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West Hartlepool, Durham [544]

Hartlepool, Durham [395]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [329]

West Hartlepool [81]

West Hartlepool England [58]

Hartlepool [40]

East Hartlepool, Durham [38]

Hartlepool England [31]

West Hartlepool, County Durham [13]

Hartlepool, County Durham [10]

West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [8]

West Hartlepool, England [8]

Stranton, West Hartlepool [7]

West Hartlepool, Yorkshire [6]

Hartlepool Durham [4]

West Hartlepool Durham [4]

West Hartlepool, Co. Durham [4]

Hartlepool, County Duham [3]

Hartlepool, Yorkshire [3]

Near Hartlepool, Durham [3]

East Hartlepool [2]

East Hartlepool England [2]

Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hartlepool,Durham [2]

North Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Stranton, Hartlepool [2]

West Hartlepool Durham [2]

West Hartlepool, Co Durham [2]

West Hartlepool. [2]

Wingate, Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Durham with Hartlepool [1]

Easington, Hartlepool [1]

East Hartlepool, Co Durham [1]

Forest Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Great Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Greatham, Hartlepool, Durham [1]

HARTLEPOOL [1]

Hartlepool Birmingham [1]

Hartlepool, Co Durham [1]

Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England. [1]

Hartlepool, co Durham [1]

Hartlepool. [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]

Rank

Private [114]

Stoker [29]

Gunner [23]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Serjeant [14]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Deck Hand [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Captain [5]

Driver [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Seaman [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Third Engineer [2]

Trimmer [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bandsman [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Naval Reserve [34]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Engineers [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

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

Australian 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]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

270th Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [924]

British Army [207]

Australian Imperial Force [95]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [162]

B [156]

H [134]

M [130]

W [126]

C [125]

D [99]

R [99]

P [83]

A [77]

T [73]

G [67]

F [66]

J [59]

L [48]

K [41]

E [29]

N [20]

O [19]

I [13]

Y [11]

V [8]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1255]

Merchant Navy [340]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

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] West Hartlepool [81] West Hartlepool England [58] Hartlepool [40] East Hartlepool, Durham [38] Hartlepool England [31] West Hartlepool, County Durham [13] Hartlepool, County Durham [10] West Hartlepool, County Durham, England [8] West Hartlepool, England [8] Stranton, West Hartlepool [7] West Hartlepool, Yorkshire [6] Hartlepool Durham [4] West Hartlepool Durham [4] West Hartlepool, Co. Durham [4] Hartlepool, County Duham [3] Hartlepool, Yorkshire [3] Near Hartlepool, Durham [3] East Hartlepool [2] East Hartlepool England [2] Hart, Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hartlepool,Durham [2] North Hartlepool, Durham [2] Stranton, Hartlepool [2] West Hartlepool Durham [2] West Hartlepool, Co Durham [2] West Hartlepool. [2] Wingate, Hartlepool, Durham [2] Durham with Hartlepool [1] Easington, Hartlepool [1] East Hartlepool, Co Durham [1] Forest Hartlepool, Durham [1] Great Hartlepool, Durham [1] Greatham, Hartlepool, Durham [1] HARTLEPOOL [1] Hartlepool Birmingham [1] Hartlepool, Co Durham [1] Hartlepool, County Durham, England [1] Hartlepool, Durham England [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England. [1] Hartlepool, co Durham [1] Hartlepool. [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]

Rank

Private [114] Stoker [29] Gunner [23] Stoker 1st Class [15] Serjeant [14] Ordinary Seaman [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Able Seaman [10] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [9] Lieutenant [8] Deck Hand [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Captain [5] Driver [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Seaman [3] Signal Boy [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Engineman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Third Engineer [2] Trimmer [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bandsman [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engineer [1] Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Naval Reserve [34] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Engineers [13] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [6] Army Service Corps [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] HMS IRON DUKE [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Australian 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] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots [2] 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 270th Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [924] British Army [207] Australian Imperial Force [95] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [162] B [156] H [134] M [130] W [126] C [125] D [99] R [99] P [83] A [77] T [73] G [67] F [66] J [59] L [48] K [41] E [29] N [20] O [19] I [13] Y [11] V [8] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1255] Merchant Navy [340]

Country

United Kingdom [79] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Joseph William Morley

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 16193 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 298299 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 63483 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Charles Robert Turnbull

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 27028 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion.

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Harold Webster Boulton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2464 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Robert Rymer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1800 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 23498 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23498 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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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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George Oram

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 26927 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26927

British Army 28318 3rd D.L.I.

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Joseph Elisha Drinkel

Born 1894

Died 1933

British Army 104164 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 104164 Sapper Royal Engineers 225th Field Company

British Army 104164 Sapper Royal Engineers 500th (Wessex) Field Company

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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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Charles Jarman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 18/788 Lance Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/788 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Carlton

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 84862 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 84862 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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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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Alfred Bloomfield

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army 28271 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 28271 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 22nd (Pioneers) Battalion

British Army 28271 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th (Pals) 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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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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William Spence

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army PS/9650 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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John Turnbull

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army C/345 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/345 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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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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Harold Victor Birks

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18/687 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

British Army 18/687 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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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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