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Gateshead, Durham [2058]

Gateshead, Durham, England [220]

Gateshead, County Durham [24]

Gateshead on Tyne, Durham [20]

Blaydon, Gateshead, Durham [9]

Gateshead-on-Tyne, Durham [7]

Felling, Gateshead, Durham [6]

Gateshead, Co. Durham [6]

Gateshead County Durham [5]

Hebburn, Gateshead, Durham [5]

Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [4]

Dunston, Gateshead, Durham [4]

Gateshead Durham [4]

Gateshead, Co Durham [4]

Heworth, Gateshead, Durham [4]

Washington, Gateshead, Durham [4]

Dipton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Gateshead,Durham [3]

Low Fell, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Ryton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Winlaton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Birtley, Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gateshead, co Durham [2]

Annfield Plain Gateshead, Durham [1]

Annfield Plain, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Castleside, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Catchgate, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Clara Vale Gateshead, Durham [1]

Craghead, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Felling Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gateshead Co Durham [1]

Gateshead Durham England [1]

Gateshead, Co Durham, England [1]

Gateshead, County Durham. [1]

Gateshead, Darlington, Durham [1]

Gateshead, Durham County [1]

Gateshead-On-Tyne, County Durham [1]

Gateshead-in-Tyne, Durham [1]

Gateshead. Durham. [1]

Heworth, Felling, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Heworth, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Lamesley, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Lowfill, Gateshead, County Durham, England [1]

Marley Hill Hole, Whickham, near Gateshead, Durham [1]

Medomsley Gateshead, Durham [1]

Medomsley, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Redheugh, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Ryton-on-Tyne, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Rank

Private [64]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Deck Hand [22]

Able Seaman [14]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Gunner [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Class Honorary Chaplain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Aircraft Mechanic [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Airman 2nd class [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic III [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Royal Naval Reserve [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

HMS Victory I [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS Victory II [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Victory [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

111 Squadron [1]

440 (FR) Flt (CA) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Botha's Natal Horse [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Chatham [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine E47 [1]

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

Service

Royal Navy [1669]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [461]

British Army [96]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [229]

C [220]

B [215]

H [212]

S [207]

R [171]

W [166]

G [132]

D [129]

T [126]

L [104]

P [91]

A [87]

J [83]

F [79]

N [46]

E [37]

K [35]

O [23]

Y [21]

I [18]

V [8]

U [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2214]

Merchant Navy [220]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [2058] Gateshead, Durham, England [220] Gateshead, County Durham [24] Gateshead on Tyne, Durham [20] Blaydon, Gateshead, Durham [9] Gateshead-on-Tyne, Durham [7] Felling, Gateshead, Durham [6] Gateshead, Co. Durham [6] Gateshead County Durham [5] Hebburn, Gateshead, Durham [5] Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [4] Dunston, Gateshead, Durham [4] Gateshead Durham [4] Gateshead, Co Durham [4] Heworth, Gateshead, Durham [4] Washington, Gateshead, Durham [4] Dipton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Gateshead,Durham [3] Low Fell, Gateshead, Durham [3] Ryton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Winlaton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Birtley, Gateshead, Durham [2] Gateshead, co Durham [2] Annfield Plain Gateshead, Durham [1] Annfield Plain, Gateshead, Durham [1] Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Castleside, Gateshead, Durham [1] Catchgate, Gateshead, Durham [1] Clara Vale Gateshead, Durham [1] Craghead, Gateshead, Durham [1] Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1] Felling Gateshead, Durham [1] Gateshead Co Durham [1] Gateshead Durham England [1] Gateshead, Co Durham, England [1] Gateshead, County Durham. [1] Gateshead, Darlington, Durham [1] Gateshead, Durham County [1] Gateshead-On-Tyne, County Durham [1] Gateshead-in-Tyne, Durham [1] Gateshead. Durham. [1] Heworth, Felling, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Heworth, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Lamesley, Gateshead, Durham [1] Lowfill, Gateshead, County Durham, England [1] Marley Hill Hole, Whickham, near Gateshead, Durham [1] Medomsley Gateshead, Durham [1] Medomsley, Gateshead, Durham [1] Redheugh, Gateshead, Durham [1] Ryton-on-Tyne, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Rank

Private [64] Ordinary Seaman [23] Stoker 1st Class [23] Deck Hand [22] Able Seaman [14] Second Lieutenant [9] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Gunner [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Class Honorary Chaplain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Aircraft Mechanic [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Airman 2nd class [1] Band Corporal [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic III [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [26] Royal Naval Reserve [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] HMS Victory I [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Army Service Corps [4] HMS Victory II [4] Royal Naval Division [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] HMS Vanguard [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Victory [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 111 Squadron [1] 440 (FR) Flt (CA) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Botha's Natal Horse [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Chatham [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] H.M.S. "Dolphin." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1669] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [461] British Army [96] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [229] C [220] B [215] H [212] S [207] R [171] W [166] G [132] D [129] T [126] L [104] P [91] A [87] J [83] F [79] N [46] E [37] K [35] O [23] Y [21] I [18] V [8] U [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2214] Merchant Navy [220]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Canada [1] Egypt [1]

Robert Winder

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99452

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John Taige

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165200

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Alfred Marr

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14100

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Robert Irwin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21864

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John Kemp Main

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198800

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George Patterson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190627

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Benjamin Watson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308313

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John Mcgill

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192329

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Matthew Clarke

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280215

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Joseph Faldon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 976

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William Henry Stewart

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284624

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Thomas English

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198986

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John William Hughes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198124

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John Robert Smurthwaite

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202618

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Gilbert John Hails

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160695

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George Cassels

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36290

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Andrew Flood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300718

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David Geddes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406878

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William Barningham

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192301

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Arthur Cecil Alexander

Born 1887

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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