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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]

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]

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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]

Nicholas Lynn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4447

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Thomas Allison

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 9473 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Jolly Pearson

Born 1896

Royal Navy F12240

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Benjamin Armstrong

Born 1899

Royal Navy F43747

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Edward Alliston

Born 1899

Royal Navy J72796

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John George Jones

Born 1893

Royal Navy K10665

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Alfred William Marsey

Born 1892

Royal Navy K27134

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Edward Lugo

Born 1895

Royal Navy K32439

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Gerald Victor Boughen

Born 1897

Royal Navy K41486

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Charles Egglestone Kitching

Born 1895

Royal Navy M17305

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Francis Reid

Born 1903

Royal Navy SS10259

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Harold Taylor

Born 1902

Royal Navy SS10291

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Theodore Flowers

British Army 190024 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Martin Greener

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 175th Tunnelling Company

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Benjamin William Guest Taylor Bird

Born 1886

Royal Navy 226801

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Samuel Beckwith Johnson

Born 1878

British Army M2/121118 Private Army Service Corps

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Florence May Carless

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Alfred William Lawson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J62539

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William Rayner Collin

Born 1897

Royal Navy J67166

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John Robert Nixon

Born 1893

Royal Navy K14544

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