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Sheringham, Norfolk [26]

Norwich, Norfolk [11]

Amble, Northumberland [9]

Broomhill, Northumberland [8]

Morpeth, Northumberland [7]

Norfolk [6]

Alnwick, Northumberland [5]

Happisburgh, Norfolk [5]

Bradwell, Suffolk [4]

Chevington, Northumberland [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Upper Sheringham, Norfolk [4]

Bacton, Norfolk [3]

Broomhill, Chevington, Northumberland [3]

Fakenham, Norfolk [3]

Gorleston, Suffolk [3]

Stratford, Essex [3]

Upton, Norfolk [3]

Aldborough, Norfolk [2]

Beeston Regis, Norfolk [2]

Broomhill, Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Coltishall, Norfolk [2]

Cromer, Norfolk [2]

Honing Hall, Norfolk [2]

Hunstanworth, Co Durham [2]

Hurst, Berkshire [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Long Houghton, Northumberland [2]

Longhirst, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [2]

North Walsham, Norfolk [2]

Northrepps, Norfolk [2]

Red Row, Chevington, Northumberland [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

West Beckham, Norfolk [2]

Wickmere, Norfolk [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Acklington, Chevington, Northumberland [1]

Agra [1]

Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Baconsthorpe, Norfolk [1]

Bebside Furnace, Northumberland [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Belaugh, Norfolk [1]

Birmingham [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Lance Corporal [29]

Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [17]

Lieutenant [16]

Captain [15]

Gunner [10]

Major [8]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Flight Commander [1]

General [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Bugler [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temp Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [78]

Northumberland Fusiliers [70]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

19th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment Depot [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [310]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [64]

B [34]

H [33]

M [23]

D [22]

W [20]

S [18]

R [16]

T [16]

F [11]

G [11]

E [9]

L [9]

P [7]

A [5]

K [3]

N [3]

O [2]

Y [2]

J [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [312]

Country

United Kingdom [116]

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Place of birth

Sheringham, Norfolk [26] Norwich, Norfolk [11] Amble, Northumberland [9] Broomhill, Northumberland [8] Morpeth, Northumberland [7] Norfolk [6] Alnwick, Northumberland [5] Happisburgh, Norfolk [5] Bradwell, Suffolk [4] Chevington, Northumberland [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Upper Sheringham, Norfolk [4] Bacton, Norfolk [3] Broomhill, Chevington, Northumberland [3] Fakenham, Norfolk [3] Gorleston, Suffolk [3] Stratford, Essex [3] Upton, Norfolk [3] Aldborough, Norfolk [2] Beeston Regis, Norfolk [2] Broomhill, Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Coltishall, Norfolk [2] Cromer, Norfolk [2] Honing Hall, Norfolk [2] Hunstanworth, Co Durham [2] Hurst, Berkshire [2] Kensington, London [2] Long Houghton, Northumberland [2] Longhirst, Northumberland [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [2] North Walsham, Norfolk [2] Northrepps, Norfolk [2] Red Row, Chevington, Northumberland [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] West Beckham, Norfolk [2] Wickmere, Norfolk [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Acklington, Chevington, Northumberland [1] Agra [1] Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Baconsthorpe, Norfolk [1] Bebside Furnace, Northumberland [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Belaugh, Norfolk [1] Birmingham [1]

Rank

Private [219] Lance Corporal [29] Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [17] Lieutenant [16] Captain [15] Gunner [10] Major [8] Rifleman [6] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chauffeur [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Flight Commander [1] General [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Bugler [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temp Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [78] Northumberland Fusiliers [70] London Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Essex Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Northumberland Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] 19th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment Depot [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [310] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [64] B [34] H [33] M [23] D [22] W [20] S [18] R [16] T [16] F [11] G [11] E [9] L [9] P [7] A [5] K [3] N [3] O [2] Y [2] J [1] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [312]

Country

United Kingdom [116]

John Robert Buddle

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6/7980 Private Northumberland Regiment 16th northumberland Battalion

British Army 267434 Private Northumberland Regiment 16th northumberland Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion (Territorial).

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Sidney James Day

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 15092 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 15092 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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James Davidson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 7/2463 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 290604 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion.

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Matthew Burge

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 23/1172 Private Northumberland Regiment 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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Arthur Cook Bird

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army M/333496 Private Army Service Corps

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Lawrence Armstrong Coats

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Temp Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 15th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 15th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick Benjamin Dew

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 13993 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn

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William Broughton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2455 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 2455 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Curry

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7/1459 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1459 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion (Territorials).

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Douglas Wardleworth

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Thomas Urwin

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 20439 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Smailes

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 43474 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 36056 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John James Harkins

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 7/3881 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 291173 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Charles James Riseborough

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 22396 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th (Service), 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Cronshaw

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 37749 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Edwards

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 29/75 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish)

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George Robert Dennis

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 330768 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 9777 Cambridgeshire Regiment

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George Todd

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 7/2939 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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John George Stewart

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7/3797 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Hunter

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7/3790 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3790 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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