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Carlisle, Cumberland [725]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98]

Carlisle Cumberland [10]

Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6]

Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Currock, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wreay, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Alston, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Caldergate, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Calthwaite, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carleton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle Cumberland England [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, cumberland [1]

Carlisle. Cumberland. [1]

Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Heads Nook, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

High Hesket, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Holmeden Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Houghton, near Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Kirkoswald, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Maryport, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Newtown, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Penton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Port Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rockcliffe, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Saint Cuthberts Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Saint Mary Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Scaleby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Sebergham, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

St Cuthberts, Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

St James, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

St Johns, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

St.Pauls Parish, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Stanwix Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Thursby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Upperby Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Upperby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Wortlington near Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Corporal [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signalman [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Sergant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Hon. Captain [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temp. Hon. Captain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [28]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1]

4th Howitzer Brigade [1]

926 A Emp, Labour Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Department [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry - New Brunswick Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment attached Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HM Minesweeper Zetland [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HMS Active [1]

Service

Royal Navy [402]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [304]

British Army [88]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [110]

M [103]

S [84]

H [69]

C [64]

W [63]

R [48]

P [40]

T [40]

G [36]

L [36]

D [33]

F [29]

J [29]

N [25]

A [24]

K [17]

E [16]

I [12]

O [9]

Q [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [793]

Merchant Navy [97]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

New Zealand [1]

Nigeria [1]

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Place of birth

Carlisle, Cumberland [725] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98] Carlisle Cumberland [10] Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6] Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Currock, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Wreay, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Alston, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Caldergate, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Calthwaite, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carleton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle Cumberland England [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, cumberland [1] Carlisle. Cumberland. [1] Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Heads Nook, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] High Hesket, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Holmeden Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Houghton, near Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Kirkoswald, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Maryport, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Newtown, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Penton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Port Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Rockcliffe, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Saint Cuthberts Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Saint Mary Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Scaleby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Sebergham, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] St Cuthberts, Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] St James, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] St Johns, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] St.Pauls Parish, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Stanwix Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Thursby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Upperby Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Upperby, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Wortlington near Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [56] Corporal [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Able Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Captain [5] Driver [5] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Signalman [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Sergant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Hon. Captain [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Telegraphist [1] Temp. Hon. Captain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [28] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] London Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Ganges [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1] 4th Howitzer Brigade [1] 926 A Emp, Labour Corps [1] Army Ordnance Department [1] Army Service Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry - New Brunswick Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment attached Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Minesweeper Zetland [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HMS Active [1]

Service

Royal Navy [402] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [304] British Army [88] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [110] M [103] S [84] H [69] C [64] W [63] R [48] P [40] T [40] G [36] L [36] D [33] F [29] J [29] N [25] A [24] K [17] E [16] I [12] O [9] Q [3] Y [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [793] Merchant Navy [97]

Country

United Kingdom [54] New Zealand [1] Nigeria [1]

Owen Jardine Hobbs

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1494 Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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John Moor Brewis

Born 1882

Died 1940

British Army temp Hon. Lieutenant Army Ordnance Department

British Army Hon. Captain Army Ordnance Department

British Army Hon. Captain Army Ordnance Department

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Sidney Guy Dacombe

Born 1878

Died 1944

British Army RMA5099 Acting Battery Serjeant Major Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/5099 Colour Sergant Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy Sergeant HMS Ophir

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Peter James Johnston

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 49267 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 49267 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Oliphant

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2675 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1/8th Battalion

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John Bardgett

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 15309 Private Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army 15309 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army 15309 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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Sydney Vyvyan Trevenen

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 42nd Brigade

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 49th Battery, 40th Brigade

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Joseph Brown

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 7288 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Devoy

Born 1887

Died 1923

British Army 6317 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Aubrey Mackwood Sleightholm

Born 1891

British Army 90353 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Oliphant

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS111427 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ardent

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Joseph Blaylock

Born 1891

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142111 Air Mechanic 3rd Class 32nd Training Depot Station

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John Johnston

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14012 Private Border Regiment

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Arthur Boustead

Born 1871

British Army 17824 Private 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Shannon

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15456 Private Border Regiment

British Army 15456 Serjeant Border Regiment Lonsdale Battalion

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Richard Johnston

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 14013 Private Border Regiment

British Army 455231 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Munro

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 68 Private Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 9-2740 Private Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army 2740 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Richard Ward Butterworth

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 963761 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Chambers Gardiner

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment

British Army 2097 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

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Robert Alec Blacklock

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 137063 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 51490 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 137063 Private Machine Gun Corps 19th Battalion (Infantry)

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