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Norwich, Norfolk [41]

Norwich [29]

Docking Norfolk [22]

Norfolk [20]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [19]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [17]

Sheringham, Norfolk [16]

Great Hockham, Norfolk [13]

Maidstone, Kent [13]

Docking Norfolk [12]

Pulham Market Norfolk [10]

east dereham,norfolk [10]

London [9]

Attleborough, Norfolk [8]

Great Yarmouth [8]

Shropham, Norfolk [8]

Bressingham Norfolk [7]

Fakenham, Norfolk [7]

Islington, London [7]

Norwich Norfolk [7]

Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [7]

Banham, Norfolk [6]

Holkham Norfolk [6]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [6]

Little Snoring Norfolk [6]

Starston Norfolk [6]

Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [6]

Warham Norfolk [6]

Winfarthing Norfolk [6]

norwich,norfolk [6]

Aldborough Norfolk [5]

Aylsham, Norfolk [5]

Binham Norfolk [5]

Bodham, Norfolk [5]

Brockdish Norfolk [5]

Cawston Norfolk [5]

Cromer, Norfolk [5]

East Barsham Norfolk [5]

East Dereham, Norfolk [5]

Hockering, Norfolk [5]

Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [5]

Rushall Norfolk [5]

Wickmere Norfolk [5]

Brockdish Norfolk [4]

Fring Norfolk [4]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [4]

South Walsham, Norfolk [4]

Stanhoe Norfolk [4]

Stanhoe Norfolk [4]

Tharston Norfolk [4]

Rank

Private [31012]

Serjeant [1721]

Corporal [1655]

Lance Corporal [1438]

Second Lieutenant [1117]

Lieutenant [633]

Captain [490]

Acting Serjeant [429]

Acting Corporal [353]

Sapper [315]

Lance Serjeant [187]

Driver [182]

Major [161]

Company Serjeant Major [113]

Pioneer [110]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [107]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [102]

Colour Serjeant [101]

Gunner [71]

Lieutenant Colonel [68]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [62]

Private Acting Corporal [48]

Acting Captain [40]

Drummer [37]

Sergeant [29]

Corporal 2nd [28]

Acting Colour Serjeant [27]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [25]

Acting Lance Corporal [24]

Temporary Captain [24]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [23]

Private Acting Serjeant [18]

Temporary Lieutenant [18]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [18]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [15]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [15]

Serjeant Major [15]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [15]

Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Rifleman [13]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Bandsman [12]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [12]

Private Lance Corporal [12]

Regimental Serjeant Major [12]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [11]

Colonel [10]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [10]

Brevet Colonel [9]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [9]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [35887]

Labour Corps [2173]

Royal Engineers [1233]

Essex Regiment [1202]

Bedfordshire Regiment [719]

Machine Gun Corps [711]

London Regiment [677]

Army Service Corps [665]

Northamptonshire Regiment [557]

Norfolk Regiment Depot [541]

Norfolk Yeomanry [521]

Royal Fusiliers [514]

North Staffordshire Regiment [479]

Suffolk Regiment [418]

Royal Army Medical Corps [405]

Worcestershire Regiment [379]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [373]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [341]

Lincolnshire Regiment [333]

Leicestershire Regiment [318]

Northumberland Fusiliers [314]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [254]

Middlesex Regiment [250]

Rifle Brigade [229]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [226]

Royal Sussex Regiment [215]

The Queen's Regiment [184]

Liverpool Regiment [173]

Royal Air Force [169]

Royal Defence Corps [167]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [161]

Royal Irish Rifles [160]

South Lancashire Regiment [158]

Welsh Regiment [147]

Army Ordnance Corps [144]

South Staffordshire Regiment [141]

Devonshire Regiment [138]

Royal West Kent Regiment [137]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [130]

East Surrey Regiment [124]

Dorsetshire Regiment [121]

Military Foot Police [119]

Border Regiment [114]

Depot Norfolk Regiment [110]

Gloucestershire Regiment [107]

York and Lancaster Regiment [102]

Cheshire Regiment [96]

Durham Light Infantry [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [93]

Tank Corps [86]

Service

British Army [37145]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Indian Army [8]

Royal Navy [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [4658]

S [3500]

C [3226]

H [3204]

W [2949]

M [2262]

P [2086]

G [1910]

R [1783]

D [1644]

L [1636]

T [1445]

F [1433]

A [1229]

E [918]

J [859]

K [786]

N [714]

O [333]

V [173]

Y [158]

I [108]

U [76]

Q [49]

Z [6]

Contribution

Military Service [36949]

Country

United Kingdom [620]

India [16]

Germany [2]

Egypt [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [37145] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [41] Norwich [29] Docking Norfolk [22] Norfolk [20] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [19] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [17] Sheringham, Norfolk [16] Great Hockham, Norfolk [13] Maidstone, Kent [13] Docking Norfolk [12] Pulham Market Norfolk [10] east dereham,norfolk [10] London [9] Attleborough, Norfolk [8] Great Yarmouth [8] Shropham, Norfolk [8] Bressingham Norfolk [7] Fakenham, Norfolk [7] Islington, London [7] Norwich Norfolk [7] Pulham Market (St Mary Magdalen) [7] Banham, Norfolk [6] Holkham Norfolk [6] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [6] Little Snoring Norfolk [6] Starston Norfolk [6] Tivetshall St Mary Norfolk [6] Warham Norfolk [6] Winfarthing Norfolk [6] norwich,norfolk [6] Aldborough Norfolk [5] Aylsham, Norfolk [5] Binham Norfolk [5] Bodham, Norfolk [5] Brockdish Norfolk [5] Cawston Norfolk [5] Cromer, Norfolk [5] East Barsham Norfolk [5] East Dereham, Norfolk [5] Hockering, Norfolk [5] Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [5] Rushall Norfolk [5] Wickmere Norfolk [5] Brockdish Norfolk [4] Fring Norfolk [4] King's Lynn, Norfolk [4] South Walsham, Norfolk [4] Stanhoe Norfolk [4] Stanhoe Norfolk [4] Tharston Norfolk [4]

Rank

Private [31012] Serjeant [1721] Corporal [1655] Lance Corporal [1438] Second Lieutenant [1117] Lieutenant [633] Captain [490] Acting Serjeant [429] Acting Corporal [353] Sapper [315] Lance Serjeant [187] Driver [182] Major [161] Company Serjeant Major [113] Pioneer [110] Warrant Officer Class 2 [107] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [102] Colour Serjeant [101] Gunner [71] Lieutenant Colonel [68] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [62] Private Acting Corporal [48] Acting Captain [40] Drummer [37] Sergeant [29] Corporal 2nd [28] Acting Colour Serjeant [27] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [25] Acting Lance Corporal [24] Temporary Captain [24] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [23] Private Acting Serjeant [18] Temporary Lieutenant [18] Temporary Second Lieutenant [18] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [15] Acting Company Serjeant Major [15] Serjeant Major [15] Warrant Officer Class 1 [15] Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Rifleman [13] Staff Serjeant [13] Bandsman [12] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [12] Private Lance Corporal [12] Regimental Serjeant Major [12] Private Acting Lance Corporal [11] Colonel [10] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [10] Brevet Colonel [9] Corporal Acting Serjeant [9]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [35887] Labour Corps [2173] Royal Engineers [1233] Essex Regiment [1202] Bedfordshire Regiment [719] Machine Gun Corps [711] London Regiment [677] Army Service Corps [665] Northamptonshire Regiment [557] Norfolk Regiment Depot [541] Norfolk Yeomanry [521] Royal Fusiliers [514] North Staffordshire Regiment [479] Suffolk Regiment [418] Royal Army Medical Corps [405] Worcestershire Regiment [379] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [373] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [341] Lincolnshire Regiment [333] Leicestershire Regiment [318] Northumberland Fusiliers [314] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [254] Middlesex Regiment [250] Rifle Brigade [229] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [226] Royal Sussex Regiment [215] The Queen's Regiment [184] Liverpool Regiment [173] Royal Air Force [169] Royal Defence Corps [167] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [161] Royal Irish Rifles [160] South Lancashire Regiment [158] Welsh Regiment [147] Army Ordnance Corps [144] South Staffordshire Regiment [141] Devonshire Regiment [138] Royal West Kent Regiment [137] Cambridgeshire Regiment [130] East Surrey Regiment [124] Dorsetshire Regiment [121] Military Foot Police [119] Border Regiment [114] Depot Norfolk Regiment [110] Gloucestershire Regiment [107] York and Lancaster Regiment [102] Cheshire Regiment [96] Durham Light Infantry [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [93] Tank Corps [86]

Service

British Army [37145] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Indian Army [8] Royal Navy [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [4658] S [3500] C [3226] H [3204] W [2949] M [2262] P [2086] G [1910] R [1783] D [1644] L [1636] T [1445] F [1433] A [1229] E [918] J [859] K [786] N [714] O [333] V [173] Y [158] I [108] U [76] Q [49] Z [6]

Contribution

Military Service [36949]

Country

United Kingdom [620] India [16] Germany [2] Egypt [1] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

Robert Gosling

British Army 2333 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 320290 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Rant

British Army 9403 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army S763506 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Meffen

British Army 5118 Acting Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 27014 Acting Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Sidney Rolph

British Army 12807 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12807 Acting Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Walter R Gough

British Army 3729 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 200820 Private Norfolk Regiment

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S G Parker

British Army 5764728 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 72174 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George R Beart

British Army 7568 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 7568 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Mark J Dickins

British Army 5707 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 201342 Private Norfolk Regiment

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A Plummer

British Army 5764634 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 72073 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur F Burton

British Army 2431 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Alexander G Ogilvy

British Army 2708 Colour Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 240473 Colour Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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Francis E Belton

British Army 3/10145 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/10145 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Sydney Frederick Hatch

British Army 3/8204 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/8204 Acting Serjeant Norfolk Regiment

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W Bright

British Army 576498 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 72457 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Ernest Gardiner

British Army 43203 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 725 Private Norfolk Regiment

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G R O'connor

British Army 5765433 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 73308 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Sydney Condon

British Army 15715 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 15715 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William F Taylor

British Army 9727 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 5763625 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Percy S Smith

British Army 2236 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 200261 Private Norfolk Regiment

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James Warner Howlett

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

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