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Crook, Durham [56]

Crook, County Durham [10]

Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Crook, Durham, England [3]

Crook, Co Durham [2]

Stanley, Crook, Durham [2]

CROOK, Co. Durham. [1]

Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Crook, County Durham, [1]

Jobs Hill, Helmington Row, Crook, Co Durham [1]

Middleton in Teesdale. Crook, Co Durham [1]

Sunniside, Crook, Durham [1]

Sunnybrow, Crook, Co Durham [1]

Whitelea Crook, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Royal Engineers [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Durham Light Infantry attached Trench Mortar Battery [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Tank Corps [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Yorkshire Hussars [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32]

British Army [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

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B [9]

C [8]

P [8]

S [8]

T [7]

F [6]

H [5]

L [5]

A [4]

M [4]

D [3]

G [3]

J [3]

K [3]

R [3]

N [2]

E [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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People [84] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crook, Durham [56] Crook, County Durham [10] Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Crook, Durham, England [3] Crook, Co Durham [2] Stanley, Crook, Durham [2] CROOK, Co. Durham. [1] Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1] Crook, County Durham, [1] Jobs Hill, Helmington Row, Crook, Co Durham [1] Middleton in Teesdale. Crook, Co Durham [1] Sunniside, Crook, Durham [1] Sunnybrow, Crook, Co Durham [1] Whitelea Crook, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [12] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [11] Royal Engineers [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Durham Light Infantry attached Trench Mortar Battery [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Tank Corps [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Yorkshire Hussars [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32] British Army [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Last name first letter

B [9] C [8] P [8] S [8] T [7] F [6] H [5] L [5] A [4] M [4] D [3] G [3] J [3] K [3] R [3] N [2] E [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Nathan Brown

Born 1882

British Army 370 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 370 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 6/370 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 6 Battalion

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Alexander Coates

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 21944 Private Durham Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Peter Vanston

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 16189 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Levi Myers

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 39060 Private Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

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William Heslop

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry attached Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Humphrey Stuart King

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 2/5th

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William Leighton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190289

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Edward Brown

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 366 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army E/366 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 6/366 Private Durham Light Infantry 6 Battalion

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James Henderson English

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 203131 Private Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

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Charles Henry Thompson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187149

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William Summers Fowler

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281667

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Isaac Copeland

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126387

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George Wilfred Noddings Smith

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20948

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Edward Mason

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281070

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Benjamin Futers

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107404

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Abraham Richardson

Died 1916

British Army 13257 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 13257 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th Battalion

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Joseph William Stones

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 19/647 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 19th Battalion

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Percy Pedelty

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10604

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Thomas Allison

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 9473 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Edwin Taylor

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167405

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