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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]

Andrew Leonard Henry

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army 1774 Private Border Regiment 1/4 battalion (attached to 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I.)

British Army 200496 Border Regiment

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John Jordan Cavaghan

Born 1871

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine - SS 'Treverbyn' (St Ives)

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George Frederick Hodson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 39202 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39202 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent (Seaplane School)-Yarmouth

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39202 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Yarmouth

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Robert Ernest Mann

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11126 South Wales Borderers

British Army 11126 Private South Wales Borderers

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Richard Jackson Walker

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2244 Private Border Regiment 2/4 Battalion

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William Graham

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 200076 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

British Army 844 Private Border Regiment

British Army 844 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

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Joseph Albert Bouch

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1771 Private Border Regiment

British Army 1771 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

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Anthony Devlin

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 23006 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Alfred James Moffatt

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15287 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 15287 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 7/8th battalion king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 15287 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Albert B. Wilkins

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 422 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 403785 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Robert Mowbray

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13714 Private Border Regiment

British Army 13714 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 11th Battalion

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Bessie Aka Betty Shadwick

Born 1895

Died 1965

Other Empire Force Ward Orderly British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 72 General Hospital [Trouville-sur-Mer Normandy France]

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James Edmondson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 242185 Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 1206 Corporal Border Regiment 4th bord Battalion

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John George Irving

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1455 Private Border Regiment

British Army 1455 Acting Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 275085 Acting Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Ernest Gibson

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 2069 Private 1st West Hussars Yoemanry

British Army 260582 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 315126 Private Westmoreland & Cumberland Yeomanry

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Herbert Andrew John Cockbain

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/21735 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Gerald Arthur Morton

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain Border Regiment 1st Battalion.

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William Turnbull

Died 1914

British Army 6833 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6833 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6833 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Anthony Harvey Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Richard James Cooke

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198015

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