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Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [643]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [271]

North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [14]

Eston, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8]

South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8]

Middlesbrough Yorkshire [7]

Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6]

St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

St Johns, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

Stokesley, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [4]

Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire [4]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire. [3]

Loftus, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire [2]

St John's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

15 Hatherley Street - Middlesbrough -Yorkshire [1]

20 Wilton St Middlesbrough Yorkshire [1]

Brotton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Ingleby Greenhow, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Lazenby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough North Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough Yorkshire North Riding [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [1]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire,England. [1]

Newport, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Ormesby, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Redcar, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

South Bank, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [1]

Stainton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Thornaby on Tees Middlesbrough Yorkshire [1]

Thornaby on Tees, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

the North Ormesby district of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Stoker [10]

Rifleman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Act. BRA4 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Flight Clerk [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Fireman [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Lance Bearer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rigger [1]

Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Sergeant Clerk [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

gunner [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS NARBOROUGH [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS 'Barham' [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Europa [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [388]

Royal Navy [282]

British Army [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [109]

S [100]

C [94]

H [94]

W [81]

M [74]

D [65]

T [54]

R [53]

L [45]

A [42]

G [39]

P [38]

F [29]

E [20]

O [16]

J [14]

N [14]

K [12]

I [8]

U [4]

Y [4]

V [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [732]

Merchant Navy [271]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [643] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [271] North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [14] Eston, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8] South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8] Middlesbrough Yorkshire [7] Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6] St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] St Johns, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] Stokesley, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [4] Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire [4] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire. [3] Loftus, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire [2] St John's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] 15 Hatherley Street - Middlesbrough -Yorkshire [1] 20 Wilton St Middlesbrough Yorkshire [1] Brotton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Ingleby Greenhow, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Lazenby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough North Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough Yorkshire North Riding [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [1] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire,England. [1] Newport, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Ormesby, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1] Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Redcar, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] South Bank, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [1] Stainton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Thornaby on Tees Middlesbrough Yorkshire [1] Thornaby on Tees, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] the North Ormesby district of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [50] Stoker 1st Class [13] Ordinary Seaman [10] Stoker [10] Rifleman [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Stoker [2] Act. BRA4 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Flight Clerk [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Fireman [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Flight Clerk [1] Lance Bearer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rigger [1] Second Class Air Mechanic [1] Sergeant Clerk [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] gunner [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [10] London Regiment [7] Royal Naval Reserve [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Labour Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] HMS Good Hope [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS NARBOROUGH [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS 'Barham' [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Europa [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Monmouth [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [388] Royal Navy [282] British Army [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [109] S [100] C [94] H [94] W [81] M [74] D [65] T [54] R [53] L [45] A [42] G [39] P [38] F [29] E [20] O [16] J [14] N [14] K [12] I [8] U [4] Y [4] V [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [732] Merchant Navy [271]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Canada [1] Germany [1]

Ernest Nutbrown

Born 1882

Died 1930

British Army 20304 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 20304 Private Grenadier Guards 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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Thomas William Swalwell

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army GS/13222 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army Private Household Cavalry General Service Dragoons

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James Frederick Swalwell

Born 1882

Died 1953

British Army 15946 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 15946 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 15946 Sergeant Kings Own Scottish Borderers 7th Battalion

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John Edward Denham

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5805 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372891 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John G Swalwell

Born 1897

Died 1931

British Army 22030 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 325085 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 56219 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph William Henry Makepeace

Born 1881

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) First Class Air Mechanic

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Corporal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Corporal

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John William Fincham

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 16209 Lance Bearer Royal Garrison Artillery

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Andrew Bollands

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 23266 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Alfred Harland

Born 1896

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army C/12879 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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William Humberstone

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 25/269 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish)

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John Blair

Born 1883

Died 1949

Royal Navy SS100012

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John Robert Outlaw

Born 1883

Died 1972

British Army 18455 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery attached Stationary Hospital

British Army 18455 Private Royal Garison Artiliary 115th Battery

British Army not known Private Royal Garrison Artiliary 65th Company Fort St Elmo Malta

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Harry Lofthouse Paley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5429 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 7636 Private London Regiment 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington)

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Edwin Tyerman

Born 1887

Died 1964

Royal Navy M26228

Royal Navy 323753 Act. BRA4 Pembroke II

Royal Navy 323753 Victory

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John Clive Charlton

Born 1891

Died 1985

British Army 200369 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Stanley Froom

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 15500 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

British Army 15500 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (Barnsley)

British Army 15500 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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Isaac Swalwell

Born 1878

Died 1924

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703572

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7035 Private 102nd Battalion

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Frank Earle Peart

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1953 Private London Regiment

British Army 1953 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Reed Kirby

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5804 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372890 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Francis Atkinson

Born 1885

British Army 243 Private Yorkshire Regiment TF 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407214 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

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