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Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

London, Middlesex, England [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

London England [8]

Brixham, Devon [7]

Preston, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Dover, Kent [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Islington, London [4]

Manilla New South Wales [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Walworth, London [4]

Anlaby, Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brixham, Devon, England [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

Franklin Tasmania [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Mackay Queensland [3]

Wandsworth, London [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ascot England [2]

Bagdad Tasmania [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Berry New South Wales [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Cudgegong New South Wales [2]

Deal, Kent, England [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Dunedin [2]

Edington Burtle, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [1553]

Gunner [197]

Driver [142]

Serjeant [140]

Corporal [120]

Sapper [99]

Lance Corporal [60]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Lieutenant [45]

Acting Corporal [36]

Captain [28]

Pioneer [22]

Bombardier [20]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Major [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Rifleman [10]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Deck Hand [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Guardsman [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232]

Royal Engineers [196]

Labour Corps [184]

Army Service Corps [161]

London Regiment [130]

Royal Garrison Artillery [125]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Royal Army Medical Corps [79]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Royal Fusiliers [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

Middlesex Regiment [49]

Hampshire Regiment [47]

Liverpool Regiment [46]

The Queen's Regiment [42]

Royal West Kent Regiment [41]

Somerset Light Infantry [41]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Gloucestershire Regiment [37]

Wiltshire Regiment [35]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Dorset Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [25]

Northamptonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

East Kent Regiment [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [17]

Lancers [16]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [16]

Service

British Army [2470]

Royal Navy [333]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [217]

Australian Imperial Force [167]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

N [3531]

T [2]

A [1]

C [1]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3443]

Merchant Navy [65]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [76]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Tonga [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Sydney New South Wales [12] London, Middlesex, England [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] London England [8] Brixham, Devon [7] Preston, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Carlton Victoria [5] Dover, Kent [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Battersea, London [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Chatham, Kent [4] Islington, London [4] Manilla New South Wales [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Walworth, London [4] Anlaby, Hull, Yorkshire [3] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brixham, Devon, England [3] Deal, Kent [3] Franklin Tasmania [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hackney, London [3] Mackay Queensland [3] Wandsworth, London [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ascot England [2] Bagdad Tasmania [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Berry New South Wales [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Cudgegong New South Wales [2] Deal, Kent, England [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Dunedin [2] Edington Burtle, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [1553] Gunner [197] Driver [142] Serjeant [140] Corporal [120] Sapper [99] Lance Corporal [60] Second Lieutenant [54] Lieutenant [45] Acting Corporal [36] Captain [28] Pioneer [22] Bombardier [20] Acting Serjeant [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Major [11] Able Seaman [10] Rifleman [10] Company Serjeant Major [8] Deck Hand [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Guardsman [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [232] Royal Engineers [196] Labour Corps [184] Army Service Corps [161] London Regiment [130] Royal Garrison Artillery [125] Machine Gun Corps [79] Royal Army Medical Corps [79] Rifle Brigade [51] Royal Fusiliers [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] Middlesex Regiment [49] Hampshire Regiment [47] Liverpool Regiment [46] The Queen's Regiment [42] Royal West Kent Regiment [41] Somerset Light Infantry [41] Manchester Regiment [39] Gloucestershire Regiment [37] Wiltshire Regiment [35] Royal Berkshire Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Dorset Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Essex Regiment [28] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [25] Northamptonshire Regiment [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Canadian Infantry [22] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] Royal Defence Corps [22] South Lancashire Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Cheshire Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] East Kent Regiment [18] East Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [17] Lancers [16] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [16]

Service

British Army [2470] Royal Navy [333] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221] Canadian Expeditionary Force [217] Australian Imperial Force [167] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

N [3531] T [2] A [1] C [1] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3443] Merchant Navy [65] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [76] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Tonga [1]

William Alexander Norris

Born 1889

Died 1944

British Army 244138 Sergeant Clerk Labour Corps 418

British Army 8475 Sergeant Major Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 186785 Sergeant Clerk Gordon Highlanders

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Harold Foxley Norris

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army 89267 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Francis Leeson Norris

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 6059 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 6059 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Claude Rupert Dudley Norris

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10087 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10087 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10087 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Norris

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10839 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Walter William Norris

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army G 497 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/497 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Herbert Edward Norris

Died 1915

British Army 3909 Acting Serjeant Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 3rd Battalion

British Army 3909 Lance Serjeant Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 3909 Serjeant Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Frederick James Norris

Born 1882

Died 1965

Royal Navy 345279

Royal Navy H.M.S. Encounter

Royal Navy 345279 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Samuel Norris

Born 1887

British Army 52487 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th company

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Lewis Harold Norris

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1857 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 2146 Pioneer York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 165434 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William Norris

Born 1886

British Army 8525 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148751 Acting Corporal Royal Air Force

British Army 8525 Private South Wales Borderers

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Arthur Henry Norris

Died 1917

British Army 200605 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Donald Norris

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2078 Private London Regiment

British Army 2078 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Ernest Jack Norris

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9671 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Norris

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army L/8705 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army L/8705 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Richard Norris

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 13898 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward Ainslie Norris

Born 1885

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/1646 Gunner New Zealand Field Artillery 9th Battery

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Richard Norris

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 189326 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Philips Norris

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy DA 403 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Agamemnon II."

Royal Navy 403DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve HM Trawler Agamemnon II

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Annie Norris

Born 1899

Royal Navy G5217

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