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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]

Harry Gates

Died 1916

British Army 5218 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William G Peckham

British Army 8662 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas W J Field

British Army 182375 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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E A Ruggles-Brise

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry

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Ernest Dunlop Swinton

Born 1868

Died 1951

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel General Headquarters Staff

British Army Major General General Headquarters Staff

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George Wilson

Born 1886

Died 1926

British Army 9553 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Bernherd Heyman Wise

Born 1886

British Army S/763 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army WR/263971 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 10-5506 Serjeant Training Reserve Battalion

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Ernest Bradder

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2690 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 240691 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 240691 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1/6th Battalion

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William Gentle

British Army 15491 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

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Thomas Archibald Challis

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13443 Lance Serjeant and Serjeant Army Cyclists Corps

British Army 114414 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Tank Corps

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William Stratton Donaldson

British Army 1151 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1151 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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