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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]

George William Charlton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264824

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Herbert Horatio Kitchener Bower

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275942

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Peter Allen

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 12994 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Robinson Shaw

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260788

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Robert Milburn Dixon

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J39953 Boy 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Samuel Readey

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K27910 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Albert Edward Morris

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS6218 Ordinary Seaman HMS SHARK

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Walter Henry Metcalf

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241662

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Arthur Kewen

Born 1895

Died 1946

British Army 10224 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Dodd

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243353

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William Taggart

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138529

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Benjamin Absalom

Born 1883

Royal Navy 300220

Royal Navy ST 2902 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Lyons

Born 1881

Royal Navy 300709

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Alexander Crombie Middlemas

Born 1896

Royal Navy F10405

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Robert William Wheatley

Born 1890

Royal Navy F10950

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Edwin Watson

Born 1893

Royal Navy F34204

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Allon Dodds Soulsby

Born 1889

Royal Navy F37758

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William Dodd

Born 1883

Royal Navy F43353

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Robert Hunter

Born 1897

Royal Navy F49890

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John Dent Lansdale

Born 1890

Royal Navy J20068

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