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Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686]

Grimsby [153]

Grimsby England [63]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16]

Grimsby, Lancashire [10]

Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [9]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [9]

Great Grimsby [4]

Grimsby, Leicestershire [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [4]

Grimsby, Yorkshire [4]

Grimsby ENGLAND [3]

Laceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Caistor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Grimsby Lincs [2]

Grimsby, Norfolk [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]

194 Cleethorpe Rd Grimsby [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 England [1]

Great Grimsby, Lancashire [1]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby (?) [1]

Grimsby Lincoln England [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby Lincolnshire England [1]

Grimsby Victoria [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, County of Lincoln [1]

Grimsby, Durham [1]

Grimsby, Licolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grimsby, Linconshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincs [1]

Rank

Private [148]

Deck Hand [52]

Trimmer [23]

Able Seaman [22]

Engineman [17]

Lance Corporal [17]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Corporal [12]

Gunner [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Hand [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Skipper [4]

Rifleman [3]

Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Deck Boy [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signaller [2]

Trimmer Cook [2]

2/Lt. [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [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]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2c [1]

Boy II [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111]

Lincolnshire Regiment [101]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Labour Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

HMS Victory I [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

HMS WARSPITE [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

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

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2]

Royal Naval Reserve HMTrawler Agamemnon II [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

12th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

13th Training Battalion [1]

16th 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]

Service

Royal Navy [728]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [227]

British Army [201]

Australian Imperial Force [70]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [253]

C [176]

S [172]

W [170]

H [160]

M [117]

R [101]

P [100]

G [93]

D [87]

T [73]

A [65]

F [64]

L [64]

J [59]

K [42]

E [38]

N [36]

O [30]

I [12]

V [12]

Y [7]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1108]

Merchant Navy [708]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686] Grimsby [153] Grimsby England [63] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16] Grimsby, Lancashire [10] Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [9] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [9] Great Grimsby [4] Grimsby, Leicestershire [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [4] Grimsby, Yorkshire [4] Grimsby ENGLAND [3] Laceby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Caistor, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Grimsby Lincs [2] Grimsby, Norfolk [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] 194 Cleethorpe Rd Grimsby [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 England [1] Great Grimsby, Lancashire [1] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby (?) [1] Grimsby Lincoln England [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby Lincolnshire England [1] Grimsby Victoria [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, County of Lincoln [1] Grimsby, Durham [1] Grimsby, Licolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grimsby, Linconshire [1] Grimsby, Lincs [1]

Rank

Private [148] Deck Hand [52] Trimmer [23] Able Seaman [22] Engineman [17] Lance Corporal [17] Stoker 1st Class [15] Corporal [12] Gunner [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Serjeant [10] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Sapper [6] Second Hand [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Skipper [4] Rifleman [3] Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Deck Boy [2] Driver [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] Signaller [2] Trimmer Cook [2] 2/Lt. [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2 [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] Bombardier [1] Boy 2c [1] Boy II [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111] Lincolnshire Regiment [101] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Field Artillery [9] Labour Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Army Service Corps [5] HMS Victory I [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS BLACK PRINCE [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] HMS WARSPITE [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2] Royal Naval Reserve HMTrawler Agamemnon II [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] (RFR/CH/A/2005). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 12th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 13th Training Battalion [1] 16th 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]

Service

Royal Navy [728] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [227] British Army [201] Australian Imperial Force [70] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [253] C [176] S [172] W [170] H [160] M [117] R [101] P [100] G [93] D [87] T [73] A [65] F [64] L [64] J [59] K [42] E [38] N [36] O [30] I [12] V [12] Y [7] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1108] Merchant Navy [708]

Country

United Kingdom [101] India [1]

William Albert Wenham

Born 1890

Died 1954

British Army 2683 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 240601 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th

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Alfred William Jaines

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 157 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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John Herbert Smart

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 230 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 230 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 230 Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George William Humberston

Born 1894

Died 1956

British Army 10901 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th and then 7th (Service) Battalions

British Army 10901 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion then 9th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10901 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 9th (Reserve) Battalion then 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Fyfe Forge

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 49 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 2/Lt. Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Francis James Templeman

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 21 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 21 Lance Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 5th

British Army 21 Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th

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Ralph Forster

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 22412 Private Grenadier Guards

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Frederick Cyril Baumber

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 134063 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 134063 Pioneer Royal Engineers Biggleswade Signal Depot

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Ernest Wilcox

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 93 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Alfred Gordon Hall

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 720 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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James Bush

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 203560 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203560 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 21st (Mid) Rifle Brigade.

British Army 20197 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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William Farrow Read

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 35 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Thomas William Clark

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army TR/6/11877 Private 13th Training Battalion

British Army 5/91523 Private 7th Training Battalion

British Army 39474 Private West Riding Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Arthur Chase

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army G/10228 Private Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Tom East

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army 20427 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 20427 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 266556 Private South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Sutton Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 178 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Charles Henry Rushby

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 202510 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Oscar Fisher

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 907 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240260 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th (Reserve) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

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Alfred Newman Wringe

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 74 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 74 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Ralph Motson Thompson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 180 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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