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Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [57]

Cambridge [35]

Maidstone, Kent [30]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [29]

Ipswich [26]

Wetherden [20]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [16]

Suffolk [15]

London [13]

Nayland, Suffolk [13]

Beccles, Suffolk [9]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [9]

Elmswell [9]

Lowestoft [9]

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [8]

Littleport, Cambridgeshire [7]

Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Bury St Edmunds [6]

Edmonton, Middlesex [6]

Islington, London [6]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [6]

Norwich [6]

Otley, Suffolk [6]

Bearsted, Kent [5]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [5]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [5]

East Bergholt [5]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [5]

Framlingham, Suffolk [5]

Barton, Cambridgeshire [4]

Bolton Lancashire [4]

Burwell, Cambridgeshire [4]

Cambridgeshire [4]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [4]

Cotton Suffolk [4]

Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [4]

Ely [4]

Eye, Suffolk [4]

Finningham Suffolk [4]

Hadleigh, Suffolk [4]

Ipswich Suffolk [4]

King's Cliffe, Northants [4]

Liverpool [4]

Newmarket [4]

Soham, Cambridgeshire [4]

Thanet, Kent [4]

Wickhambrook, Suffolk [4]

Barnham [3]

Botesdale Suffolk [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Rank

Private [37480]

Serjeant [1981]

Corporal [1862]

Lance Corporal [1433]

Second Lieutenant [1396]

Lieutenant [797]

Captain [569]

Acting Corporal [470]

Acting Serjeant [371]

Sapper [349]

Pioneer [342]

Lance Serjeant [183]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [160]

Major [146]

Company Serjeant Major [122]

Driver [122]

Colour Serjeant [114]

Gunner [79]

Lieutenant Colonel [76]

Drummer [72]

Private Acting Corporal [71]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [64]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [61]

Private Lance Corporal [48]

Corporal 2nd [45]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [43]

Acting Captain [42]

Sergeant [41]

Temporary Lieutenant [37]

Acting Lance Corporal [33]

Temporary Captain [32]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [31]

Private Acting Serjeant [29]

Acting Colour Serjeant [23]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [20]

Regimental Serjeant Major [20]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [17]

Private /Lance Corporal [17]

Quarter Master Serjeant [17]

Temporary Major [17]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Trooper [16]

Bandsman [15]

Acting Lance Serjeant [14]

Serjeant Major [14]

Colonel [13]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Bugler [11]

Captain and Adjutant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [11]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [43604]

Labour Corps [3320]

Royal Engineers [1715]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1487]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1406]

Essex Regiment [1040]

Machine Gun Corps [811]

London Regiment [802]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [770]

Royal Fusiliers [666]

Army Service Corps [643]

Middlesex Regiment [608]

Suffolk Regiment Depot [560]

Suffolk Yeomanry [495]

Royal Sussex Regiment [455]

Norfolk Regiment [424]

Gloucestershire Regiment [353]

The Queen's Regiment [333]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [306]

Royal Army Medical Corps [262]

Royal Air Force [256]

South Staffordshire Regiment [251]

Liverpool Regiment [239]

Royal West Kent Regiment [233]

Northumberland Fusiliers [215]

Rifle Brigade [215]

North Staffordshire Regiment [214]

Lincolnshire Regiment [212]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [205]

East Surrey Regiment [202]

Worcestershire Regiment [201]

Royal Defence Corps [196]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [192]

Herefordshire Regiment [190]

East Lancashire Regiment [180]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [180]

Hampshire Regiment [174]

South Wales Borderers [172]

Yorkshire Regiment [163]

Durham Light Infantry [144]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [120]

Army Ordnance Corps [114]

Hertfordshire Regiment [114]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [114]

Training Reserve Battalion [114]

Royal Flying Corps [113]

Leicestershire Regiment [105]

Depot Suffolk Regiment [101]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [100]

East Kent Regiment [99]

Service

British Army [44759]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Royal Navy [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [5303]

S [4277]

C [4227]

H [3710]

W [3437]

M [2884]

P [2861]

G [2320]

R [2279]

L [1890]

F [1887]

T [1717]

D [1703]

A [1436]

J [1010]

K [981]

E [959]

N [845]

O [421]

I [154]

V [154]

Y [145]

U [100]

Q [51]

Z [8]

Contribution

Military Service [44527]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1022]

Egypt [10]

France [3]

India [3]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Canada [1]

Cyprus [1]

Germany [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Jersey [1]

Kenya [1]

Mauritius [1]

Singapore [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [57] Cambridge [35] Maidstone, Kent [30] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [29] Ipswich [26] Wetherden [20] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [16] Suffolk [15] London [13] Nayland, Suffolk [13] Beccles, Suffolk [9] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [9] Elmswell [9] Lowestoft [9] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [8] Littleport, Cambridgeshire [7] Norwich, Norfolk [7] Bury St Edmunds [6] Edmonton, Middlesex [6] Islington, London [6] Lowestoft, Suffolk [6] Norwich [6] Otley, Suffolk [6] Bearsted, Kent [5] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [5] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [5] East Bergholt [5] Ely, Cambridgeshire [5] Framlingham, Suffolk [5] Barton, Cambridgeshire [4] Bolton Lancashire [4] Burwell, Cambridgeshire [4] Cambridgeshire [4] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [4] Cotton Suffolk [4] Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [4] Ely [4] Eye, Suffolk [4] Finningham Suffolk [4] Hadleigh, Suffolk [4] Ipswich Suffolk [4] King's Cliffe, Northants [4] Liverpool [4] Newmarket [4] Soham, Cambridgeshire [4] Thanet, Kent [4] Wickhambrook, Suffolk [4] Barnham [3] Botesdale Suffolk [3] Chelsea, London [3]

Rank

Private [37480] Serjeant [1981] Corporal [1862] Lance Corporal [1433] Second Lieutenant [1396] Lieutenant [797] Captain [569] Acting Corporal [470] Acting Serjeant [371] Sapper [349] Pioneer [342] Lance Serjeant [183] Warrant Officer Class 2 [160] Major [146] Company Serjeant Major [122] Driver [122] Colour Serjeant [114] Gunner [79] Lieutenant Colonel [76] Drummer [72] Private Acting Corporal [71] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [64] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [61] Private Lance Corporal [48] Corporal 2nd [45] Private Acting Lance Corporal [43] Acting Captain [42] Sergeant [41] Temporary Lieutenant [37] Acting Lance Corporal [33] Temporary Captain [32] Temporary Second Lieutenant [31] Private Acting Serjeant [29] Acting Colour Serjeant [23] Corporal Acting Serjeant [20] Regimental Serjeant Major [20] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [17] Private /Lance Corporal [17] Quarter Master Serjeant [17] Temporary Major [17] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Trooper [16] Bandsman [15] Acting Lance Serjeant [14] Serjeant Major [14] Colonel [13] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Bugler [11] Captain and Adjutant [11] Warrant Officer Class 1 [11]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [43604] Labour Corps [3320] Royal Engineers [1715] Northamptonshire Regiment [1487] Bedfordshire Regiment [1406] Essex Regiment [1040] Machine Gun Corps [811] London Regiment [802] Cambridgeshire Regiment [770] Royal Fusiliers [666] Army Service Corps [643] Middlesex Regiment [608] Suffolk Regiment Depot [560] Suffolk Yeomanry [495] Royal Sussex Regiment [455] Norfolk Regiment [424] Gloucestershire Regiment [353] The Queen's Regiment [333] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [306] Royal Army Medical Corps [262] Royal Air Force [256] South Staffordshire Regiment [251] Liverpool Regiment [239] Royal West Kent Regiment [233] Northumberland Fusiliers [215] Rifle Brigade [215] North Staffordshire Regiment [214] Lincolnshire Regiment [212] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [205] East Surrey Regiment [202] Worcestershire Regiment [201] Royal Defence Corps [196] King's Royal Rifle Corps [192] Herefordshire Regiment [190] East Lancashire Regiment [180] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [180] Hampshire Regiment [174] South Wales Borderers [172] Yorkshire Regiment [163] Durham Light Infantry [144] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [120] Army Ordnance Corps [114] Hertfordshire Regiment [114] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [114] Training Reserve Battalion [114] Royal Flying Corps [113] Leicestershire Regiment [105] Depot Suffolk Regiment [101] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [100] East Kent Regiment [99]

Service

British Army [44759] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Royal Navy [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [5303] S [4277] C [4227] H [3710] W [3437] M [2884] P [2861] G [2320] R [2279] L [1890] F [1887] T [1717] D [1703] A [1436] J [1010] K [981] E [959] N [845] O [421] I [154] V [154] Y [145] U [100] Q [51] Z [8]

Contribution

Military Service [44527] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1022] Egypt [10] France [3] India [3] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] United States [2] Canada [1] Cyprus [1] Germany [1] Gibraltar [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Jersey [1] Kenya [1] Mauritius [1] Singapore [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Henry W Rush

British Army 4109 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 44003 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James Ince

British Army 1686 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43917 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Burgess Marshall

British Army 2568 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 240656 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas G Watling

British Army 1811 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200290 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Harry P Youngs

British Army 1205 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 240080 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Robert J Knights

British Army 1504 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200056 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Walter L Hyde

British Army 202335 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 5526 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Edward Percy Newell

British Army 18007 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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William Heard

British Army Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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J E Fisk

British Army 5819667 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 10077 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Bertie Charles Sutton

British Army 3572 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 241119 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George S Potter

British Army 4196 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201396 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Albertine G Lock

British Army 5326 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 202136 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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William H Finch

British Army 4447 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201499 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Robert G Coates

British Army 4041 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40404 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Percy G Hatcher

British Army 15232 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 15232 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Charles A Manning

British Army 3735 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 241220 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James E Reeve

British Army 3484 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 241072 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Saunderson

British Army 6635 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6635 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Carver

British Army 13880 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 13880 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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