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Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Tuena New South Wales [3]

East Finchley, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Moulton St Michael Norfolk [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aslacton, Norfolk [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Besthorpe, Norfolk [1]

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Cardiff [1]

Castle Acre, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Cley next the sea, Norfolk [1]

Cley, Norfolk [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Exbury Southampton [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hameringham, Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hinckley, Middlesex [1]

Holt, Norfolk [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

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Mile End, London [1]

Morley Saint Botolph Wymondham, Norfolk [1]

Moulton Norfolk [1]

Norfolk [1]

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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

South Hackney, London [1]

Stockton, Durham [1]

Stradbroke Suffolk [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1]

Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

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Private [169]

Gunner [13]

Corporal [10]

Driver [9]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer [1]

Captain [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

London Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [219]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [288]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [282]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

India [1]

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People [289] Stories Communities

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Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Tuena New South Wales [3] East Finchley, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Moulton St Michael Norfolk [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Aslacton, Norfolk [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Besthorpe, Norfolk [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff [1] Castle Acre, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Cley next the sea, Norfolk [1] Cley, Norfolk [1] Docking Norfolk [1] Dundee Forfar [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh [1] Exbury Southampton [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hameringham, Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hinckley, Middlesex [1] Holt, Norfolk [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] King's Lynn [1] Lincoln [1] Mile End, London [1] Morley Saint Botolph Wymondham, Norfolk [1] Moulton Norfolk [1] Norfolk [1] Norwich [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire [1] South Hackney, London [1] Stockton, Durham [1] Stradbroke Suffolk [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1] Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [169] Gunner [13] Corporal [10] Driver [9] Sapper [9] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer [1] Captain [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [21] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Labour Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] London Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Border Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Wales Borderers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Tank Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [219] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

E [288] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [282] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7] India [1]

Ernest Elvin

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 37909 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37909 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 69th Battery

British Army 37909 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 162nd Brigade.

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James George Elvin

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy K53421

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Motley Toynton Elvin

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3513 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Ernest Robert Elvin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 12907 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Joseph Henry Elvin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5019 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 235005 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Samuel William Elvin

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39622

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Arthur Elvin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 169013 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 169013 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Elvin

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 2505 Private Essex Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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William James Elvin

Died 1916

British Army 14570 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14570 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William John Elvin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58914

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Arthur Elvin

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266838

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Clarence Elvin

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220892

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Arthur James Elvin

Died 1918

British Army 16698 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Ernest Elvin

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9226 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9226 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9226 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Henry Elvin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270594

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Wilfred H Elvin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42059 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frank Bernard Elvin

Died 1917

British Army 5425 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 202236 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Walter Elvin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 40371 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Elvin

Died 1916

British Army G/10995 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10995 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Robert G Elvin

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army 137277 Sapper Royal Engineers

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