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Barnham [14]

Barnham, Suffolk [7]

Barnham Suffolk [4]

Henley On Thames [4]

Chelmsford [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Thetford [3]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bury St Edmunds [2]

Nayland, Suffolk [2]

Bangalore [1]

Bethnal Green [1]

Breckland, Norfolk [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chichester Sussex [1]

Corton Denham, Somerset [1]

East Harling, Norfolk [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1]

Elmswell, Suffolk [1]

Great Livermere [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hartest [1]

Hastings [1]

Hawstead [1]

Heath Town Wolverhampton [1]

Hempstead, Saffron Walden [1]

Henley [1]

Henley on Thames [1]

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Herringswell [1]

Honington Suffolk [1]

Ipswich [1]

Leicester [1]

Little Livermere [1]

London [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Oxfordshire [1]

Raydon, Suffolk [1]

Rotherfield Grays, Oxon [1]

Shankill, Co. Antrim [1]

Shawanaga, Parry Sound District, Ontario [1]

Stanton, Suffolk [1]

Stratford, East london [1]

Thetford Norfolk [1]

Thetford, Norfolk [1]

Thorpe Morieux [1]

Thwaite [1]

Wangford, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Driver [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Sergeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombadier [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant and Serjeant [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

WO2 [1]

Worker [1]

acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [41]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

13th Battalion, Tank Corps [1]

13th Tank Corps [1]

188th Canadian Infantry [1]

1st Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment [1]

1st East Anglian Brigade [1]

4th South Midland (Howitzer) Brigade [1]

7th Argyll and Sutherland Regiment [1]

Army Cyclists Corps [1]

Service

British Army [227]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [37]

B [32]

G [21]

D [20]

S [18]

R [17]

P [16]

W [14]

M [13]

T [12]

A [11]

L [10]

H [8]

F [7]

K [4]

E [3]

V [3]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [249]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

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People [251] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnham [14] Barnham, Suffolk [7] Barnham Suffolk [4] Henley On Thames [4] Chelmsford [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Thetford [3] Barking, Essex [2] Bury St Edmunds [2] Nayland, Suffolk [2] Bangalore [1] Bethnal Green [1] Breckland, Norfolk [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chichester Sussex [1] Corton Denham, Somerset [1] East Harling, Norfolk [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1] Elmswell, Suffolk [1] Great Livermere [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hartest [1] Hastings [1] Hawstead [1] Heath Town Wolverhampton [1] Hempstead, Saffron Walden [1] Henley [1] Henley on Thames [1] Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Herringswell [1] Honington Suffolk [1] Ipswich [1] Leicester [1] Little Livermere [1] London [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Oxfordshire [1] Raydon, Suffolk [1] Rotherfield Grays, Oxon [1] Shankill, Co. Antrim [1] Shawanaga, Parry Sound District, Ontario [1] Stanton, Suffolk [1] Stratford, East london [1] Thetford Norfolk [1] Thetford, Norfolk [1] Thorpe Morieux [1] Thwaite [1] Wangford, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [136] Gunner [21] Serjeant [19] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Driver [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Major [4] Sapper [4] Sergeant [4] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Bombadier [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant and Serjeant [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] WO2 [1] Worker [1] acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [41] Royal Field Artillery [23] Norfolk Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Tank Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 13th Battalion, Tank Corps [1] 13th Tank Corps [1] 188th Canadian Infantry [1] 1st Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment [1] 1st East Anglian Brigade [1] 4th South Midland (Howitzer) Brigade [1] 7th Argyll and Sutherland Regiment [1] Army Cyclists Corps [1]

Service

British Army [227] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [37] B [32] G [21] D [20] S [18] R [17] P [16] W [14] M [13] T [12] A [11] L [10] H [8] F [7] K [4] E [3] V [3] J [2] N [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [249] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

George Rumbelow

Born 1894

Died 1988

British Army 12115 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Herbert George Baker

Born 1875

British Army T4/108271 Driver Army Service Corps 95th Agricultural Company

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Henry Edward Debenham

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 7609 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 388018 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 23748 Private Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Theodore Flaxman

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1674 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 1674 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Gaute

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Sergeant

British Army Serjeant

British Army 17024 Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Firmin Clements

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 105543 Private Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion

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Hugh William Bolingbroke

Born 1887

Died 1939

British Army 188194 Royal Engineers

British Army 111955 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 37th brigade

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Stanley Berry

Born 1896

British Army 52946 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 52946 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Clarke

Born 1886

British Army 25513 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 31891 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Henry Foster

Born 1895

British Army 2453 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1/2 North Midland Field Ambulance

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Douglas Frederick Flaxman

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 81855 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Gurdon

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army 15133 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Douglas Elliott Brock

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 625749 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 625749 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 126th Battalion

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Ernest Calver

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army 18939 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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George William Lewis Willett

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army ET/47957 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/22585 Driver Army Service Corps 41 Company

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Clifford George Flaxman

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 279169 Lance Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 279169 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

British Army 7763 WO2 Wiltshire Regiment

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Walter Sayer

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3/10185 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/10185 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Allan Adam

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Attached Machine Gun Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 7th Argyll and Sutherland Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Territorial Battalion

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Sidney Charles Davey

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 886126

Canadian Expeditionary Force 886126 Sergeant Sask Regiment 46th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 886126 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Saunders

Born 1891

British Army 840344 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 506 Driver 4th South Midland (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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