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Great War regiments

The Great War Regiments they served in

Author: Chris Shaw

Note – many people served in more than one regiment

Norfolk Regiment

1st Battalion

Bane, James Thomas – Private 43073
Bloom, Walter David – Private 6977
Burton, William Henry – Private 6566
Burton-Pye, Richard James – Lance Corporal 26191

Earle, Edmund – Private 40402

Hewitt, Charles
Hewitt, Glynn Reginald – Private 203525
Hewitt, Herbert John – Private 3/7352
Walpole, Ernest Edwin – Private 3/7188

2nd Battalion

Bane, George Edward – Lance Corporal 7494
Burton, Harry Edward – Private 8450
Burton-Pye, Richard James – Private
Burton-Pye, Samuel Walter – Private 16238
Dunning, Edward – Private 7221
Empson, Gilbert Albert – Private 26758
Gotts, Cyril – Private 16236
Gotts, William Edward – Private 18506
Hewitt, Charles – Private 10869
Lubbock, Ernest Oscar William – Private 19713
Smith, Ernest Charles – Private 16237

3rd (Reserve) Battalion
Bane, George Edward – Private 5909
Bell, Stanley – Private
Bloom, Walter David – Private 4804 & 6977
Dunning, Edward – Private 5697 & 7221
Gray, George William – Private 14928
Hewitt, Charles – Private 10869
Hewitt, Gerard George – Private 25821
Mayes, Herbert George – Private 8454
Rogers, William George – Private 3/7639
Turner, Henry – Private 18478
Ward, Frederick Jubilee – Private 27004
Ward, Sidney Thomas – Lance Corporal 13746
Whitwood, Edward – Private 15231

5th Battalion

Baker, Charles Henry – Private 290391
Dix, Robert George – Private 4780 / 241048
Farrow, Cecil John – Private 13799

1/6th (Cyclists) Battalion

Porritt, Gordon Love – Private 1272
Skipper, Frank – Private 265149

7th Battalion

Gray, George William – Lance Corporal 14928
Hewitt, Wilfred Henry – Private 15146
Rogers, William George – Private 3/7639
Skipper, Frank – Private 265149
Whitwood, Edward – Sergeant 15231

8th Battalion

Farrow, Cecil John – Lance Corporal 13799
Fox, Harry Norton – 2nd Lieut. 300940
Kimm, Ernest Edward – Corporal 32048
Porritt, Gordon Love – Private 43700
Skipper, Frank – Private 43496
Ward, Sidney Thomas – Lance Corporal 13746

9th Battalion

Burton-Pye, Ernest Robert – Private 15019
Claxton, James – Private 22785
Earle, Edmund – Private 40402
Gotts, Robert Charles – Private 16233
Gray, George William – Private 14928
Hewitt, John Henry – Private 40223
Hewitt, Sidney Richard – Sergeant 3/10693
Hurn, Albert – Private 16235

10th Battalion

Gray, Herbert William – Private 16544
Hewitt, John Henry – Private 15151
Turner, Henry – Private 18478
Whitwood, Benjamin – Private 16218

11th Battalion

Baker, Charles Henry – Private 6777

12th Battalion

Ward, Sidney Thomas – Lance Corporal 13746

1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry

Gray, Albert Edward – Lance Corporal 1129

2/1st Norfolk Yeomanry

Gray, Albert Edward – Lance Sergeant 140012
Temple, Walter William – Private 140224

3/1st Norfolk Yeomanry

Baker, Ernest George – Private 2706
Storey, William Edward – Private 2705
Temple, Walter William – Private 2721

Training Reserve Battalion

Bartram, William James – Private 31001

Battalion not known

Gray, Charles William – Private 18467
Gray, Ernest Charles – Private 24338
Nichols, Robert – Private 18687
Pearson, William – Private 3/10848
Temple, Walter William – Private 38270

Other Regiments & Services

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders – 8th Battalion

Fox, Harry Norton – Lance Corporal 2820

Army Cyclist Corps – 21st Brigade

Storey, William Edward – Private 12687

Army Service Corps

Burrell, James Swann – Private 3005
Claxton, Robert William – Driver
Harris, Charles Alfred – Private T/438061
Jordan, Stanley Arthur – Private S/32823
Spurgeon, Jack Gerald – Driver 8889
Tuthill, Arthur Henry – A/Corporal T4/108097

Australian Imperial Force – 16th Battalion

Wadge, Frank MC & bar – Captain

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment – 1/1st

Bullimore, Charles George – Private 40858

Bedfordshire Regiment – 2nd Battalion

Burton-Pye, John Thomas – Private 29325

Bedfordshire Regiment – 3rd Battalion

Gray, Charles William – Private 37616
Harvey, Reginald Thomas – Private 13211

Border Regiment – 7th Battalion

Whitwood, Benjamin – Private 21193

Border Regiment – 11th Battalion

Whitwood, Benjamin – Private 21193

Canadian Expeditionary Force – 188th Battalion

Fox, Leonard Charles – Private 887918

Cavalry Regiment – 5th

Self, John Elliot – Private 69045

Cheshire Regiment – 15th Battalion

Jordan, Stanley Arthur – Private 51351

Coldstream Guards – 3rd Battalion

Burton, Edward Thomas – Private 10751

Coldstream Guards – 5th Reserve Battalion

Baker, Ernest William – Private 15721

Dorset Regiment – 2nd Battalion

Dunning, Edward – Private 9799

East Surrey Regiment – 1st Battalion

Rogers, William – Private 28605

East Surrey Regiment – 9th Battalion

Rogers, William – Private 28605

Essex Regiment

Claxton, Charles – Private

Essex Regiment – 1st Battalion

Gray, Theophilus Woodbine – Private 20801

Hewitt, John Henry – Private 20740

Larke, Charles – Private 20568

Lawrence, Charles Edward – Private 20949

Mayes, Herbert George – Private 20709

Essex Regiment – 2/5th Battalion

Gray, Ernest Charles – Private 4573

Essex Regiment – 2/6th Battalion

Gray, Thomas – Private 24912

Essex Regiment – 3/6th Battalion

Harris, Charles Alfred – Private G/73153

Essex Regiment – 10th Battalion

Bird, Thomas Edward – Lance Corporal 28116
Dix, James Albert Moy – Private 350864

Kings Royal Rifle Corps – 1st Battalion