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Loddon, Norfolk [2]

Stoke, Staffordshire [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Beenak Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

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Coltishall, Norfolk [1]

Devonport Tasmania [1]

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Foundling Hospital, London [1]

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Hawera [1]

Hemsby, Norfolk, England [1]

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King's Lynn, Norfolk, England [1]

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Othery, Somerset [1]

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Upton-On-Severn England [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

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Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Wesham, Lancashire [1]

York [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

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Private [173]

Gunner [22]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [9]

Driver [9]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

London Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

34th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [251]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Royal Navy [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [331]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Loddon, Norfolk [2] Stoke, Staffordshire [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Beenak Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England [1] Coltishall, Norfolk [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] Finsbury, London [1] Foundling Hospital, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hawera [1] Hemsby, Norfolk, England [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hornsea, London, England [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk, England [1] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Langport, Somerset [1] Lincoln [1] Lincolnshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Othery, Somerset [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Shardlow, Long Eaton, Derbyshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shelton, Staffordshire [1] St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Upton-On-Severn England [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Wesham, Lancashire [1] York [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [173] Gunner [22] Serjeant [13] Corporal [9] Driver [9] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Boy Second Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master [1] Stoker First Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [24] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] London Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 34th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [251] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Royal Navy [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [331] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Benjamin Robert Goodson

Born 1890

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy F10880 H.M.S. President. II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210880 H.M.S. Daedalus.

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James Goodson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194987

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William Ernest Goodson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262062

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Charles Joseph Goodson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96365

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Arthur Thomas Goodson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198002

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William Goodson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409652

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Charles Goodson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 66752 Private Worcestershire Regiment 118th worcest Battalion

British Army 66752 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Goodson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139981

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Ezekiel Goodson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294690

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John Goodson

Died 1914

British Army 7368 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John Henry Goodson

Died 1918

British Army 64590 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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David Henry Goodson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159522

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159522 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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John H Goodson

Died 1918

British Army T-203230 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Harold Walter Goodson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 10903 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Captain Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur Goodson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1515 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 203369 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 203369 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Benares Hampton Goodson

Born 1902

Died 1938

Australian Imperial Force 22945

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Henry Niblett

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy Stoker First Class HMS Good Hope 5th Cruiser Squadron

Royal Navy 225960 Boy Second Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 225960 Stoker First Class HMS Good Hope South Atlantic Squadron

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Edward J Goodson

Died 1917

British Army 65474 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frederick Goodson

Died 1918

British Army 9474 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army SR/9474 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 9474 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Fred Goodson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 27784 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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