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Darlington, County Durham [26]

Darlington, County Durham, England [2]

55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1]

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Private [12]

Gunner [4]

Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2/Lieut.(T) [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

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Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1]

9th Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Pioneers [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. Crescent [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [24]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [7]

R [5]

S [5]

M [3]

L [2]

W [2]

A [1]

D [1]

G [1]

H [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

Chile [1]

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People [29] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Darlington, County Durham [26] Darlington, County Durham, England [2] 55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1]

Rank

Private [12] Gunner [4] Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2/Lieut.(T) [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Bandmaster [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Engineers [3] London Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1] 9th Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Pioneers [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. Crescent [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Navy [1] Scottish Rifles [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [24] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] R [5] S [5] M [3] L [2] W [2] A [1] D [1] G [1] H [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1] Chile [1]

Thomas Nelson Suddes

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 20083 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars

British Army 50747 Private 9th Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Christopher Best

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 18/1184 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Albert Vincent Boothroyd

Born 1889

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Alfred Cecil Wilson Layton

Born 1879

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force 506755 Corporal Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 506755 Canadian Engineers No 4 Tunnelling Co

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John Gilfellan

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 153797 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR 254880 Corporal Royal Engineers

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John George Watson

Born 1877

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166920 Pioneer Canadian Pioneers

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John Kemp Benson

Born 1892

British Army PS/6218 Private Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Harold Seymour

Born 1896

British Army 241779 Private Scottish Rifles

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Harry George Baxby Robinson

Born 1881

Died 1976

British Army 411 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 411 Colour Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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