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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]

Robert Lincoln

Born 1889

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2566 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2566 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Sydney Chase

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 405938 Private Labour Corps

British Army 3772 Private Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army GS/125703 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Harry Shackles

Born 1893

Died 1954

Royal Navy SS109664 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS109664 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS109664 Stoker 1st Class HMS FALMOUTH [at the Battle of Jutland]

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George Robert Berran

Born 1883

Died 1955

Royal Navy 346287

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Herbert Humberstone

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 10/257 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion (Grimsby) 'The Grimsby Chums'

British Army 10/257 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion (Grimsby) 'The Grimsby Chums'

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Alec Edmund Freshney

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1730 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1730 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 1730 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Clifford Beels

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Tom Derbon Teanby

Born 1886

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Tummel" (Hull)

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Cornelius Hunt

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11543 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 11543 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery HMS Goliath

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Walter Vickers

Born 1886

Died 1969

British Army 2914 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Henry Holmes

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 27900 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Bygott

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12523 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 12523 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Lowe

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 288480 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 640315 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Towell Gilchrist

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 29588 Sapper Royal Engineers "L" Signal Company

British Army 29588 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred John Cullen

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2152 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 34398 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment "C" Company, 8th Battalion

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William Brough Wharton

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 164319 Private Labour Corps

British Army 164319 Private Royal Army Service Corps No 4

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Tom Sherriff

Born 1893

Died 1949

British Army 30133 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harold Marriott

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 801281 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Fleming

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 40687 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 3/8540 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Francis Hopper

Died 1917

British Army 1613 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 1613 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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