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Carbrooke, Norfolk [4]

Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Watton, Norfolk [4]

Charing, Kent [3]

Leicester [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Ipswich England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Melton Mowbray England [2]

Norwich [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Padiham, Lancashire [2]

Romford, Essex [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wayville South Australia [2]

Wells, Norfolk [2]

Yuleba Queensland [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aston [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, South West London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belgrave, Leicestershire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Caernarvon Wales [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Derbyshire England [1]

Dereham, Norfolk [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Eidsvold Queensland [1]

Gawler South Australia [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Grantham England [1]

Great Wakering Southend, Essex [1]

Gressenhall, Norfolk [1]

Hathern, Leicestershire [1]

Herberton Queensland [1]

Hexthorpe, Doncaster [1]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1]

Invercargill, New Zealand [1]

Rank

Private [326]

Gunner [30]

Corporal 2nd [29]

Sapper [22]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Corporal 2nd [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Air Mechanic [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bugler [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Mid Shipman [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant STM [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse and Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [43]

Army Service Corps [40]

Labour Corps [37]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [481]

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [639]

Contribution

Military Service [627]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

South Africa [2]

Singapore [1]

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People [639] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Carbrooke, Norfolk [4] Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Watton, Norfolk [4] Charing, Kent [3] Leicester [3] London, Middlesex [3] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Ipswich England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Melton Mowbray England [2] Norwich [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Padiham, Lancashire [2] Romford, Essex [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wayville South Australia [2] Wells, Norfolk [2] Yuleba Queensland [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Aston [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, South West London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belgrave, Leicestershire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bloomsbury, Middlesex [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Caernarvon Wales [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Deal, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derbyshire England [1] Dereham, Norfolk [1] Dulwich, London [1] Eidsvold Queensland [1] Gawler South Australia [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Grantham England [1] Great Wakering Southend, Essex [1] Gressenhall, Norfolk [1] Hathern, Leicestershire [1] Herberton Queensland [1] Hexthorpe, Doncaster [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Invercargill, New Zealand [1]

Rank

Private [326] Gunner [30] Corporal 2nd [29] Sapper [22] Driver [21] Serjeant [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Corporal 2nd [7] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [5] Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Air Mechanic [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bugler [1] Civilian [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Mid Shipman [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant STM [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse and Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [43] Army Service Corps [40] Labour Corps [37] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [481] Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [639]

Contribution

Military Service [627] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16] South Africa [2] Singapore [1]

Collin Adcock

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5411 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 201691 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Sidney Adcock

Died 1917

British Army 39146 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Willis Elwin Adcock

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63058

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63058 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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George Adcock

Born 1879

Died 1961

British Army D.M2/223887 Private Army Service Corps

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Fred Adcock

Died 1915

British Army 11411 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11411 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Walter Sydney Adcock

Died 1916

British Army 20989 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 20989 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Wm G Adcock

Died 1916

British Army 1554 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert William Adcock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309637

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George Henry Adcock

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203979

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Frederick William Adcock

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77659

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Archibald John Adcock

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96653

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Leonard Walter Adcock

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95900

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Walter John Adcock

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10358

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Edgar John Adcock

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy SD 538 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 538SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Tugela

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Harold Meredyth Adcock

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain 10a Lancshire Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Captain 10a Lancshire Fusiliers

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James Holton Adcock

Born 1894

British Army 26713 Private West Riding Regiment

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Victor Herbert Adcock

Born 1892

Died 1979

British Army 345044 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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William Adcock

Died 1918

British Army 11824 Lance Corporal 7th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 29742 Lance Corporal Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

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Thomas Henry Adcock

Australian Imperial Force 1701

Australian Imperial Force 5966

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William George Adcock

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 29506 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 41605 Private Essex Regiment

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