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Nayland, Suffolk [42]

Polstead, Suffolk [11]

Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk [9]

Nayland [6]

Suffolk [5]

Carshalton, Surrey [4]

Hadleigh, Suffolk [3]

Leavenheath, Suffolk [3]

Stoke by Nayland [3]

Sudbury, Suffolk [3]

Alpheton, Suffolk [2]

Assington, Suffolk [2]

Bures, Suffolk [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Little Horkesley, Essex [2]

London [2]

Nayland with Wissington, Suffolk [2]

Raydon, Suffolk [2]

Silvertown, Essex [2]

Stowmarket, Suffolk [2]

Blything, Suffolk [1]

Bothwell [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bradwell on Sea, Essex [1]

Brockley, London [1]

Bungay [1]

Bures St Mary, Suffolk [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Chelsea [1]

Colchester [1]

Culford, Suffolk [1]

Finningham, Suffolk [1]

Great Horkesley, Essex [1]

Groton, Boxford, Suffolk [1]

Gt Horkesley, Essex [1]

Hadleith Hamlet [1]

Horkesley Park, Great Horkesley, Essex, England [1]

Horkesly [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kersey [1]

Little Horkesley [1]

Little Livermere, Suffolk [1]

Long Melford, Suffolk [1]

Lydd, Kent [1]

Messing, Essex [1]

Myland, Essex [1]

Nayland England [1]

Nayland, Suffolk [1]

Nayland, Colchester, Essex [1]

Polstead, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Lance Corporal [14]

Serjeant [10]

Gunner [9]

Driver [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Member [3]

Refugee Child [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

private [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Probationer [1]

Sergeant-Instructor [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [38]

Essex Regiment [32]

London Regiment [11]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Civilian [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

37th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

Army Ordnance Corp [1]

Army Srvice Copr [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Red Cross, St Thomas' Hospital, London [1]

British Red Cross, East Suffolk General Hospital [1]

British Red Cross, Suffolk Hospital, Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1]

British Red Cross, Suffolk Hospital: Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1]

British Red Cross: Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1]

British Red Cross: Woodhouse Hospital, Great Horkesley [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [178]

Other Empire Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Royal Navy [7]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [28]

B [21]

H [16]

S [15]

W [13]

R [12]

T [12]

D [11]

F [11]

G [10]

M [10]

N [10]

P [9]

L [8]

O [7]

A [3]

J [3]

E [2]

K [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [186]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [150]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Nayland, Suffolk [42] Polstead, Suffolk [11] Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk [9] Nayland [6] Suffolk [5] Carshalton, Surrey [4] Hadleigh, Suffolk [3] Leavenheath, Suffolk [3] Stoke by Nayland [3] Sudbury, Suffolk [3] Alpheton, Suffolk [2] Assington, Suffolk [2] Bures, Suffolk [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Little Horkesley, Essex [2] London [2] Nayland with Wissington, Suffolk [2] Raydon, Suffolk [2] Silvertown, Essex [2] Stowmarket, Suffolk [2] Blything, Suffolk [1] Bothwell [1] Bow, London [1] Bradwell on Sea, Essex [1] Brockley, London [1] Bungay [1] Bures St Mary, Suffolk [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Chelsea [1] Colchester [1] Culford, Suffolk [1] Finningham, Suffolk [1] Great Horkesley, Essex [1] Groton, Boxford, Suffolk [1] Gt Horkesley, Essex [1] Hadleith Hamlet [1] Horkesley Park, Great Horkesley, Essex, England [1] Horkesly [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kersey [1] Little Horkesley [1] Little Livermere, Suffolk [1] Long Melford, Suffolk [1] Lydd, Kent [1] Messing, Essex [1] Myland, Essex [1] Nayland England [1] Nayland, Suffolk [1] Nayland, Colchester, Essex [1] Polstead, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [136] Lance Corporal [14] Serjeant [10] Gunner [9] Driver [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [4] Member [3] Refugee Child [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] private [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bearer [1] Brevet Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1] Private 1st Class [1] Probationer [1] Sergeant-Instructor [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [38] Essex Regiment [32] London Regiment [11] Labour Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Royal Engineers [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Civilian [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 37th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] Army Ordnance Corp [1] Army Srvice Copr [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Red Cross, St Thomas' Hospital, London [1] British Red Cross, East Suffolk General Hospital [1] British Red Cross, Suffolk Hospital, Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1] British Red Cross, Suffolk Hospital: Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1] British Red Cross: Ampton Hall, Bury St. Edmunds [1] British Red Cross: Woodhouse Hospital, Great Horkesley [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [178] Other Empire Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Royal Navy [7] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [28] B [21] H [16] S [15] W [13] R [12] T [12] D [11] F [11] G [10] M [10] N [10] P [9] L [8] O [7] A [3] J [3] E [2] K [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [186] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [150] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Edward Oakes

Born 1896

Died 1988

British Army 1409495 Royal Artillerty

British Army 37028 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37028 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur John Osborne

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 211144 Royal Horse and Field Artillery 4th, 39th Reserve Battery

British Army 13499 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Clutton

Born 1880

Died 1921

British Army 18308 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 18308 private The Queen's Regiment RW Surry 15th infantry battalion

British Army 72720 Private Labour Corps 928th Area Employment

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George Alfred Collins

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 8389 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 8389 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8389 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Watson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 139597 Sapper Royal Engineers 76th Field Coy.

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Henry Edward John Daly

Born 1876

British Army 60056 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army

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Charles Ramplin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145

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Herbert Linge Nixon

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 54550 Private Manchester Regiment

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Sidney Howard Butler

Born 1899

Died 1988

Royal Navy F47794

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Harry James Cansdale

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 77883 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 77883 Driver Royal Horse Artillery Q Bty.

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Joseph Ernest Biggs

Born 1894

British Army 4311 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 160853 Private Royal Army Medical Corps No 1st Company

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Albert Ernest Whiterod

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 7189 Driver Suffolk Regiment

British Army 7189 Drummer Suffolk Regiment

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Frank G Hammond

Died 1916

British Army 9523 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas George Woods

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15525 Private Essex Regiment

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Rowland Edward Page

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 4142 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 552890 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William George Shipley Crane

Born 1899

Died 1971

Other Empire Force Merchant Navy

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Frank William Day

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army B/200520 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Rodney Charles Clarke

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202162 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Stanley Thomas Eley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 8795 private Army Service Corps

British Army GS/65006 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Fred Nixon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 6141 Private London Regiment

British Army 3/9541 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Batallioan

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