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Mexborough, Yorkshire [55]

Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Mexborough, Yorkshire, England [3]

Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Mexborough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Denaby Main, Mexborough, Yorkshire [1]

Mexborough , Yorkshire [1]

Mexborough, South Yorkshire [1]

Old Denaby, nr Mexborough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Able Seaman [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Bombadier [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1st York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Guards Lancers [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [38]

British Army [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [11]

H [8]

S [8]

B [6]

G [6]

W [5]

A [4]

P [4]

K [3]

T [3]

E [2]

J [2]

M [2]

D [1]

F [1]

L [1]

Q [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [61]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [69] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mexborough, Yorkshire [55] Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Mexborough, Yorkshire, England [3] Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Mexborough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Denaby Main, Mexborough, Yorkshire [1] Mexborough , Yorkshire [1] Mexborough, South Yorkshire [1] Old Denaby, nr Mexborough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [9] Able Seaman [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Bombadier [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [5] HMS Good Hope [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1st York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 9th Lancers [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Guards Lancers [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [38] British Army [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [11] H [8] S [8] B [6] G [6] W [5] A [4] P [4] K [3] T [3] E [2] J [2] M [2] D [1] F [1] L [1] Q [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [61] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Sidney Hunt

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS122885

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Edith Agnes Beech

Born 1892

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Hannah Bolton

Born 1888

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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George Walter Sheldon

Born 1896

Royal Navy J52536

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Charles Chappell

Born 1900

Royal Navy J52401

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Roland Steers

Born 1897

Royal Navy J55505

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Lewis Steel

Born 1901

Royal Navy J62817

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Frederick Holgate Arundell

Born 1898

Royal Navy J68533

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Frederick Barron Booth

Born 1887

Royal Navy F9561

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Sidney Marsden

Born 1890

Royal Navy K8582

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George Harry Greenwood

Born 1891

Royal Navy K17727

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John Edward Roberts

Born 1897

Royal Navy K26628

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Edgar Hoyle

Born 1898

Royal Navy K42546

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Leonard Smith

Born 1898

Royal Navy M24087

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George Albert Cunningham Scholey

Born 1902

Royal Navy SS10602

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George Henry Goodwin

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS108625

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Henry Lane

Born 1880

Royal Navy 293721

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Fred Elliott

Born 1889

Royal Navy 311904

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Frederick William Todd

Born 1888

Royal Navy F1881

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William Flinders

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS110157

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