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Guist Norfolk [3]

Fakenham Norfolk [2]

Itteringham Norfolk [2]

St Pancras London [2]

Barningham Norfolk [1]

Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea London [1]

Briston Norfolk [1]

Brockley St Peter, London [1]

Calthorpe Norfolk [1]

Chilcomb Hampshire [1]

Clapham London [1]

Clewer Berkshire [1]

Dartford Kent [1]

Deptford London [1]

Drayton, St Leonard, Oxfordshire [1]

East Dereham, Norfolk [1]

Eastbourne Sussex [1]

Exeter Devon [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Foulsham Norfolk [1]

Greenock, Scotland [1]

Haddenham Buckinghamshire [1]

Haslingfield Cambridgeshire [1]

Howslow Middlesex [1]

Kelshall Suffolk [1]

Kensington London [1]

Matlaske Norfolk [1]

Newfound Hampshire [1]

Newfound, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

North Kensington London [1]

Northrepps Norfolk [1]

South Shields, County Durham [1]

Summertown Oxfordshire [1]

Tadley Hampshire [1]

Thatcham Berkshire [1]

Wandsworth London [1]

Wimbledon Surrey [1]

Winchester Hampshire [1]

Wooton St Lawrance Hampshire [1]

Wootton St Lawrence Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Worstead Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Corporal [1]

GDSN [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

The Hampshire Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Grenadier Guards [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [45]

Royal Navy [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

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B [7]

M [5]

P [5]

D [4]

N [4]

W [4]

A [3]

H [3]

L [3]

F [2]

G [2]

C [1]

E [1]

K [1]

R [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [48]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [48] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Guist Norfolk [3] Fakenham Norfolk [2] Itteringham Norfolk [2] St Pancras London [2] Barningham Norfolk [1] Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea London [1] Briston Norfolk [1] Brockley St Peter, London [1] Calthorpe Norfolk [1] Chilcomb Hampshire [1] Clapham London [1] Clewer Berkshire [1] Dartford Kent [1] Deptford London [1] Drayton, St Leonard, Oxfordshire [1] East Dereham, Norfolk [1] Eastbourne Sussex [1] Exeter Devon [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Foulsham Norfolk [1] Greenock, Scotland [1] Haddenham Buckinghamshire [1] Haslingfield Cambridgeshire [1] Howslow Middlesex [1] Kelshall Suffolk [1] Kensington London [1] Matlaske Norfolk [1] Newfound Hampshire [1] Newfound, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] North Kensington London [1] Northrepps Norfolk [1] South Shields, County Durham [1] Summertown Oxfordshire [1] Tadley Hampshire [1] Thatcham Berkshire [1] Wandsworth London [1] Wimbledon Surrey [1] Winchester Hampshire [1] Wooton St Lawrance Hampshire [1] Wootton St Lawrence Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Worstead Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [37] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Corporal [1] GDSN [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] The Hampshire Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Grenadier Guards [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [45] Royal Navy [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] M [5] P [5] D [4] N [4] W [4] A [3] H [3] L [3] F [2] G [2] C [1] E [1] K [1] R [1] S [1] T [1]

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Military Service [48]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Wallace Evelyn Mears

Born 1883

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266143

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Robert Charles Light

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1731 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Lancelot William Digby

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army R39198 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry William Kew

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 34231 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 28895 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick Ayton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army G/24453 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Edward Allard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 7726 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 204097 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Elias Barnard

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army R 26845 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Bertie John Newstead

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13547 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Sidney Charles Witts

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army TF5114 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 241852 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Henry Samuel Ayton

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 24917 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred Percy Dandridge

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army R/20359 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/20359 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Joseph Spence Baxter

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 83246 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 83246 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Herbert Pattenden

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army SD/1429 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frank Sowden

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 47746 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William George Beatley

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army S/10532 Private Rifle Brigade

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Albert Edward William Larmont

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/5442 Royal Naval Division

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Samuel Edward English

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 43611 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Wilfred George Hockridge

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 548068 Private London Regiment

British Army 548068 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Thomas Matthew Buck

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 170583 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Ewington Rowland

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army L/12323 Private Middlesex Regiment

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