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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]

Arthur Mitchinson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 7/1473 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7/1473 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Bertie Cubitt

Died 1915

British Army 8339 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Lewis Vickary

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 3825 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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George H High

British Army WR/341276 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 180637 Sapper Royal Field Artillery

British Army 317307 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Armitage Fields

Died 1918

British Army 31934 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Cubitt

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 355 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 355 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry Cubitt

Died 1917

British Army 5307 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Bn.

British Army 5307 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Percy William Watts

Died 1917

British Army 4821 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 241060 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Franklin Charles Buckley

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army 1257 Captain Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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James Charles Martin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/1170 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Bn.

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Alfred Alec Arnold Cubitt

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15534 Lance Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15534 Lance Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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John Augustus Barnaby

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2624 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240436 Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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