Roll of honour
Casualties of Aviva constituent companies in the 1914 - 1918 War
“Their memories will be held in the greatest gratitude not only by this generation but for many generations to come.”
Francis Norie-Miller
- General Manager of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd 1891 - 1933
Search our records of employees who died
Earles, Stanley Victor
Head Office, Accident Department, Industrial Proposals
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Date of Death | 28 April 1917, aged 30 |
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| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Norfolk Regiment 8th Platoon B Company 7th Battalion |
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Known in the office for his acting prowess his manager wrote "his loss is very much deplored." His Commanding Officer wrote to his widow "I can truthfully say he died instantly and was buried close to Monchy- le-Prieux... your husband was one of my best NCOs I never heard him grumble at anything he had to do."
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Edkins, Phillip E
Birmingham
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd.
| Date of Death | 16 July 1916 |
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| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion |
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| Died of wounds. | |
Edmonds, Dudley George
Head Office
The Guarantee Society Ltd.
| Date of Death | 24 December 1915, aged 23 |
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| Rank | Rifleman |
| Regiment | County of London Regiment 1st/18th Battalion |
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| Clerk. Appointed 1912. Killed in France by a mine explosion while engaged with a party of gallant comrades in advancing towards the enemy's trenches. According the Post Magazine Roll of Honour "in his letters he frequently expressed the hope that he might again resume his office work, and the members of the staff much regret that this hope cannot be realised and feel keenly the loss of an esteemed and capable colleague." | |
Edward, Andrew Forbes
Aberdeen
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 18 April 1918, aged 26 |
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| Rank | Gunner |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery D Battery 276th Brigade |
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Died of gas poisoning.
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Edwards, Norman Allan
Montreal, Canada
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Date of Death | 08 May 1915 |
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| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) |
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| Died at Battle of Ypres. | |
Eldret, William Henry
Head Office
The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
| Date of Death | 01 July 1916, aged 24 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion Business Men's Company |
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Killed in heavy fighting in France.
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Eldridge, Ernest John
Imperial Livestock Insurance Company Ltd.
| Date of Death | 12 October 1917, aged 38 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Leicestershire Regiment 11th Battalion |
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| Company paid widow £125. | |
Ellis, Herbert Douglas
Exeter
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Date of Death | 05 January 1918, aged 19 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion |
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Joined society May 1913.
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Ellison, Arthur Reginald
Liverpool
Union Assurance Society Ltd.
| Date of Death | 09 October 1918 |
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| Rank | Corporal |
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| Appointed 1909. Enlisted September 1914. | |
Ellis, Thomas George Rowland
Manchester
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Date of Death | 26 July 1916, aged 18 |
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| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion |
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| Volunteered 1915 and had been in France only 17 days when he was wounded and died the next day. | |
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