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Auckland [855]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [496]

Auckland NZ [132]

Auckland, New Zealand [37]

Bishop Auckland [31]

Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [30]

Bishops Auckland, Durham [20]

Bishop Auckland England [13]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [12]

Auckland, Durham [7]

Shildon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [7]

Bishop, Auckland [4]

Eldon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [4]

North Auckland [4]

West Auckland England Western Australia [4]

West Auckland, Durham [4]

Auckland New South Wales [3]

Coundon Grange, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Coundon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Matakana, North Auckland [3]

West Auckland [3]

Auckland District, Durham [2]

Auckland England [2]

Bishop Auckland Durham [2]

Bishop Auckland, Co Durham [2]

Bishop Auckland, Yorkshire [2]

Bishop Auckland,County Durham [2]

Bishops Auckland England [2]

Cockfield, Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Devonport Auckland [2]

Mount Albert, Auckland [2]

Onehunga, Auckland [2]

Ponsonby, Auckland [2]

West Auckland, Co Durham [2]

West Auckland, Durham, England [2]

Whangateau, North Auckland [2]

Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Auckland Durham [1]

Auckland NEW ZEALAND [1]

Auckland NZ/Melbourne Victoria [1]

Auckland Park, Durham [1]

Auckland Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Auckland Registration District, Co Durham [1]

Auckland USA South Australia [1]

Auckland Union [1]

Auckland Victoria [1]

Auckland, Co, Durham [1]

Auckland, County Durham [1]

Auckland,Co.Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [9]

Gunner [8]

Captain [6]

Sergeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Trooper [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Major [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Driver [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker [2]

2/ Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Commander (Retired) [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Assistant Provost Marshal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Colonel temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Matron [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Nurse [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

New Zealand Field Artillery [5]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [4]

Otago Infantry Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

New Zealand Engineers [3]

Auckland Regiment [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Ardent [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [2]

New Zealand Infantry [2]

New Zealand Training Unit [2]

RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Australian Light Horse [1]

11th Company, Australian Army Services Corps [1]

14th Australian General Hospital [1]

16th Battalion [1]

16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1]

17th Reinforcements [1]

1st A.I.F. Division [1]

1st Canadian Tunnelling Company [1]

2nd A.I.F Division [1]

2nd Division [1]

3rd A.I.F. Division [1]

3rd Field Artillery Brigade [1]

3rd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

4th A.I.F. Division [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [886]

Royal Navy [515]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146]

British Army [94]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [71]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [202]

M [187]

H [160]

C [152]

W [149]

S [132]

R [98]

G [87]

P [87]

F [74]

L [73]

A [68]

D [59]

T [56]

K [44]

E [40]

J [40]

O [32]

N [29]

V [7]

Y [7]

I [4]

U [4]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1699]

Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

New Zealand [38]

Australia [5]

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People [1793] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Auckland [855] Bishop Auckland, Durham [496] Auckland NZ [132] Auckland, New Zealand [37] Bishop Auckland [31] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [30] Bishops Auckland, Durham [20] Bishop Auckland England [13] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [12] Auckland, Durham [7] Shildon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [7] Bishop, Auckland [4] Eldon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [4] North Auckland [4] West Auckland England Western Australia [4] West Auckland, Durham [4] Auckland New South Wales [3] Coundon Grange, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Coundon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Matakana, North Auckland [3] West Auckland [3] Auckland District, Durham [2] Auckland England [2] Bishop Auckland Durham [2] Bishop Auckland, Co Durham [2] Bishop Auckland, Yorkshire [2] Bishop Auckland,County Durham [2] Bishops Auckland England [2] Cockfield, Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Devonport Auckland [2] Mount Albert, Auckland [2] Onehunga, Auckland [2] Ponsonby, Auckland [2] West Auckland, Co Durham [2] West Auckland, Durham, England [2] Whangateau, North Auckland [2] Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Auckland Durham [1] Auckland NEW ZEALAND [1] Auckland NZ/Melbourne Victoria [1] Auckland Park, Durham [1] Auckland Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Auckland Registration District, Co Durham [1] Auckland USA South Australia [1] Auckland Union [1] Auckland Victoria [1] Auckland, Co, Durham [1] Auckland, County Durham [1] Auckland,Co.Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [79] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [9] Gunner [8] Captain [6] Sergeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [5] Trooper [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Deck Hand [4] Major [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Driver [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker [2] 2/ Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Commander (Retired) [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Assistant Provost Marshal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Colonel temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Matron [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [28] Auckland Infantry Regiment [12] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] New Zealand Field Artillery [5] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Auckland Mounted Rifles [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [4] Otago Infantry Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Australian Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] New Zealand Engineers [3] Auckland Regiment [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Ardent [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [2] New Zealand Infantry [2] New Zealand Training Unit [2] RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Australian Light Horse [1] 11th Company, Australian Army Services Corps [1] 14th Australian General Hospital [1] 16th Battalion [1] 16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1] 17th Reinforcements [1] 1st A.I.F. Division [1] 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company [1] 2nd A.I.F Division [1] 2nd Division [1] 3rd A.I.F. Division [1] 3rd Field Artillery Brigade [1] 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1] 4th A.I.F. Division [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [886] Royal Navy [515] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146] British Army [94] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [71] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [202] M [187] H [160] C [152] W [149] S [132] R [98] G [87] P [87] F [74] L [73] A [68] D [59] T [56] K [44] E [40] J [40] O [32] N [29] V [7] Y [7] I [4] U [4] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1699] Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [42] New Zealand [38] Australia [5]

Ralph Evans

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS118845

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Wilfred Ernest Maughan

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS119854

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John Edward Atkinson

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS121234

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Mathew Sharrocks

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS123896

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Robert William West

Born 1899

Royal Navy J71549

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Charles Dobbin

Born 1899

Royal Navy J71566

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George Edward Geary

Born 1884

Royal Navy 218053

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Reuben Duval

Born 1850

Royal Navy 219351

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Robert James Parsons

Born 1884

Royal Navy 219468

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Joseph Roper

Born 1881

Royal Navy 306077 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 306077 Stoker HMS Formidable

Royal Navy 306077 Stoker 1st Class HMS Formidable

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John Frederick Adamson

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS108836 Stoker 1st Class HMS BROKE

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Joseph Batt

Born 1894

Royal Navy J8103 Able Seaman HMS INDOMITABLE

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Robert Stones

Born 1885

Royal Navy K26710 Stoker 1st Class HMS MALAYA

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