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Hull, Yorkshire, England [2796]

Hull England [295]

Hull, Yorkshire, England. [62]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [61]

Hull, England [10]

Sutton on Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kingston-upon-Hull England [2]

Place of birth - Hull England [2]

Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1]

Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1]

Dubbo NSW; Hull England New South Wales [1]

Hull East Riding Yorkshire England [1]

Kingston On Hull England [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Ship's Cook [2]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Engineman [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master [1]

Master Mariner [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Mercantile Marine [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

2nd Pioneers [1]

5th Infantry Brigade [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

H.M. Trawler Dervish. [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Marine) [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Cambric" (Hull) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Tycho (Hull) [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Shannon [1]

S.S. Albionic [1]

S.S. Kafiristan (Newcastle-on-Tyne) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [301]

British Army [17]

Other Empire Force [7]

Royal Navy [7]

Last name first letter

B [342]

S [332]

W [302]

H [294]

C [274]

M [230]

P [161]

R [159]

T [147]

G [138]

D [135]

A [123]

L [122]

F [116]

J [101]

N [63]

K [57]

E [55]

O [42]

V [19]

Y [10]

I [8]

Q [4]

U [4]

Z [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2922]

Military Service [318]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2796] Hull England [295] Hull, Yorkshire, England. [62] Hull, Yorkshire, England [61] Hull, England [10] Sutton on Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kingston-upon-Hull England [2] Place of birth - Hull England [2] Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1] Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1] Dubbo NSW; Hull England New South Wales [1] Hull East Riding Yorkshire England [1] Kingston On Hull England [1]

Rank

Private [9] Ship's Cook [2] Carpenter [1] Chief Engineer [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Donkeyman [1] Engineman [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master [1] Master Mariner [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Mercantile Marine [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 2nd Pioneers [1] 5th Infantry Brigade [1] Australian Infantry [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Coldstream Guards [1] H.M. Trawler Dervish. [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Marine) [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Cambric" (Hull) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Tycho (Hull) [1] Merchant Navy [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Shannon [1] S.S. Albionic [1] S.S. Kafiristan (Newcastle-on-Tyne) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [301] British Army [17] Other Empire Force [7] Royal Navy [7]

Last name first letter

B [342] S [332] W [302] H [294] C [274] M [230] P [161] R [159] T [147] G [138] D [135] A [123] L [122] F [116] J [101] N [63] K [57] E [55] O [42] V [19] Y [10] I [8] Q [4] U [4] Z [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2922] Military Service [318]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

John Kellerman Adey Obe Mid

Born 1887

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station

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Thomas Christopher Johnson

Born 1898

Died 1940

Royal Navy LT/KX 99057 Engineman H.M. Trawler Dervish.

Royal Navy ES 5491

Royal Navy ET 72

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Arthur Spink Allen

Born 1874

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Officer S.S. Albionic

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Percy Catton

Born 1894

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6914 Private 16th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 6914 Private 28th Infantry Battalion

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Tom Trushell

Born 1887

Died 1939

Other Empire Force Donkeyman S.S. Kafiristan (Newcastle-on-Tyne) Merchant Navy

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Francis George Acaster

Born 1851

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Carpenter Mercantile Marine (Merchant Marine)

Other Empire Force Carpenter Mercantile Marine - SS Tycho (Hull)

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Edward Aaron Sleight

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5787 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Ernest Braithwaite

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13699 Private Coldstream Guards

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Edgar Allen Pearson

Born 1875

Died 1917

Royal Navy Chief Engineer Mercantile Marine

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John Rowland Oxtoby

Born 1896

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Ship's Cook Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Cambric" (Hull)

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Joe Greayer

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4122 Private 17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Fred Davy

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force 1181

Australian Imperial Force 1181 Private 5th Infantry Brigade 20th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1181 Private 2nd Pioneers

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John Richard Gott

Australian Imperial Force 21069

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Walter Goodwill

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1657 Private Australian Infantry

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Victor Hodgson

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3385 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Lawrence Dyer

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 464 Private Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Maitland Caley

Born 1893

Died 1943

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James William Young

Born 1861

Died 1918

Royal Navy Master Mercantile Marine

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John Smith

Born 1885

Died 1916

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Albert Thundercliffe

Born 1870

Died 1936

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