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Cawston Norfolk [12]

Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [9]

Norwich Norfolk [9]

Great Witchingham Norfolk [4]

Kingston upon Hull [4]

Booton Norfolk [3]

Great Snoring Norfolk [3]

Walsingham Norfolk [3]

Brandiston Norfolk [2]

Briston Norfolk [2]

Fakenham Norfolk [2]

Great Dunham Norfolk [2]

Lakenham Norwich Norfolk [2]

Metheringham Lincolnshire [2]

Oulton Norfolk [2]

Aisthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Bedlington Northumberland [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Braintree Essex [1]

Burton Lincolnshire [1]

Choppington Northumberland [1]

Cleethorpes Lincolnshire [1]

Croxby Lincolnshire [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Deptford Kent [1]

Dulwich Surrey [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire [1]

Guildford Surrey [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kingston upon Hull Est Yorkshire [1]

Leeds West Yorkshire [1]

Lincoln Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Sall Norfolk [1]

Skelton, Yorkshire [1]

Sprowston Norfolk [1]

Stockwell London [1]

Surrey [1]

Swanton Morley Norfolk [1]

Swanton Novers, Norfolk [1]

Tunstead Norfolk [1]

Usworth County Durham [1]

Warham, Norfolk [1]

Woking Surrey [1]

Woolwich London [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Driver [9]

Acting Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Engineman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

L Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment Special Reserve [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumbria Brigade Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd Depot [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "De la Pole." [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [89]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [23]

D [22]

C [11]

G [11]

L [7]

N [6]

E [4]

H [3]

S [3]

T [3]

F [2]

M [2]

A [1]

W [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

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Place of birth

Cawston Norfolk [12] Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [9] Norwich Norfolk [9] Great Witchingham Norfolk [4] Kingston upon Hull [4] Booton Norfolk [3] Great Snoring Norfolk [3] Walsingham Norfolk [3] Brandiston Norfolk [2] Briston Norfolk [2] Fakenham Norfolk [2] Great Dunham Norfolk [2] Lakenham Norwich Norfolk [2] Metheringham Lincolnshire [2] Oulton Norfolk [2] Aisthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Bedlington Northumberland [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Braintree Essex [1] Burton Lincolnshire [1] Choppington Northumberland [1] Cleethorpes Lincolnshire [1] Croxby Lincolnshire [1] Deal, Kent [1] Deptford Kent [1] Dulwich Surrey [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire [1] Guildford Surrey [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kingston upon Hull Est Yorkshire [1] Leeds West Yorkshire [1] Lincoln Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Sall Norfolk [1] Skelton, Yorkshire [1] Sprowston Norfolk [1] Stockwell London [1] Surrey [1] Swanton Morley Norfolk [1] Swanton Novers, Norfolk [1] Tunstead Norfolk [1] Usworth County Durham [1] Warham, Norfolk [1] Woking Surrey [1] Woolwich London [1]

Rank

Private [69] Driver [9] Acting Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Engineman [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [8] Labour Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] L Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment Special Reserve [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumbria Brigade Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd Depot [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "De la Pole." [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [89] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [23] D [22] C [11] G [11] L [7] N [6] E [4] H [3] S [3] T [3] F [2] M [2] A [1] W [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Horace Arthur Dewing

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 4416 Private Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Nicholas Austwick

Born 1896

British Army 756192 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2622 Driver Northumbria Brigade Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Frederick Augustus St Clair Cliff

Born 1888

British Army 30780 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 122182 Acting Serjeant Labour Corps

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James Franklin Brumby

Born 1871

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267444

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James Edward Carman

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army 166641 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Dewing

Born 1893

British Army 7064 Private Norfolk Regiment Special Reserve

British Army 68597 (Incomplete) Driver Royal Field Artillery 113 Battery

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John Bateman

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 3341 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20055 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles William Crossland

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 16058 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Thomas Bayles

Born 1865

British Army 1458 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 935368 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Edward Fatchett

Born 1899

Died 1995

British Army 70069 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Reginald James Carman

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army 4415 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 200904 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick Nelson

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army 25332 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest James Blackett

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 84591 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers Base records G.H.Q.3rd Echelon

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Henry Hawes

Born 1883

British Army T4/216672 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Sidney Alfred Bacon

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 19547 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Fountain Thomas Augustine Dewing

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 3/10550 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Lee Gowing

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 200033 Company Serjeant Major Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Frank Gaskins

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/19649 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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John William Blakestone

Born 1893

British Army 12/405 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Philip Hudson

Born 1886

British Army 7598 Private Cheshire Regiment

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