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Carlisle, Cumberland [725]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [264]

Workington, Cumberland [225]

Maryport, Cumberland, England [197]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [166]

Cumberland [156]

Penrith, Cumberland [145]

Maryport, Cumberland [131]

Cumberland England [99]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98]

Cumberland New South Wales [86]

Cockermouth, Cumberland [70]

Keswick, Cumberland [66]

Wigton, Cumberland [55]

Millom, Cumberland [53]

Workington, Cumberland, England [50]

Brampton, Cumberland [38]

Silloth, Cumberland, England [32]

Cumberland, England [31]

Cleator Moor, Cumberland [25]

Egremont, Cumberland [23]

Harrington, Cumberland [21]

Penrith, Cumberland, England [18]

Silloth, Cumberland [18]

Longtown, Cumberland [17]

Milton, Cumberland [12]

Cleator, Cumberland [11]

Dearham, Cumberland [11]

Frizington, Cumberland [11]

Aspatria, Cumberland [10]

Carlisle Cumberland [10]

Distington, Cumberland [10]

Cockermouth, Cumberland, England [9]

Dalston, Cumberland [9]

Alston, Cumberland [8]

Millom, Cumberland, England [8]

Parton, Cumberland [8]

Seaton, Cumberland [8]

Mary Port, Cumberland [7]

Wetheral, Cumberland [7]

Wigton, Cumberland, England [7]

Bootle, Cumberland [6]

Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6]

Cumberland Queensland [6]

Hayton, Cumberland [5]

Penrith Cumberland [5]

Arlecdon, Cumberland [4]

Distington, Cumberland, England [4]

Ravenglass, Cumberland [4]

St Bees, Cumberland [4]

Rank

Private [336]

Lance Corporal [38]

Corporal [35]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Captain [24]

Gunner [24]

Lieutenant [24]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Able Seaman [18]

Sapper [16]

Driver [15]

Serjeant [15]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Sergeant [11]

Deck Hand [9]

Stoker [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Rifleman [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Nurse [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

PRIVATE [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Reverend [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Hand [2]

Signalman [2]

Sister [2]

AB [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [123]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [28]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Army Service Corps [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Labour Corps [14]

London Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

HMS TIGER [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

HMS Monmouth [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [918]

British Army [487]

Australian Imperial Force [205]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Other Empire Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [386]

M [386]

S [286]

H [261]

W [261]

C [242]

R [177]

D [173]

T [170]

L [169]

P [149]

G [143]

F [135]

J [135]

K [116]

A [113]

N [72]

E [66]

O [46]

I [41]

V [10]

Y [10]

Q [8]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2823]

Merchant Navy [676]

Country

United Kingdom [235]

Canada [11]

Australia [3]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Nigeria [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Carlisle, Cumberland [725] Whitehaven, Cumberland [264] Workington, Cumberland [225] Maryport, Cumberland, England [197] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [166] Cumberland [156] Penrith, Cumberland [145] Maryport, Cumberland [131] Cumberland England [99] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98] Cumberland New South Wales [86] Cockermouth, Cumberland [70] Keswick, Cumberland [66] Wigton, Cumberland [55] Millom, Cumberland [53] Workington, Cumberland, England [50] Brampton, Cumberland [38] Silloth, Cumberland, England [32] Cumberland, England [31] Cleator Moor, Cumberland [25] Egremont, Cumberland [23] Harrington, Cumberland [21] Penrith, Cumberland, England [18] Silloth, Cumberland [18] Longtown, Cumberland [17] Milton, Cumberland [12] Cleator, Cumberland [11] Dearham, Cumberland [11] Frizington, Cumberland [11] Aspatria, Cumberland [10] Carlisle Cumberland [10] Distington, Cumberland [10] Cockermouth, Cumberland, England [9] Dalston, Cumberland [9] Alston, Cumberland [8] Millom, Cumberland, England [8] Parton, Cumberland [8] Seaton, Cumberland [8] Mary Port, Cumberland [7] Wetheral, Cumberland [7] Wigton, Cumberland, England [7] Bootle, Cumberland [6] Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6] Cumberland Queensland [6] Hayton, Cumberland [5] Penrith Cumberland [5] Arlecdon, Cumberland [4] Distington, Cumberland, England [4] Ravenglass, Cumberland [4] St Bees, Cumberland [4]

Rank

Private [336] Lance Corporal [38] Corporal [35] Second Lieutenant [27] Captain [24] Gunner [24] Lieutenant [24] Stoker 1st Class [20] Able Seaman [18] Sapper [16] Driver [15] Serjeant [15] Ordinary Seaman [12] Sergeant [11] Deck Hand [9] Stoker [9] Acting Corporal [8] Boy 1st Class [8] Rifleman [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Leading Mechanic [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Nurse [3] Nursing Sister [3] PRIVATE [3] Staff Nurse [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Midshipman [2] Petty Officer [2] Reverend [2] Seaman [2] Second Hand [2] Signalman [2] Sister [2] AB [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [123] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Engineers [28] Royal Naval Reserve [28] Canadian Infantry [22] Army Service Corps [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Labour Corps [14] London Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Royal Air Force [6] Cameron Highlanders [5] HMS TIGER [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] HMS Monmouth [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Highlanders [4] South Wales Borderers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Australian Infantry [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS Good Hope [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [918] British Army [487] Australian Imperial Force [205] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Other Empire Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [386] M [386] S [286] H [261] W [261] C [242] R [177] D [173] T [170] L [169] P [149] G [143] F [135] J [135] K [116] A [113] N [72] E [66] O [46] I [41] V [10] Y [10] Q [8] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2823] Merchant Navy [676]

Country

United Kingdom [235] Canada [11] Australia [3] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] Nigeria [1] South Africa [1]

John Bainbridge

Born 1885

Died 1987

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army S4/061132 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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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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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 George Armstrong

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army 2965 Private 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260338 Private Border Regiment

British Army 2965 Trumpeter 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Isaac Wren

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 17178 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30212 Hussars

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Thompson Nean

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 12577 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Bunting

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lance Corporal Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army Captain Border Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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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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Albert Oswald Phizackerley

Born 1894

Died 1970

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117479 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 12th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117479 Lance Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 12th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117479 Acting Serjeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 12th Battalion

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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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Henry Adam Askew

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Border Regiment

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Crowther Morton

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2369 Rifleman London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

British Army 2369 Private London Regiment 1/15 (county of lond Battalion

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Tom Nixon Lumsden

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army 11/13635 Private Border Regiment

British Army WR/259642 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 197637 Private Royal Engineers

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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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Clement Mossop

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1194 Private Border Regiment

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Samuel Andrewartha

Born 1879

Died 1939

British Army 46234 Private Labour Corps

British Army 70829 Private Liverpool Regiment Inf Lab Coy

British Army Army Reserve

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John Cartmer Ronson

Born 1889

Died 1978

British Army 5071 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 116799 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Private London Regiment 19th county of lond Battalion

British Army Private Machine Gun Corps

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Percy Douglas Sinclair Broad

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private 4th Overseas Universities Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 11th Battalion

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