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Chester-le-Street, Durham [35]

Chester le Street, Durham [25]

Chester Le Street, Durham [10]

Chester-Le-Street, Durham [5]

Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England [5]

Chester-le-Street, County Durham [4]

Birtley, Chester-le-Street, Durham [1]

Chester Le Street, Co Durham [1]

Chester Le Street, County Durham [1]

Chester le Street Durham [1]

Chester le Street, Co. Durham [1]

Chester le Street, Durham, England [1]

Chester le Street,Durham [1]

Chester-le-Street, West Pelton, Durham [1]

Chester-le-street ,Durham [1]

Chester-le-street, Durham [1]

Colton Chester-le-Street, Durham [1]

Parkins Villa Chester le Street Durham [1]

Pelton Fell, Chester-le-Street, County Durham [1]

Pelton, Chester-Le-Street, Durham [1]

Perkinsville, Chester le Street, Durham [1]

Southhill,Chester Le Street,Durham [1]

Urpeth, Chester le Street, Co Durham [1]

Washington, Chester Le Street, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Able Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Vestal [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Marchine Gun Corps, Infantry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Southampton [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [71]

British Army [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [11]

S [11]

W [10]

C [9]

H [8]

B [6]

F [6]

G [6]

D [5]

E [5]

M [5]

P [5]

J [4]

O [3]

R [3]

T [2]

A [1]

K [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [93]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Malta [1]

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People [102] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chester-le-Street, Durham [35] Chester le Street, Durham [25] Chester Le Street, Durham [10] Chester-Le-Street, Durham [5] Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England [5] Chester-le-Street, County Durham [4] Birtley, Chester-le-Street, Durham [1] Chester Le Street, Co Durham [1] Chester Le Street, County Durham [1] Chester le Street Durham [1] Chester le Street, Co. Durham [1] Chester le Street, Durham, England [1] Chester le Street,Durham [1] Chester-le-Street, West Pelton, Durham [1] Chester-le-street ,Durham [1] Chester-le-street, Durham [1] Colton Chester-le-Street, Durham [1] Parkins Villa Chester le Street Durham [1] Pelton Fell, Chester-le-Street, County Durham [1] Pelton, Chester-Le-Street, Durham [1] Perkinsville, Chester le Street, Durham [1] Southhill,Chester Le Street,Durham [1] Urpeth, Chester le Street, Co Durham [1] Washington, Chester Le Street, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [14] Able Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Colonel [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Munitions Worker [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Vestal [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Marchine Gun Corps, Infantry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Southampton [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [71] British Army [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [11] S [11] W [10] C [9] H [8] B [6] F [6] G [6] D [5] E [5] M [5] P [5] J [4] O [3] R [3] T [2] A [1] K [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [93] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Malta [1]

Joseph Walker

Born 1871

Royal Navy M9109

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John Ralph Toward

Born 1893

Royal Navy M11629

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Robert Porter

Born 1895

Royal Navy M14405

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James Lambert Emery

Born 1890

Royal Navy M18100

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Frederic Gray

Born 1898

Royal Navy M32083

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Thomas Bohill

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS109892

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Vincent Wheatley

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

Royal Navy DA 8818 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Robert Andrew Redhead

Born 1897

Royal Navy J42893 Ordinary Seaman HMS ONSLAUGHT

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John Makepeace Turnbull

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS5651 Able Seaman HMS CANADA

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John William Hall

Born 1888

Royal Navy M16888 Carpenter's Crew HMS MALAYA

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Robert William Eke

Born 1870

British Army 33098 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 238214 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Mary Elizabeth Dodds

Born 1894

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Frederick Ball

Born 1895

Royal Navy J26841

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William Johnson Woodman

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29607

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John Edward Farrow

Born 1897

Royal Navy J36701

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Frederick Leighton

Born 1899

Royal Navy J42114

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John Carr

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44766

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Johnson Robinson Ellwood

Born 1899

Royal Navy J45933

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Charles Barnes Willis

Born 1901

Royal Navy J55121

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Ernest Dodds

Born 1898

Royal Navy J63373

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