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Middlesborough, Yorkshire [431]

Middlesborough England [73]

Middlesborough [40]

Middlesborough, Durham [6]

Middlesborough, England [3]

middlesborough [2]

29, Snowden Rd, Middlesborough [1]

All Saints Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Eaglescliffe, Middlesborough [1]

Guisborough, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire [1]

Loftus-in-Cleveland, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

London, Middlesborough [1]

Middlesborough Yorkshire [1]

Middlesborough Yorkshire England [1]

Middlesborough on Tees, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesborough, Hampshire [1]

Middlesborough, Hertfordshire [1]

Middlesborough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Middlesborough, Nottinghamshire [1]

Middlesborough, Staffordshire [1]

Middlesborough, Yorks [1]

Middlesborough-on-Tees [1]

North Ormesby, Middlesborough [1]

North Ormesby, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Ormesby, Middlesborough [1]

South Bank Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

South Bank, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Southbank Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

St Hildas, Middlesborough [1]

St John, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Thornaby,Middlesborough,Yorks. [1]

middlesborough, yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Stoker [14]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Private. [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Second Lieutenant/Flying Officer [1]

Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

(RFR/CH/B/6564). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

86th Bttln [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

HMS Bellona, Cruiser [1]

HMS Blanche [1]

HMS Blonde [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Impregnable Boy Training Est. Devonport [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Minatour, Cruiser [1]

HMS Minerva II [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Tamar [1]

Service

Royal Navy [450]

Australian Imperial Force [74]

British Army [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [55]

W [53]

B [52]

M [52]

C [47]

S [47]

D [36]

T [33]

R [31]

P [29]

L [27]

G [26]

A [19]

N [16]

J [14]

F [13]

E [9]

K [9]

O [6]

I [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [431] Middlesborough England [73] Middlesborough [40] Middlesborough, Durham [6] Middlesborough, England [3] middlesborough [2] 29, Snowden Rd, Middlesborough [1] All Saints Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Eaglescliffe, Middlesborough [1] Guisborough, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire [1] Loftus-in-Cleveland, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] London, Middlesborough [1] Middlesborough Yorkshire [1] Middlesborough Yorkshire England [1] Middlesborough on Tees, Yorkshire [1] Middlesborough, Hampshire [1] Middlesborough, Hertfordshire [1] Middlesborough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1] Middlesborough, Nottinghamshire [1] Middlesborough, Staffordshire [1] Middlesborough, Yorks [1] Middlesborough-on-Tees [1] North Ormesby, Middlesborough [1] North Ormesby, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Ormesby, Middlesborough [1] South Bank Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] South Bank, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Southbank Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] St Hildas, Middlesborough [1] St John, Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Thornaby,Middlesborough,Yorks. [1] middlesborough, yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Stoker [14] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Able Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Signal Boy [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Private. [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Second Lieutenant/Flying Officer [1] Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Telegraphist [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [12] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] (RFR/CH/B/6564). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 86th Bttln [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] HMS Bellona, Cruiser [1] HMS Blanche [1] HMS Blonde [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Impregnable Boy Training Est. Devonport [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Minatour, Cruiser [1] HMS Minerva II [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Tamar [1]

Service

Royal Navy [450] Australian Imperial Force [74] British Army [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [55] W [53] B [52] M [52] C [47] S [47] D [36] T [33] R [31] P [29] L [27] G [26] A [19] N [16] J [14] F [13] E [9] K [9] O [6] I [2] Y [2] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [558] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1]

Harpley Appleby

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army T3/025974 Driver Army Service Corps

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Septimus Henry Legg

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 10435 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10435 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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John Mcguire

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6496 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army 2DN/6496 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army 10854 Private 6th (Service) Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)

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Frederick George Groom

Born 1884

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 144

Australian Imperial Force 144 Private 15th Battalion

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George E. Pottage

Died 1918

British Army 30522 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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H Harriman

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 10116 Private Late Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10116 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Edward Barker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 217540 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Colquhoun Dick

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 311274 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Northumbrian (North Riding) Heavy Battery

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Albert Joseph Gallagher

Died 1914

British Army 414 Driver Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 414 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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John Harrison

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 15207 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ralph Snaith

Died 1918

British Army 19098 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 50975 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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David Munro

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 9104 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edgar James Wilkinson

Died 1916

British Army 1266 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1266 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Samuel Evans

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2802 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 2802 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 2802 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Martin Mcgrail

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3906S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Lynx

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Henry Turnbull

Died 1916

British Army 19586 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19586 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12 Bn

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Thomas Henry Lindberg

Born 1859

Died 1915

British Army Major Special List

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Michael Mckenna

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 19894 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Daniel Mackin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 12476 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Hearing

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 12523/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 12523 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Elsie."

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