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West Hartlepool, Durham [544]

Hartlepool, Durham [395]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [329]

East Hartlepool, Durham [38]

West Hartlepool, County Durham [13]

Hartlepool, County Durham [10]

West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [8]

Hartlepool Durham [4]

West Hartlepool Durham [4]

West Hartlepool, Co. Durham [4]

Near Hartlepool, Durham [3]

Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hartlepool,Durham [2]

North Hartlepool, Durham [2]

West Hartlepool Durham [2]

West Hartlepool, Co Durham [2]

Wingate, Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Durham with Hartlepool [1]

East Hartlepool, Co Durham [1]

Forest Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Great Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Greatham, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hartlepool, Co Durham [1]

Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England. [1]

Hartlepool, co Durham [1]

Middleton, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Old Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Parish of St Aidans, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Saint Hildas Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Saint Marys East Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Seaton Carew Hartlepool Co Durham England [1]

Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

St Aidan's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

St Luke's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

St. Oswald's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Stranton, West Hartlepool, County Durham [1]

Stranton, West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1]

Stranton, West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

West Hartlepool Durham England [1]

West Hartlepool, DURHAM [1]

West Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

West hartlepool, County Durham, England [1]

Wheatley Hill, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [52]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Stoker [14]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Gunner [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer (2nd Class) [1]

Private & Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

SQMS [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Engineer Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Royal Naval Reserve [21]

Royal Engineers [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [2]

Royal Scots [2]

12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

270th Infantry Battalion [1]

48 General Hospital, Salonika [1]

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

Army Dental Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Pioneers [1]

Bristol [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [885]

British Army [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [138]

B [132]

M [112]

H [110]

C [109]

W [109]

R [88]

D [84]

P [67]

A [64]

F [58]

J [54]

T [53]

G [51]

L [37]

K [35]

E [24]

N [19]

O [17]

I [13]

Y [8]

V [7]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1036]

Merchant Navy [336]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

West Hartlepool, Durham [544] Hartlepool, Durham [395] Hartlepool, Durham, England [329] East Hartlepool, Durham [38] West Hartlepool, County Durham [13] Hartlepool, County Durham [10] West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [8] Hartlepool Durham [4] West Hartlepool Durham [4] West Hartlepool, Co. Durham [4] Near Hartlepool, Durham [3] Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hartlepool,Durham [2] North Hartlepool, Durham [2] West Hartlepool Durham [2] West Hartlepool, Co Durham [2] Wingate, Hartlepool, Durham [2] Durham with Hartlepool [1] East Hartlepool, Co Durham [1] Forest Hartlepool, Durham [1] Great Hartlepool, Durham [1] Greatham, Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hartlepool, Co Durham [1] Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1] Hartlepool, Durham England [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England. [1] Hartlepool, co Durham [1] Middleton, Hartlepool, Durham [1] Old Hartlepool, Durham [1] Parish of St Aidans, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Saint Hildas Hartlepool, Durham [1] Saint Marys East Hartlepool, Durham [1] Seaton Carew Hartlepool Co Durham England [1] Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Durham [1] Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] St Aidan's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] St Luke's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] St. Oswald's, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Stranton, West Hartlepool, County Durham [1] Stranton, West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1] Stranton, West Hartlepool, Durham [1] West Hartlepool Durham England [1] West Hartlepool, DURHAM [1] West Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] West hartlepool, County Durham, England [1] Wheatley Hill, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [52] Stoker 1st Class [15] Stoker [14] Ordinary Seaman [11] Able Seaman [10] Gunner [9] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Signal Boy [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Engineman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Major [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer (2nd Class) [1] Private & Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] SQMS [1] Seaman [1] Second Engineer Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [22] Royal Naval Reserve [21] Royal Engineers [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] HMS Ganges [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory I [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [2] Royal Scots [2] 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 270th Infantry Battalion [1] 48 General Hospital, Salonika [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Dental Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Pioneers [1] Bristol [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [885] British Army [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [138] B [132] M [112] H [110] C [109] W [109] R [88] D [84] P [67] A [64] F [58] J [54] T [53] G [51] L [37] K [35] E [24] N [19] O [17] I [13] Y [8] V [7] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1036] Merchant Navy [336]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Joseph Swalwell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15148 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 15148 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 15148 Private & Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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William James Swalwell

Born 1878

Died 1947

British Army 21788 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 21788 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd

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Joseph Henry Fram

Born 1896

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79083 Air Mechanic 2 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79083 Air Mechanic 2 Royal Air Force

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Katherine Sarah Blackburn

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

British Army Staff Nurse 48 General Hospital, Salonika

British Army Staff Nurse Manchester Regiment 2nd west Battalion

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Aaron Parkes

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 4/9955 Private Durham Light Infantry Army Reserve Class "W"

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John Sparshott

Died 1916

British Army 14314 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th/8th Battalion

British Army 14314 Private King's Own Scottish Borderer's 8th Battalion

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Ernest William Ashworth

Born 1886

Died 1941

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Officer S.S. River Lugar Merchant Navy

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James Leadbitter

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 45883 Private Royal Scots 13th Bn

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James Robert Fram

Born 1894

British Army 33049 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 88687 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 88687 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Birman Nottingham

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army 197562 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 1356 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army WR/175122 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alice May Stamper

Born 1898

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5875 Store Woman Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Royal Flying Corps Lincoln

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5875 Store Woman Women's Royal Air Force RAF Lincoln

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Robert Hodgson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 15221 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 1st Battalion

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John Smith Whitlock

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 22081 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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James Outhwaite

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 100214 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Stanley Dreyer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299563

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Herbert James Gregory

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163452

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Charles Vauser Natt

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193128

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Henry Richardson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402935

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William Coyle

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2303 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 760744 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Thomas Kelly

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266681

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