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Sydney New South Wales [13]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Barnstaple, Devon [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Hackney, London [5]

London England [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Mount Gambier South Australia [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bridport, Dorset [4]

Islington, London [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Woodburn New South Wales [4]

Albany Western Australia [3]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Colac Victoria [3]

Finchley, London [3]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Nottingham [3]

Picton New South Wales [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Surrey [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Auckland [2]

Brighton England [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

Dorset [2]

East Budleigh, Devon [2]

Essex England [2]

Exford, Somerset [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Fulham, Middlesex [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [1699]

Gunner [224]

Corporal [151]

Driver [150]

Serjeant [138]

Sapper [105]

Lieutenant [72]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lance Corporal [61]

Captain [47]

Acting Corporal [34]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Major [17]

Bombardier [16]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Brevet Colonel [4]

Worker [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Guardsman [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Signaller [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [233]

Labour Corps [228]

Royal Engineers [226]

Army Service Corps [197]

London Regiment [124]

Royal Garrison Artillery [123]

Royal Fusiliers [88]

Royal Army Medical Corps [80]

Machine Gun Corps [77]

Devonshire Regiment [59]

Royal West Kent Regiment [52]

Middlesex Regiment [48]

The Queen's Regiment [48]

Suffolk Regiment [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [46]

Essex Regiment [45]

Northamptonshire Regiment [43]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [42]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [41]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Bedfordshire Regiment [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [37]

Border Regiment [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

Norfolk Regiment [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [25]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

Army Veterinary Corps [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

South Staffordshire Regiment [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

South Wales Borderers [20]

Service

British Army [2738]

Royal Navy [285]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

Australian Imperial Force [192]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [179]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

N [3695]

L [3]

B [2]

D [1]

F [1]

G [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3623]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] London, Middlesex, England [8] Barnstaple, Devon [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Brighton, Sussex [5] Hackney, London [5] London England [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Mount Gambier South Australia [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bridport, Dorset [4] Islington, London [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] London, Middlesex [4] Paddington, London [4] Woodburn New South Wales [4] Albany Western Australia [3] Ararat Victoria [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Colac Victoria [3] Finchley, London [3] Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Nottingham [3] Picton New South Wales [3] Poplar, London [3] Surrey [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Auckland [2] Brighton England [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Camden New South Wales [2] Chiswick, Middlesex [2] Dorset [2] East Budleigh, Devon [2] Essex England [2] Exford, Somerset [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Fulham, London [2] Fulham, Middlesex [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Grays, Essex [2] Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] Hastings, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [1699] Gunner [224] Corporal [151] Driver [150] Serjeant [138] Sapper [105] Lieutenant [72] Second Lieutenant [67] Lance Corporal [61] Captain [47] Acting Corporal [34] Pioneer [29] Acting Serjeant [19] Major [17] Bombardier [16] Staff Serjeant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Private Acting Lance Corporal [6] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Trooper [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Brevet Colonel [4] Worker [4] Brigadier General [3] Guardsman [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Signaller [3] Sister [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [233] Labour Corps [228] Royal Engineers [226] Army Service Corps [197] London Regiment [124] Royal Garrison Artillery [123] Royal Fusiliers [88] Royal Army Medical Corps [80] Machine Gun Corps [77] Devonshire Regiment [59] Royal West Kent Regiment [52] Middlesex Regiment [48] The Queen's Regiment [48] Suffolk Regiment [47] Leicestershire Regiment [46] Essex Regiment [45] Northamptonshire Regiment [43] King's Royal Rifle Corps [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [42] Somerset Light Infantry [42] Royal Army Service Corps [41] Rifle Brigade [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Bedfordshire Regiment [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [37] Border Regiment [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Hampshire Regiment [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Liverpool Regiment [29] Manchester Regiment [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] Norfolk Regiment [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [25] South Lancashire Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] Army Veterinary Corps [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Cheshire Regiment [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] South Staffordshire Regiment [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Royal Naval Division [20] South Wales Borderers [20]

Service

British Army [2738] Royal Navy [285] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] Australian Imperial Force [192] Canadian Expeditionary Force [179] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

N [3695] L [3] B [2] D [1] F [1] G [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3623] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [68] India [1] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

George Norman

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2092 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Mark James Lee Norman

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 26288 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 26288 Driver Royal Field Artillery 23rd Battery

British Army 26288 Driver Royal Field Artillery 23rd Battery

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Guthrum Vebert Lee Norman

Born 1882

Died 1956

British Army 26289 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 26289 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps 65th Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army 26289 Driver Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

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Charles William Norman

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2572 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Battalion

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Percy Norman

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3342 Second Lieutenant 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Stanley Norman

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1709 Private London Regiment

British Army 1709 Corporal London Regiment 1/13th Kensington Battalion

British Army 1709 Acting Corporal London Regiment 1/13th Battalion

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Percival Albert J Norman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 29721 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Joseph Henry Norman

Born 1862

Died 1919

British Army T4/142126 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 153491 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Henry George Norman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army GS/5940 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Andrew Norman

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6671 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373571 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Cecil Norman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8/8882 Private Devonshire Regiment 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion

British Army TR/8/8882 Private Training Reserve 36th Battalion

British Army TR/8/8882 Private Devonshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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Stuart Sheridan Norman

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles John Norman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army GS/29876 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Leslie Alfred Norman

Died 1918

British Army G/17002 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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George Ernest Norman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 235338 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 235338 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion

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Marshall Harold Norman

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 3/10411 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Cyril Rowdon Norman

Born 1885

Died 1961

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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George William Norman

Born 1893

Died 1929

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799450

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George Norman

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army 2279 Colour Sergeant Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 7574 Company Sergeant Major Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 7574 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Depot

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Ernest Francis Merris Norman

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy S 2749 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2749 Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Talbot

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