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Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [553]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [489]

Boston, Lincolnshire [438]

Lincolnshire [330]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [251]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [207]

Louth, Lincolnshire [191]

Spalding, Lincolnshire [170]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [136]

Stamford, Lincolnshire [107]

Lincolnshire England [89]

Brigg, Lincolnshire [88]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [88]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [79]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [68]

Louth, Lincolnshire, England [62]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [59]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [54]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [52]

Alford, Lincolnshire [51]

Spilsby, Lincolnshire [48]

Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [39]

Skegness, Lincolnshire [34]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [31]

Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [31]

Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire [28]

Spalding, Lincolnshire, England [27]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [26]

Barton, Lincolnshire [25]

Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [24]

Stamford Lincolnshire [24]

Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [24]

Caistor, Lincolnshire [23]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22]

Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [19]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [18]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16]

Peterborough, Lincolnshire [16]

Market Deeping, Lincolnshire [15]

New Holland, Lincolnshire [14]

Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire [13]

Swineshead, Lincolnshire [13]

Winterton, Lincolnshire [13]

Brigg, Lincolnshire, England [12]

Kirton, Lincolnshire [12]

Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire [12]

Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England [12]

Winterton, Lincolnshire, England [12]

Rank

Private [829]

Lance Corporal [80]

Gunner [70]

Corporal [69]

Lieutenant [65]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Able Seaman [63]

Deck Hand [62]

Stoker 1st Class [51]

Serjeant [45]

Captain [39]

Ordinary Seaman [33]

Sapper [30]

Trimmer [29]

Rifleman [25]

Engineman [22]

Driver [20]

Boy 1st Class [18]

Leading Seaman [17]

Stoker 2nd Class [17]

Leading Stoker [15]

Sergeant [15]

Major [13]

Second Hand [11]

Petty Officer [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Civilian [6]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Pioneer [5]

Reverend [5]

Seaman [5]

Signal Boy [5]

Skipper [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Chaplain [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Nurse [3]

Pte [3]

Signalman [3]

Sister [3]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [384]

Royal Naval Reserve [156]

Royal Field Artillery [63]

Royal Engineers [59]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [47]

Army Service Corps [40]

London Regiment [39]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Air Force [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

HMS IRON DUKE [16]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [10]

HMS Good Hope [10]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

HMS INDOMITABLE [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [8]

HMS INVINCIBLE [8]

HMS Victory I [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8]

Tank Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

HMS CANADA [7]

Service

Royal Navy [2989]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1950]

British Army [1188]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Other Empire Force [26]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [914]

S [811]

H [675]

C [669]

W [659]

M [444]

P [412]

G [359]

D [351]

R [336]

T [322]

L [296]

A [267]

F [231]

J [209]

K [181]

E [153]

N [145]

O [77]

Y [44]

V [42]

I [38]

U [12]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [6029]

Merchant Navy [1402]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [607]

India [8]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

France [2]

New Zealand [2]

United States [2]

Bermuda [1]

Germany [1]

Malaysia [1]

Nigeria [1]

South Africa [1]

Yemen [1]

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Grimsby, Lincolnshire [880] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [686] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [553] Grantham, Lincolnshire [489] Boston, Lincolnshire [438] Lincolnshire [330] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [251] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [207] Louth, Lincolnshire [191] Spalding, Lincolnshire [170] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [136] Stamford, Lincolnshire [107] Lincolnshire England [89] Brigg, Lincolnshire [88] Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [88] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [79] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [68] Louth, Lincolnshire, England [62] Bourne, Lincolnshire [59] Holbeach, Lincolnshire [54] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [52] Alford, Lincolnshire [51] Spilsby, Lincolnshire [48] Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [39] Skegness, Lincolnshire [34] Crowle, Lincolnshire [31] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [31] Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire [28] Spalding, Lincolnshire, England [27] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [26] Barton, Lincolnshire [25] Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [24] Stamford Lincolnshire [24] Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [24] Caistor, Lincolnshire [23] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [22] Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [19] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [18] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [16] Peterborough, Lincolnshire [16] Market Deeping, Lincolnshire [15] New Holland, Lincolnshire [14] Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire [13] Swineshead, Lincolnshire [13] Winterton, Lincolnshire [13] Brigg, Lincolnshire, England [12] Kirton, Lincolnshire [12] Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire [12] Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England [12] Winterton, Lincolnshire, England [12]

Rank

Private [829] Lance Corporal [80] Gunner [70] Corporal [69] Lieutenant [65] Second Lieutenant [64] Able Seaman [63] Deck Hand [62] Stoker 1st Class [51] Serjeant [45] Captain [39] Ordinary Seaman [33] Sapper [30] Trimmer [29] Rifleman [25] Engineman [22] Driver [20] Boy 1st Class [18] Leading Seaman [17] Stoker 2nd Class [17] Leading Stoker [15] Sergeant [15] Major [13] Second Hand [11] Petty Officer [10] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [9] Civilian [6] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6] Stoker Petty Officer [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [5] Pioneer [5] Reverend [5] Seaman [5] Signal Boy [5] Skipper [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Chaplain [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Nurse [3] Pte [3] Signalman [3] Sister [3]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [384] Royal Naval Reserve [156] Royal Field Artillery [63] Royal Engineers [59] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [47] Army Service Corps [40] London Regiment [39] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Labour Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [19] Royal Air Force [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] HMS IRON DUKE [16] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Canadian Infantry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Coldstream Guards [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] HMS BLACK PRINCE [10] HMS Good Hope [10] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [8] HMS INVINCIBLE [8] HMS Victory I [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8] Tank Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8] Grenadier Guards [7] HMS CANADA [7]

Service

Royal Navy [2989] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1950] British Army [1188] Australian Imperial Force [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Other Empire Force [26] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [914] S [811] H [675] C [669] W [659] M [444] P [412] G [359] D [351] R [336] T [322] L [296] A [267] F [231] J [209] K [181] E [153] N [145] O [77] Y [44] V [42] I [38] U [12] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [6029] Merchant Navy [1402] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [607] India [8] Australia [3] Canada [3] France [2] New Zealand [2] United States [2] Bermuda [1] Germany [1] Malaysia [1] Nigeria [1] South Africa [1] Yemen [1]

Cyril Percy Langton

Born 1898

Died 1968

British Army 22234 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 22234 Private West Riding Regiment Training Reserve

British Army 22234 Private West Riding Regiment "Home Front"

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George William Humberston

Born 1894

Died 1956

British Army 10901 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th and then 7th (Service) Battalions

British Army 10901 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion then 9th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10901 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 9th (Reserve) Battalion then 2nd Battalion

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Luther Askew

Born 1882

Died 1965

British Army 713 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 785065 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 785065 Corporal/Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Wellesley Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 43153 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Marines

British Army 43153 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines Royal Naval Division

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William Leslie Owen

Born 1892

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Private 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

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Francis James Templeman

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 21 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 21 Lance Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 5th

British Army 21 Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th

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Charles Lee

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 20239 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ernest Goodliffe Miller

Born 1892

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54359 Private 33rd (Reserve) Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54359 Corporal 18th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54359 Private 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion

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George Edward Murdoch Alias George Banks

Born 1882

Died 1954

Royal Navy 13189 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Tom Drury

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 15452 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 15996 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Thomas Humberstone

Born 1880

Died 1964

British Army 14420 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 14420 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Edward Graham

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 240864 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Storr

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 133103 Royal Engineers

British Army 133103 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Frank Naylor

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1232 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 1232 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1232 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas Gibbons

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 35479 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 12th Brigade

British Army 35479 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 16th Battery

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George Sutton Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 178 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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George Waudby Page

Born 1859

Died 1919

British Army 119393 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 119393 Pioneer Royal Engineers 8th Labour Battalion

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Geoffrey Hodson

Born 1886

Died 1983

British Army 110497 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 'C' Squadron

British Army 110497 Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 2/1st

British Army Cadet Machine Gun Corps Cadet Battalion

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Fred Farmery

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 27094 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 23589 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 27094 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Rowland Wright Alston

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lincolnshire Regiment

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