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Dipton, Durham [14]

Dipton, County Durham [3]

Dipton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Dipton [2]

Dipton England [2]

Dipton Durham England [1]

Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Dipton, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Armourer [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

H.M.S. "Vancouver." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Jason [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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Royal Navy [11]

British Army [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

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H [4]

T [4]

A [3]

G [3]

D [2]

M [2]

R [2]

W [2]

E [1]

K [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [25]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [27] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dipton, Durham [14] Dipton, County Durham [3] Dipton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Dipton [2] Dipton England [2] Dipton Durham England [1] Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Dipton, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [6] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Armourer [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] H.M.S. "Vancouver." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Jason [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [11] British Army [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [4] T [4] A [3] G [3] D [2] M [2] R [2] W [2] E [1] K [1] P [1] S [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [25]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

John Eccles

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 25/193 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Michael Hunter

Died 1918

British Army SE/25796 Shoeing Smith Army Veterinary Corps

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John Gatiss

Born 1890

Died 1965

Royal Navy Z/2178 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/2178 - RN Able Seaman

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Arthur Drake

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 17162 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Watson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K32151

Royal Navy K/32151(PO) Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Vancouver."

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Ernest Turnbull

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 30389 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Michael Scarr

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16447 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Thomas Carr Allaker

Born 1894

Died 1953

British Army 207813 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Archibald Sinclair Kennedy

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 343620 Armourer HMS Jason

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John Edward Wymer

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 5/2143 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Jonathan Hall Alderson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304924

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Thomas Glenwright

Australian Imperial Force 1090

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James Hughes

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS102947 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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James Aloysius Hughes

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army 26965 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph William Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 40187 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joshua Gibson

Australian Imperial Force 1441

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Thomas Aynsley

Born 1880

Royal Navy 271623

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James Edward Riddle

Born 1900

Royal Navy J87818

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Robert Ramsay Harrison

Born 1894

Royal Navy M26154

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Joseph Pembleton

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS5579

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