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Norwich, Norfolk [8]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Margate, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Birchington, Kent [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Banham, Norfolk [2]

Barnham [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bridgewater Tasmania [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Islington, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Moseley, Worcs [2]

Stowmarket, Suffolk [2]

Sydenham, Kent [2]

Wingham, Kent [2]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bingar, Suffolk [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bowes Darlington, Yorkshire [1]

Bowes, Yorkshire [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Burnley [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Cannock Staffs [1]

Canterbury, England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chilton, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Crewe England [1]

Crystal Brook South Australia [1]

Dartford, Kent, England [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [355]

Gunner [46]

Corporal [43]

Driver [32]

Serjeant [27]

Sapper [22]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [17]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Pioneer [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Saddler [2]

Sister [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Electrician [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [55]

Royal Field Artillery [54]

Army Service Corps [49]

Labour Corps [34]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

London Regiment [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

East Kent Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Essex Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Border Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Hussars [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

British Red Cross [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [606]

Royal Navy [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [842]

Contribution

Military Service [823]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

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People [842] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [8] London England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Margate, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Birchington, Kent [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Banham, Norfolk [2] Barnham [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bridgewater Tasmania [2] Camberwell, London [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Islington, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Moseley, Worcs [2] Stowmarket, Suffolk [2] Sydenham, Kent [2] Wingham, Kent [2] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bingar, Suffolk [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Bowes Darlington, Yorkshire [1] Bowes, Yorkshire [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Burnley [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Cannock Staffs [1] Canterbury, England [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chilton, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Clapham, London [1] Crewe England [1] Crystal Brook South Australia [1] Dartford, Kent, England [1] Deal, Kent [1] Derby [1] Devonport [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Edmonton, London [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [355] Gunner [46] Corporal [43] Driver [32] Serjeant [27] Sapper [22] Second Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [17] Captain [12] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Pioneer [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [4] Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Saddler [2] Sister [2] Transport Corporal [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Electrician [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [55] Royal Field Artillery [54] Army Service Corps [49] Labour Corps [34] Norfolk Regiment [31] London Regiment [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Machine Gun Corps [24] East Kent Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Fusiliers [22] Essex Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Border Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Hussars [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] British Red Cross [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [606] Royal Navy [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [842]

Contribution

Military Service [823] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1]

Edwin Sayer

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 3/10815 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Leslie Sayer

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Alfred Henry Sayer

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Sayer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 7843 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 235307 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 159272 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Leonard Sayer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army C1376 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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Henry Sayer

Born 1882

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40474

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Frederick Henry Sayer

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army L/36774 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 183 Brigade

British Army L/36774 Acting Bombadier Royal Field Artillery 183 Brigade

British Army L/36774 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 190th Brigade

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George Arthur Sayer

Born 1877

Royal Navy 170698 Petty Officer HMS Princess Royal

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Walter Sayer

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3/10185 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/10185 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Edward Sayer

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015929 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015929

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Fred Sayer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32164

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John William Sayer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118432

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Arthur Sayer

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116095

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Thomas Charles Sayer

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army R12860 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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George Charles Sayer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14992 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Wilfred Sayer

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284772

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Percy Sayer

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260770

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John William Sayer

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army G/14498 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 14498 Lance Corporal

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Lewis Sayer

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52400

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Herbert Edward Sayer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50278

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