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Blyth, Northumberland [276]

Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [5]

Blyth, Northumberland, England [3]

Newsham, Blyth, Northumberland [2]

North Seaton, Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Backworth, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bedlington, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Blyth Northumberland [1]

Blyth, Newsham, Northumberland [1]

Blyth, Northumberland, England [1]

Blyth, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Blyth,Northumberland. [1]

Cowpen Blyth Northumberland [1]

Cowpen Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Cowpen Quay, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Dudley, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Major [1]

Munitionette [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Mate [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS SHARK [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Munitions worker and Munitionette [1]

North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. "M.L.292." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [221]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

British Army [24]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37]

M [32]

H [30]

W [22]

B [19]

G [17]

R [17]

T [17]

C [15]

D [15]

L [13]

A [12]

P [10]

N [9]

J [8]

F [6]

K [6]

E [5]

I [3]

Y [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [290]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Blyth, Northumberland [276] Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [5] Blyth, Northumberland, England [3] Newsham, Blyth, Northumberland [2] North Seaton, Blyth, Northumberland [2] Backworth, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bedlington, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Blyth Northumberland [1] Blyth, Newsham, Northumberland [1] Blyth, Northumberland, England [1] Blyth, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Blyth,Northumberland. [1] Cowpen Blyth Northumberland [1] Cowpen Blyth, Northumberland [1] Cowpen Quay, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland [1] Dudley, Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [21] Ordinary Seaman [4] Deck Hand [3] Lance Corporal [3] Stoker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Major [1] Munitionette [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Second Mate [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Naval Reserve [7] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Victory I [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS SHARK [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Munitions worker and Munitionette [1] North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. "M.L.292." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [221] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] British Army [24] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37] M [32] H [30] W [22] B [19] G [17] R [17] T [17] C [15] D [15] L [13] A [12] P [10] N [9] J [8] F [6] K [6] E [5] I [3] Y [3] U [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [290] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Henry Middlemiss

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139102

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William Crawford Clough Allen

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186275

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Edwin Walter Milburn

Born 1880

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers

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Pius Kelly

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165615

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Alexander Kewen Laing

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 62740 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Brown

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army C1646 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Richard Fynes Cropp

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 25/828 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edwin Watson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234204

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Thomas Dixon Biggs

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 18498 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 18498/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. "M.L.292."

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James Henry Messer

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242952

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James Gray

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 35165 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Richard Edward Reay

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy M14059 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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John Robert Hernderson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260237

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James Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262709

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Thomas Elliott Graham

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269601

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David Mcalister

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275870

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Abram Harrison

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 12266 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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William Smith Wilson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280305

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John Henry Henderson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293307

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Fred Cowens

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311907

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