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Geelong Victoria [6]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [2]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

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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]

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]

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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]

William Charles Beales

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32118

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Harry Beales

British Army 2002 Serjeant 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2002 Serjeant 29th Provisional Battalion

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George Beales

British Army 4498 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 4498 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 27907 Private Corps of Hussars

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W L Beales

British Army Captain 94th Infantry

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Frederick Beales

British Army 14508 Gunner 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert William Beales

British Army 102196 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 15th Company

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Alfred Beales

British Army 3782 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 336349 Private 397th Home Service Employment Company

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W L Beales

British Army Captain 94th Russell's Infantry

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George W Beales

British Army 65083 Driver 6th Divisional Artillery Column

British Army 228036 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Horace J Beales

British Army 41266 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 276662 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 46614 Private Surrey Yeomanry

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William Lear Beales

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 4th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached Sub Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Staff; Staff Corps

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Frank Edward Beales

British Army 44414 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 46th Company

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