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Geelong Victoria [6]

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Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [2]

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Tuttington Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Wansford,Yorks [1]

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Private [151]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [13]

Driver [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

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Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

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Acting Warrant Electrician [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Engineman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Corporal [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Warrant Electrician [1]

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Norfolk Regiment [35]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

London Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Military Mounted Police [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

397th Home Service Employment Company [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

10th Hussars [1]

11th Royal Defence Corps [1]

13th Hussars [1]

14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

29th Provisional Battalion [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

367th Home Service Employment Company ex Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [234]

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [312]

Contribution

Military Service [302]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [312] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Geelong Victoria [6] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [2] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [1] Briglington, Yorkshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Ellingham, Norfolk [1] Essex [1] Essex England [1] Eye, Suffolk [1] Fulham, London [1] GT. Ellingham, Norfolk [1] Great Ellingham England [1] Great Ellingham, Norfolk [1] Great Glenham, Suffolk [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Islington, London [1] Jarrow, Northumberland [1] Leziate, Norfolk [1] Little Ellingham, Norfolk [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mendlesham, Suffolk [1] Nordelph, Norfolk [1] Norfolk [1] Norfolk, England [1] Norwich [1] Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Reading England [1] Sedbergh, Yorkshire [1] Smallburgh, Norfolk [1] Stanstead, Essex [1] Thetford, Norfolk [1] Thorrington, Essex [1] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1] Tuttington Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Wansford,Yorks [1]

Rank

Private [151] Gunner [21] Corporal [14] Serjeant [13] Driver [12] Lance Corporal [9] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Electrician [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Engineman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Second Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Corporal [1] Trimmer Cook [1] Warrant Electrician [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [35] Royal Field Artillery [23] Army Service Corps [21] Labour Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Engineers [13] London Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Essex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Military Mounted Police [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] 397th Home Service Employment Company [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 10th Hussars [1] 11th Royal Defence Corps [1] 13th Hussars [1] 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 29th Provisional Battalion [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 367th Home Service Employment Company ex Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [234] Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [312]

Contribution

Military Service [302] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Luther George Beales

Born 1893

Died 1954

British Army 3/6798 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/6798 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/6798 Sergeant Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion attached R. Dublin Fus.

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Ernest John Beales

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army 14408 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14408 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Herbert Beales

Born 1894

British Army 203376 Private Norfolk Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 1781 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Alfred Henry Beales

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 242535 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Beales

Died 1917

British Army 16391 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leonard Wilberforce Beales

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161323

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Percy Alfred Beales

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33421

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George Alfred Beales

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107872

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Bertie E Beales

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 40297 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 242502 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Walter Beales

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2565 Sergeant

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Arthur Beales

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1640 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army 1640 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Hugh Lancelot Beales

Born 1899

Died 1988

British Army 121936 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Lewis Beales

British Army 543139 Private Labour Corps

British Army 11203 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Francis F Beales

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41309 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Beales

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy Acting Warrant Electrician

Royal Navy Warrant Electrician HMS Indefatigable

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Robert William Beales

Born 1885

Died 1974

British Army 85592 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Beales

Born 1875

Died 1917

Royal Navy U 926 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 926U Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corientes."

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Henry Beales

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army TR/3/28900 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army TR/3/28900 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Ninian Beales

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 92673 Private Royal Army Medical Corps. 140th. Field Ambulance.

British Army 90673 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 140th. Field Ambulance.

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Frederick W Beales

Died 1916

British Army 7708 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 7558 Private Norfolk Regiment

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