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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]

Albert Clarke

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 18/468 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

British Army 18/468 Private (Acting Lance Corporal) Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

British Army 18/468 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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Patrick Solan

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 26/1237 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Idris Theodore Trefor Francis

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 30540 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Gerald Winn

Born 1898

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/10590 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Henry Thornton Gray

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438576

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438576 Trooper Royal Canadian Dragoons 1st Armoured Regiment

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Edward Hope

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 21266 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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James William Callender

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 114810 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Bunton Alias Fenton

Died 1917

British Army 11200 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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George Frederick James

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180212

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Benjamin Wilkinson

Died 1916

British Army 26478 Private Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Evans

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 16593 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Maria Haverty

Born 1894

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Thomas Russell Corbett

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS7559 Able Seaman HMS Vestal

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Arthur Stephenson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 163154 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 163154 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 163154 Private Marchine Gun Corps, Infantry 63rd Battalion

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Ralph Garthwaite Hindmarch

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 9798 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Michael Stewart

Born 1896

Royal Navy K24088

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Robert Thoburn Lamb

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS114708 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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George Crichton

Born 1896

British Army 64654 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Jared Watson Dodsworth

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 8911 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200905 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ralph Lambton Stobart

Born 1892

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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