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Carlisle, Cumberland [725]

Carlisle England [106]

Carlisle [101]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98]

Carlisle Cumberland [10]

Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6]

Carlisle, Cumbria [6]

Carlisle New South Wales [4]

Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Carlisle, Lanarkshire [3]

Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Carlisle, Cambridgeshire [2]

Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2]

Carlisle, England [2]

Currock, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wreay, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Alston, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

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Bulcher Gate Carlisle [1]

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Coathill, Carlisle [1]

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Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Cumwhinton, Carlisle [1]

Dalston Carlisle [1]

Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Gunner [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Driver [5]

Sapper [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Signalman [3]

Able Seaman RNVR [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1]

Hon. Captain [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [48]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

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

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Australian Tunnelling Company [1]

1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1]

1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1]

24th Punjabis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [459]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [306]

British Army [161]

Australian Imperial Force [114]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [141]

M [123]

S [113]

H [96]

C [84]

W [77]

T [57]

R [55]

G [51]

P [47]

D [44]

L [40]

A [38]

J [38]

F [33]

N [33]

E [21]

K [20]

I [17]

O [11]

Q [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024]

Merchant Navy [97]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

New Zealand [2]

India [1]

Nigeria [1]

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Carlisle, Cumberland [725] Carlisle England [106] Carlisle [101] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98] Carlisle Cumberland [10] Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6] Carlisle, Cumbria [6] Carlisle New South Wales [4] Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Carlisle, Lanarkshire [3] Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Carlisle, Cambridgeshire [2] Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2] Carlisle, England [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] Brampton, Carlisle [1] Bulcher Gate Carlisle [1] Caldergate, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Calthwaite, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carleton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle Cumberland England [1] Carlisle Fields, Shropshire [1] Carlisle ON [1] Carlisle Registration District [1] Carlisle Street, Marylebone [1] Carlisle Sunderland [1] Carlisle Western Australia [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumford [1] Carlisle, Edinburgh [1] Carlisle, Northumberland [1] Carlisle, ON [1] Carlisle, Ontario [1] Carlisle, cumberland [1] Carlisle,Cumbria. [1] Carlisle. Cumberland. [1] Coathill, Carlisle [1] Cotehill, Carlisle [1] Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cumwhinton, Carlisle [1] Dalston Carlisle [1] Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [105] Lieutenant [15] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Gunner [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Driver [5] Sapper [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Signalman [3] Able Seaman RNVR [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Fireman [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] General [1] General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1] Hon. Captain [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] L/Cpl [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [48] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Labour Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Australian Tunnelling Company [1] 1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1] 1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1] 24th Punjabis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [459] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [306] British Army [161] Australian Imperial Force [114] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [141] M [123] S [113] H [96] C [84] W [77] T [57] R [55] G [51] P [47] D [44] L [40] A [38] J [38] F [33] N [33] E [21] K [20] I [17] O [11] Q [3] Y [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024] Merchant Navy [97] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77] New Zealand [2] India [1] Nigeria [1]

Benjamin Graham

Born 1890

Died 1969

Royal Navy K. X/ 273 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy K.X/273 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion

Royal Navy K.X/273 Able Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion

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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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David Douglas Horne

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Field Artillery 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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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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John Edward Hodgson O.b.e.

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps attached Army Corps attached Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel ADMS 12th Corps, Salonika

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Steven Cowans

Born 1862

Died 1921

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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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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John George Johnston

Born 1888

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4270 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Muckle Bristow

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army 31203 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31203 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Mattinson Tiffin

Born 1888

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 399 Sapper 1st Australian Tunnelling Company

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Claude Bicker

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 24678 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 29979 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24678 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment

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Herbert Laidlow Downes

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8th Battalion (Irish)

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James Kidd

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 793 Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 793 Serjeant Border Regiment 1/4 Battalion (attached to Oxford & Bucks L.I.)

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Robert Graham

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/2186 Royal Naval Division

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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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George Norman

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2092 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Waller

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1650 Private 11th Australian Infantry 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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William Mcewan

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14483 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14483 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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