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Gateshead, Durham [2058]

Gateshead, Durham, England [220]

Gateshead [122]

Gateshead England [67]

Gateshead, County Durham [24]

Gateshead on Tyne, Durham [20]

Gateshead, Northumberland [15]

Gateshead On Tyne England [14]

Gateshead on Tyne [10]

Blaydon, Gateshead, Durham [9]

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [7]

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]

Gateshead-On-Tyne [3]

Gateshead-on-Tyne [3]

Gateshead-on-Tyne England [3]

Low Fell, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Ryton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Winlaton, Gateshead, Durham [3]

Birtley, Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gateshead on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Gateshead, Dunham [2]

Gateshead, co Durham [2]

Gateshead-On-Tyne England [2]

Wrekenton, Gateshead [2]

Annfield Plain Gateshead, Durham [1]

Annfield Plain, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Bensham, Gateshead [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Blayden, Gateshead [1]

Byer Moor, Gateshead [1]

Castleside, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Catchgate, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Clara Vale Gateshead, Durham [1]

Craghead, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Dunston, Gateshead [1]

Felling Gateshead, Durham [1]

Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [1]

Rank

Private [149]

Ordinary Seaman [24]

Stoker 1st Class [24]

Deck Hand [22]

Able Seaman [21]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Corporal [15]

Serjeant [12]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Captain [6]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Pioneer [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Trimmer [2]

1st Officer [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Class Honorary Chaplain [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Aircraft Mechanic [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Airman 2nd class [1]

Apprentice [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [50]

Royal Naval Reserve [30]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [25]

Royal Engineers [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

HMS Victory I [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

HMS Victory II [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marines Labour Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Victory [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1715]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [465]

British Army [242]

Australian Imperial Force [92]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [254]

B [245]

H [237]

C [236]

S [227]

R [191]

W [190]

T [159]

D [142]

G [141]

L [118]

A [100]

P [100]

F [88]

J [88]

N [49]

E [44]

K [36]

O [28]

Y [24]

I [19]

V [9]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2481]

Merchant Navy [220]

Country

United Kingdom [126]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [2058] Gateshead, Durham, England [220] Gateshead [122] Gateshead England [67] Gateshead, County Durham [24] Gateshead on Tyne, Durham [20] Gateshead, Northumberland [15] Gateshead On Tyne England [14] Gateshead on Tyne [10] Blaydon, Gateshead, Durham [9] Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [7] 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] Gateshead-On-Tyne [3] Gateshead-on-Tyne [3] Gateshead-on-Tyne England [3] Low Fell, Gateshead, Durham [3] Ryton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Winlaton, Gateshead, Durham [3] Birtley, Gateshead, Durham [2] Gateshead on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Gateshead, Dunham [2] Gateshead, co Durham [2] Gateshead-On-Tyne England [2] Wrekenton, Gateshead [2] Annfield Plain Gateshead, Durham [1] Annfield Plain, Gateshead, Durham [1] Bensham, Gateshead [1] Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Blayden, Gateshead [1] Byer Moor, Gateshead [1] Castleside, Gateshead, Durham [1] Catchgate, Gateshead, Durham [1] Clara Vale Gateshead, Durham [1] Craghead, Gateshead, Durham [1] Craw Crook, Gateshead, Durham [1] Dunston, Gateshead [1] Felling Gateshead, Durham [1] Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [1]

Rank

Private [149] Ordinary Seaman [24] Stoker 1st Class [24] Deck Hand [22] Able Seaman [21] Second Lieutenant [17] Corporal [15] Serjeant [12] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Sapper [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Captain [6] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [5] Driver [5] Leading Stoker [5] Pioneer [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Reverend [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Trimmer [2] 1st Officer [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Class Honorary Chaplain [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Aircraft Mechanic [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Airman 2nd class [1] Apprentice [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Band Corporal [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [50] Royal Naval Reserve [30] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [25] Royal Engineers [15] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] HMS Victory I [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Naval Air Service [5] HMS Victory II [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Marines Labour Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Victory [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1715] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [465] British Army [242] Australian Imperial Force [92] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [254] B [245] H [237] C [236] S [227] R [191] W [190] T [159] D [142] G [141] L [118] A [100] P [100] F [88] J [88] N [49] E [44] K [36] O [28] Y [24] I [19] V [9] U [3] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2481] Merchant Navy [220]

Country

United Kingdom [126] Australia [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] New Zealand [1]

William Wilson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 23291 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 23291 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Peter Mackin

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 24/1049 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion

British Army Private Northumberland Fusiliers 20th (1st Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Frederick Waistell Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5827 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372908 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Elliot Angus Leybourne

Born 1889

Died 1950

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army temp. Captain Durham Light Infantry 8th (D.F.) Battalion

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Patrick Foley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 59376 Private Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army TR/5/49236 Training Reserve 82nd Battalion

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Frithiof 'frank' Zachan

Born 1885

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48617

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Thomas Beeby

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 14559 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Elijah Williams

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army S4/173688 Private Army Service Corps

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Arthur Bilbrough

Born 1989

Died 1969

British Army 203887 Sapper Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army WR/205735 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Transport

British Army 269799 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Thomas Ward

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Northumberland Fusiliers

Royal Navy K X/438 Able Seaman Volunteer Reserve Hood Battalion

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Robert Frederick Russell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 36521 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Alfred John Osborne

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 19/536 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army TR5/41176 Serjeant Training Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Oscar Earnshaw

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 482 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Maurice Hewson Wilkinson

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Robert Dunham

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army T1780 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 459343 Driver Royal Engineers 20th Depot

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Edwin Carver

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 16L/4602 Private 16th Lancers

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George Marshall Pescod

Born 1871

Died 1916

Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3922 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Arnold Charles Verity Bristol

Born 1898

Died 1984

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265315 Private Royal Air Force

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Bernard Hagan

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 16640 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 16640 Private Durham Light Infantry 16th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 16640 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion

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Robert Pybus

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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