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Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16]

Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [9]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [9]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [4]

Laceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Caistor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Grimsby,Lincolnshire [2]

Louth, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Old Clee, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Saint Johns Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

West Marsh, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

17 Duncombe Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Baston, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Bradley, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Brigg, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

East Halton, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grainthorpe, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Coates, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire England [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1]

Immingham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Keelby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

North Somercotes, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Riby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Saint Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Saint James Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

South Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

St. James, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Stallingborough, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Ulceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Waltham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Weelsby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Wood Street Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

grimsby lincolnshire [1]

grimsby,lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Deck Hand [35]

Able Seaman [22]

Trimmer [20]

Engineman [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Corporal [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Gunner [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Second Hand [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sapper [3]

Skipper [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signaller [2]

Trimmer Cook [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircraftsman Class 2 (Rigger Aero) [1]

Airman 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy 2c [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Civilian [1]

Command Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [86]

Lincolnshire Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [6]

HMS Victory I [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

HMS WARSPITE [3]

London Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve HMTrawler Agamemnon II [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

(RFR/CH/A/2005). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

12th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

209th Training Depot Station [1]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

3rd Royal Marine Battalion [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

Air Raid Victim, Hull [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment Seconded to Royal Flying Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [224]

British Army [79]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [220]

C [152]

S [148]

H [147]

W [144]

M [93]

R [90]

P [86]

G [81]

D [78]

T [65]

A [57]

J [56]

F [51]

L [51]

K [38]

N [35]

E [32]

O [23]

I [12]

V [9]

Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [889]

Merchant Navy [708]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

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Place of birth

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16] Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [9] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [9] Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [4] Laceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Caistor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Grimsby,Lincolnshire [2] Louth, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Old Clee, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Saint Johns Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] West Marsh, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] 17 Duncombe Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Ashby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Baston, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Bradley, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Brigg, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] East Halton, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grainthorpe, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Great Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Great Coates, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire England [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England [1] Immingham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Keelby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] North Somercotes, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Riby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Saint Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Saint James Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] South Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] St. James, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Stallingborough, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Ulceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Waltham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Weelsby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Wood Street Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] grimsby lincolnshire [1] grimsby,lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [53] Deck Hand [35] Able Seaman [22] Trimmer [20] Engineman [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Ordinary Seaman [10] Corporal [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Gunner [6] Lieutenant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Lance Corporal [5] Leading Seaman [5] Second Hand [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Sapper [3] Skipper [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Signaller [2] Trimmer Cook [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircraftsman Class 2 (Rigger Aero) [1] Airman 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith [1] Boatswain [1] Boy 2c [1] Boy II [1] Boy Servant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Civilian [1] Command Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [86] Lincolnshire Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [6] HMS Victory I [5] Royal Air Force [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] HMS WARSPITE [3] London Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [2] Royal Naval Reserve HMTrawler Agamemnon II [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] (RFR/CH/A/2005). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 12th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 209th Training Depot Station [1] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 3rd Royal Marine Battalion [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] Air Raid Victim, Hull [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment Seconded to Royal Flying Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [224] British Army [79] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [220] C [152] S [148] H [147] W [144] M [93] R [90] P [86] G [81] D [78] T [65] A [57] J [56] F [51] L [51] K [38] N [35] E [32] O [23] I [12] V [9] Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [889] Merchant Navy [708]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

George Codd

Born 1898

British Army 65216 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Waldram Pearson

Born 1888

Died 1926

Royal Navy F21397

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Walter Child

Born 1887

British Army Lincoln 3rd Battalion

British Army 83617 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Boon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 483 Acting Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 61782 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No. 4 Squadron

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Ernest James Willerton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4997 Private London Regiment

British Army 4997 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372397 Rifleman London Regiment 8

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Edgar Sinclair Downs

Born 1898

Died 1988

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8249 Airman 2nd Class 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Lied about his age, 17½ on enlistment

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Harry Brown

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 10166 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18554 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 7211554 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Elsie May Mccolgan

Born 1895

Died 1928

Royal Navy G4192 Electrician Women's Royal Naval Service

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Leonard Saxby Humberstone

Born 1898

Died 1979

Royal Navy K41700 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K41700 Stoker 1st Class

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Thomas Robert Jones

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy 7836/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 7836 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Lorna Doone."

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Jeremiah Westerby

Born 1857

Died 1918

Royal Navy WSA 298 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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Charles Henry Atkinson

Born 1883

Died 1921

Royal Navy 308044 Chief Petty Officer Stoker H.M. Drifter "Iridescence"

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Charles Alderson

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228930 Air Mechanic Third Class Royal Air Force

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Albert Ernest Whiting

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281353

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Alfred Vandervord

Born 1896

Died 1978

Royal Navy DA 11662 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 11662 Deck-Hand Royal Naval Reserve. HM Drifter 'Majesty'

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Frederick Lenier

Born 1897

Died 1930

British Army 821550

British Army 821550 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Rowe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276567

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George William Willerton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138608

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Sherwood Bernard Cawthorn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142673

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Alfred Overton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403362

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