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Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42]

Benwell, Northumberland [20]

Benwell, Northumberland, England [2]

BENWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND [1]

Benwell Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

South Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

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Private [3]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Lieutenant [1]

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Nurse [1]

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Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

French Red Cross [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

British Army [8]

Royal Navy [8]

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H [8]

P [6]

T [6]

W [6]

C [5]

R [5]

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D [4]

G [3]

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J [2]

L [2]

M [2]

K [1]

N [1]

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Military Service [65]

Merchant Navy [2]

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United Kingdom [2]

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People [67] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42] Benwell, Northumberland [20] Benwell, Northumberland, England [2] BENWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND [1] Benwell Newcastle, Northumberland [1] South Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [3] Second Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [4] French Red Cross [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] British Army [8] Royal Navy [8]

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B [9] H [8] P [6] T [6] W [6] C [5] R [5] S [5] D [4] G [3] A [2] J [2] L [2] M [2] K [1] N [1]

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Military Service [65] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Thomas Albert Thirlwell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 170 Tunnelling Company

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Robert Morton Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 16/375 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 16th Bn

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William Henry Jobson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164285

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Norman Langley Buckham

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Turnbull

Died 1915

8th Battlion

British Army 4012 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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John George Carmen

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297754

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Oswald Arthur Hodgson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Southern

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269461

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Dorothy M Liddell

Born 1890

Died 1938

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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Charles William Allison Ridley

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177432

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Hugh Russell

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408013

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John Ernest Victor Mayer

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253224

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Cuthbert Winship Dennison

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262713

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Charles Bacon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6/1933 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick William Robson

Born 1889

Royal Navy F38548

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Robert Christopher Jackson

Born 1898

Royal Navy M32088

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George Robert Bell

Born 1893

Royal Navy M33420

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Walter Ernest Holland

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS114499

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Elizabeth Berkley

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Aubrey Pearce

Born 1899

Royal Navy L9040

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