Norfolk [2] Edinburgh [2] Framingham Pigot, Norfolk [2] GT. Ellingham, Norfolk [2] Heigham, Norwich [2] Hinderclay, Suffolk [2] Hingham, Norfolk [2] King's Lynn, Norfolk [2] Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] London [2] Manchester [2] Mulbarton, Norfolk [2] Paddington [2] Sibton, Suffolk [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Thetford, Norfolk [2] Upton, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [334] Second Lieutenant [31] Lance Corporal [26] Serjeant [25] Corporal [23] Captain [22] Gunner [22] Driver [16] Lieutenant [15] Sapper [12] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/Lieut. [1] A/Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigade-Commander [1] Chaplain to the Forces The Reverend [1] Colonel [1] Colonel / Commandant [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Major General [1] Major originally Temporary Major [1] Officer's Steward [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [128] Labour Corps [28] Essex Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Army Service Corps [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Machine Gun Corps [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Scots [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] London Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [6] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Yeomanry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Australian Infantry [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469] Royal Navy [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [76] C [51] S [48] H [36] L [35] G [34] R [30] W [30] A [22] M [20] P [19] T [19] K [16] D [15] F [15] J [14] N [14] E [13] O [8] V [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [466] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [245] Canada [8] United States [5] Australia [2] France [1] Germany [1] Guernsey [1] India [1] Malaysia [1]

Raven Cozens-Hardy

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Lionel George Coles

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Edward Charles Ingouville-Williams

Born 1861

Died 1916

British Army Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General General Headquarters Staff

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

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James Thomas Bambridge

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 154428 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Thomas Bond

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 119903 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 320th Bde.

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Barnard Reeve Beechey

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 13773 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Gordon Muriel Flowerdew

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2505

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

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Gerard Younghusband Harrison

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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William James Hodges

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 14706 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 2258 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army 14706 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Maurice Nesbitt

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 316778 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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Henry 'harry' Benzie Wattie

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19112 Private Royal Scots

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Duncan Currie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18999 Serjeant Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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James William Hazeldean

British Army 19241 Private Royal Scots

British Army 382079 Private Labour Corps

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Charlie Christmas Bush

British Army Second Lieutenant

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Patrick Crossan

Died 1933

British Army 18998 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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Thomas Edmund Wright

Died 1918

British Army B/200149 Private Rifle Brigade

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Guy Nottidge

Born 1896

Died 1989

Royal Navy 02355 Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Eric Reeve Beechey

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army 51293 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Samuel St Vincent R Beechey

Born 1899

Died 1977

British Army S/22969 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/14204 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 14132 Corporal Training Reserve Battalion

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