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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]

John Henry Vickers

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 6616 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307650 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307650 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Samuel Vickers

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 43584 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 43584 Private Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 43584 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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George Edward Slater

Died 1915

British Army 3388 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion.

British Army 3388 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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John William Coddington

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 982 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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George Robinson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 23519 L/Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 23519 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Oakes

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11/874 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Victor Springall

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 12573/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 12573 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Seddon."

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Leaf Wright

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6397 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

British Army 6397 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 6397 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Ernest A Lewis

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4502 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 15463 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army T/393542 Private Army Service Corps

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William Brown

Died 1918

British Army 33680 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 447514 Private Labour Corps 671st Home Service Employment Company

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Sidney Mackey

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 8276 Private Lincolnshire Regiment Depot.

British Army 8276 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles Markham

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 931 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Charles Edward Mundy

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7953 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 7953 Acting Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 7953 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Oakes

Died 1918

British Army 11/874 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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John Henry Taylor

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 242/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 242 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Harry Lockwood

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 5880/TS Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy TS 5880 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Amiable."

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Charles William Stratton

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 29895 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 3096 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 29895 Private 16th York and Lancaster Regiment (Transport Workers) Battalion.

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Arthur Wilson

Died 1917

British Army 46014 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1st Garrison Battalion.

British Army 46014 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John George Whitbread

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1701 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 1701 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Alfred Edward Allison

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2499 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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