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Norwich, Norfolk [10]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Norfolk Island New South Wales [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Bow, London [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Banningham Norfolk [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blything, Suffolk [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Carisbrooke, Hampshire [1]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1]

Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Diss England [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

East Molesey, Surrey [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kilchorin, Wexford [1]

Kingston England [1]

Leytonstone, Essex [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Maiden Newton, Dorset [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Norfolk England [1]

Norwich, Norfolk, England [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1]

Smallburgh, Norfolk, England [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Stow Bedon, Norfolk [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [1]

Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Driver [8]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Medical Officer 1st Class [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Quarter Master & Honorary Lieutenatn [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Dorset Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Light Horse [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Tank Corps [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Berkshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [218]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [325]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [326] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [10] London, Middlesex, England [6] Norfolk Island New South Wales [3] Poplar, London [3] Bow, London [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Banningham Norfolk [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blything, Suffolk [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Carisbrooke, Hampshire [1] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1] Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Cowes Isle of Wight [1] Deptford, London [1] Diss England [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] East Molesey, Surrey [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kilchorin, Wexford [1] Kingston England [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] London England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Maiden Newton, Dorset [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Norfolk England [1] Norwich, Norfolk, England [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1] Smallburgh, Norfolk, England [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Stow Bedon, Norfolk [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Tottenham, London [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1] Westminster, London, Middlesex [1] Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [135] Gunner [18] Serjeant [14] Corporal [11] Captain [10] Driver [8] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Medical Officer 1st Class [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Quarter Master & Honorary Lieutenatn [1] Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [19] Norfolk Regiment [18] London Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Dorset Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Essex Regiment [3] Light Horse [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Tank Corps [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Berkshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [218] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [325] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Alfred Henry Gould Nobbs

Born 1894

Died 1927

British Army 16906 Private Dorset Regiment

British Army Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter John Nobbs

Born 1884

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40776 Aircraftman 2nd class

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William Henry Nobbs

Born 1897

Died 2003

British Army 97509 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Nobbs

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 72950 ex 8593 Private Labour Corps ex Dorset Regiment

British Army 8593 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 172980 Private Labour Corps 314th Coy

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James William Hardman Nobbs

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99062

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John James Nobbs

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213675

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Percy Nobbs

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 28359 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Francis Samuel Nobbs

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 1833 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 603868 Private Labour Corps

British Army 70881 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Nobbs

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287238

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Sydney Arthur Nobbs

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301761

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Walter Nobbs

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 37322 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Arthur Ambrose Nobbs

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197643

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Charles William Nobbs

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4594 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 50567 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Nobbs

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186153

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Albert Nobbs

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 302975 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fortune

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Frank L Nobbs

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125409

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Joseph Arthur Nobbs

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army 242 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas J Nobbs

Died 1918

British Army 5234 Private Leinster Regiment

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Charles Herbert Nobbs

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2298 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 70691 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 70691 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Edward George Nobbs

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2672 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army 43358 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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