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Place of birth

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [251]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [5]

Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Blyton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Corringham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

East Stockwith, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gainsborough Lincolnshire [1]

Haxey, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Holy Trinity, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Lea, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Newton on Trent, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Newton upon Trent, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [1]

North Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

South Carlton,Gainsborough,Lincolnshire. [1]

Springthorpe, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 (Fitter/Carpenter) [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 (Fitter/Carpenter) [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Marine [1]

Officers Steward Class III [1]

Private [Batman] [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

KIng's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

Kings Royal Rifles [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

RFC [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Navy attached to Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Training Reserve [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [169]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

British Army [37]

Last name first letter

S [38]

B [37]

C [28]

W [20]

H [17]

A [15]

R [15]

L [14]

P [13]

T [13]

M [12]

J [9]

G [8]

F [7]

E [6]

N [6]

D [5]

I [3]

V [3]

O [2]

K [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [269]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [273] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [251] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [5] Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [3] Blyton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Corringham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] East Stockwith, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gainsborough Lincolnshire [1] Haxey, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Heapham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Holy Trinity, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Lea, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Newton on Trent, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Newton upon Trent, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [1] North Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] South Carlton,Gainsborough,Lincolnshire. [1] Springthorpe, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Stow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Leading Stoker [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 (Fitter/Carpenter) [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 (Fitter/Carpenter) [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Marine [1] Officers Steward Class III [1] Private [Batman] [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Royal Field Artillery [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Victory II [1] KIng's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] Kings Royal Rifles [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] RFC [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Navy attached to Royal Air Force [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Training Reserve [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [169] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] British Army [37]

Last name first letter

S [38] B [37] C [28] W [20] H [17] A [15] R [15] L [14] P [13] T [13] M [12] J [9] G [8] F [7] E [6] N [6] D [5] I [3] V [3] O [2] K [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [269] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

George Henry Goacher

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5761 Able Seaman HMS CANADA

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George Carline

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 25084 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 25084 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold Tom Maw

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 204201 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Edward Hewitt

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286490

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William Spittlehouse

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294486

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Walter Robert Roberts

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176432

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Percival George Stephenson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179415

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Samuel George Franklin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194978

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David Cook

Born 1871

Died 1918

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Harold Victor Collett

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5919

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Frank Moss

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405432

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Frank Henry Arrand

Born 1900

Royal Navy K55222

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George Herbert Allison

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy RMA/7075 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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