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Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Norwich [3]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Great Hockham, Norfolk [2]

Hailsham [2]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2]

London [2]

Shelfanger Norfolk [2]

South Walsham, Norfolk [2]

Thetford [2]

Warham Norfolk [2]

Aberdeen [1]

BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Bale, Norfolk [1]

Ballyclare, Antrim [1]

Banningham Norfolk [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barnham [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bessingham, Norfolk [1]

Billingford Norfolk [1]

Blofield, Norfolk [1]

Bressingham Norfolk [1]

Bunwell, Norfolk [1]

Camberwell Southwark South London [1]

Camberwell,Surrey [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Catton Norfolk [1]

Crookham, Hampshire [1]

Croxton, Norfolk [1]

Debenham, Suffolk [1]

Dennington, Suffolk [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Sutton, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Flitcham Norfolk [1]

Fring Norfolk [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Gatley Cheshire [1]

Glasgow,Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gospel Oak, London [1]

Grahamstown [1]

Gravesend,Kent [1]

Rank

Private [3386]

Sapper [314]

Second Lieutenant [251]

Corporal [183]

Lieutenant [147]

Lance Corporal [128]

Serjeant [112]

Pioneer [108]

Captain [87]

Gunner [63]

Acting Corporal [52]

Driver [49]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Major [25]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Acting Captain [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Bandsman [3]

Captain and Adjutant [3]

Flight Officer [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [4109]

Royal Engineers [1233]

Royal Fusiliers [514]

Royal Army Medical Corps [405]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [373]

Labour Corps [262]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [226]

Royal Sussex Regiment [215]

Royal Air Force [169]

Royal Defence Corps [167]

Royal Irish Rifles [160]

Royal West Kent Regiment [137]

Essex Regiment [118]

Royal Garrison Artillery [93]

London Regiment [84]

Machine Gun Corps [84]

Royal Flying Corps [78]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [73]

Royal Field Artillery [73]

Army Service Corps [72]

Training Reserve Battalion [72]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [70]

Royal Army Service Corps [69]

Northamptonshire Regiment [67]

Suffolk Regiment [66]

Bedfordshire Regiment [59]

Rifle Brigade [43]

Royal Irish Regiment [43]

Middlesex Regiment [42]

Norfolk Yeomanry [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38]

Worcestershire Regiment [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [34]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [34]

Gloucestershire Regiment [28]

Royal Scots [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [26]

Royal Norfolk Regiment [26]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Royal Highlanders [16]

Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Service

British Army [4220]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Royal Navy [6]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [522]

S [409]

H [386]

C [358]

W [326]

M [273]

P [248]

D [202]

R [190]

G [185]

L [182]

T [172]

F [160]

A [128]

J [101]

K [92]

E [86]

N [74]

O [52]

V [20]

I [19]

Y [19]

U [9]

Q [6]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4216]

Country

United Kingdom [88]

India [3]

Egypt [1]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Norwich, Norfolk [7] Maidstone, Kent [5] Norwich [3] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Great Hockham, Norfolk [2] Hailsham [2] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2] London [2] Shelfanger Norfolk [2] South Walsham, Norfolk [2] Thetford [2] Warham Norfolk [2] Aberdeen [1] BROMLEY, KENT [1] Bale, Norfolk [1] Ballyclare, Antrim [1] Banningham Norfolk [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barnham [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bessingham, Norfolk [1] Billingford Norfolk [1] Blofield, Norfolk [1] Bressingham Norfolk [1] Bunwell, Norfolk [1] Camberwell Southwark South London [1] Camberwell,Surrey [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Catton Norfolk [1] Crookham, Hampshire [1] Croxton, Norfolk [1] Debenham, Suffolk [1] Dennington, Suffolk [1] Docking Norfolk [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Sutton, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Flitcham Norfolk [1] Fring Norfolk [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Gatley Cheshire [1] Glasgow,Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Gospel Oak, London [1] Grahamstown [1] Gravesend,Kent [1]

Rank

Private [3386] Sapper [314] Second Lieutenant [251] Corporal [183] Lieutenant [147] Lance Corporal [128] Serjeant [112] Pioneer [108] Captain [87] Gunner [63] Acting Corporal [52] Driver [49] Acting Serjeant [31] Major [25] Lance Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Acting Captain [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Able Seaman [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Bombardier [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Bandsman [3] Captain and Adjutant [3] Flight Officer [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Colonel [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Norfolk Regiment [4109] Royal Engineers [1233] Royal Fusiliers [514] Royal Army Medical Corps [405] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [373] Labour Corps [262] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [226] Royal Sussex Regiment [215] Royal Air Force [169] Royal Defence Corps [167] Royal Irish Rifles [160] Royal West Kent Regiment [137] Essex Regiment [118] Royal Garrison Artillery [93] London Regiment [84] Machine Gun Corps [84] Royal Flying Corps [78] Royal Berkshire Regiment [73] Royal Field Artillery [73] Army Service Corps [72] Training Reserve Battalion [72] King's Royal Rifle Corps [70] Royal Army Service Corps [69] Northamptonshire Regiment [67] Suffolk Regiment [66] Bedfordshire Regiment [59] Rifle Brigade [43] Royal Irish Regiment [43] Middlesex Regiment [42] Norfolk Yeomanry [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38] Worcestershire Regiment [38] Leicestershire Regiment [34] Royal Irish Fusiliers [34] Gloucestershire Regiment [28] Royal Scots [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [26] Royal Norfolk Regiment [26] Cambridgeshire Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [20] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Royal Highlanders [16] Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Service

British Army [4220] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [6] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [522] S [409] H [386] C [358] W [326] M [273] P [248] D [202] R [190] G [185] L [182] T [172] F [160] A [128] J [101] K [92] E [86] N [74] O [52] V [20] I [19] Y [19] U [9] Q [6] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4216]

Country

United Kingdom [88] India [3] Egypt [1] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Macro

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 27350 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 29278 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edward Ernest John Dunklin

Born 1866

Died 1941

British Army G/13647 Private Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 21806 Private Norfolk Regiment Regimental Depot

British Army ?21806 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion

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Leonard Archibald Seaman Now Seaman-Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 26654 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 72055 Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 26654 Private Royal Norfolk Regiment

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Alexander Denman Bebee

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13083 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Guilford Miles

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment 6th Norfolk cyclists Battalion (Territorial)

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Fitzgerald Wintour

Born 1860

Died 1949

British Army Colonel /Temporary Major General Staff

British Army Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

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James Catchpole

Born 1878

British Army 17232 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 27828 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Arthur Henry Harold

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 9/40754 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 9/41408 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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George Harry Gordon Dye

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4775 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Corporal Royal Fusiliers University & Public Schools Battalion

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Thomas Thew

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 7771 Private Royal Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 21297 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Garrison

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Armine Bridges

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army 480473 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T2112 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 4345 Norfolk Regiment

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Albert James Elston

Born 1892

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army G/552 Private Sussex Regiment

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Philip Hamond

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army Temporary Major Reserve Unit Tank Corps

British Army Major Reserve Unit Tank Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Walter William Kerridge

Born 1874

Died 1948

British Army T/421769 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army Private 1st Class Army Reserve

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Arthur Leader

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 3/10388 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 306438 Private Royal Engineers

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Frank William Hoare

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 12614 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Alfred Clarke

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3/6934 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/6934 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/6934 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Bn.

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George Edward Wilson

British Army 50960 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army 50960 Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army 27932 Private Norfolk Regiment "C" Agricultural Company

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John Alfred Poulton

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 37717 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 37717 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Dudley Fram

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 14069 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 306376 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/275715 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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