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Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [643]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [271]

Middlesbrough [109]

Middlesbrough England [36]

North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [14]

Eston, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8]

South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8]

Middlesbrough Yorkshire [7]

Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6]

Middlesbrough, Yorks [5]

St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

St Johns, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

Stokesley, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5]

Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [4]

Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire [4]

Middlesbrough, England [4]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire. [3]

Loftus, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough. [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]

Cargo Fleet, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough [1]

Eston Middlesbrough [1]

Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorks [1]

Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Ingleby Greenhow, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Lazenby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough North Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough Registration District [1]

Middlesbrough Yorkshire North Riding [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Middlesbrough, Durham [1]

Middlesbrough, Norfolk [1]

Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [1]

Middlesbrough,Yorkshire,England. [1]

Newport, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

North Ormesby - Middlesbrough [1]

North Ormesby Middlesbrough Yorks [1]

North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, N/Yorks [1]

Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Ormesby, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Redcar, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [114]

Stoker [15]

Gunner [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [9]

Corporal [8]

Rifleman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Driver [3]

Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Act. BRA4 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Flight Clerk [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer [1]

Fireman [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Lance Bearer [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master [1]

PTE [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman, Lance Corporal [1]

Rigger [1]

Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [51]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

London Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [4]

Border Regiment [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS NARBOROUGH [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [390]

Royal Navy [296]

British Army [185]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [138]

S [114]

C [113]

H [106]

M [90]

W [86]

D [77]

R [62]

T [60]

A [52]

L [52]

G [47]

P [46]

F [31]

E [22]

J [18]

K [16]

O [16]

N [14]

I [9]

U [4]

Y [4]

V [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [887]

Merchant Navy [274]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [643] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [271] Middlesbrough [109] Middlesbrough England [36] North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [14] Eston, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8] South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [8] Middlesbrough Yorkshire [7] Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6] Middlesbrough, Yorks [5] St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] St Johns, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] Stokesley, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [5] Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [4] Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire [4] Middlesbrough, England [4] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire. [3] Loftus, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough. [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] Cargo Fleet, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough [1] Eston Middlesbrough [1] Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Yorks [1] Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Ingleby Greenhow, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Lazenby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough North Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough Registration District [1] Middlesbrough Yorkshire North Riding [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Middlesbrough, Durham [1] Middlesbrough, Norfolk [1] Middlesbrough, North Ormesby, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [1] Middlesbrough,Yorkshire,England. [1] Newport, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] North Ormesby - Middlesbrough [1] North Ormesby Middlesbrough Yorks [1] North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, N/Yorks [1] Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Ormesby, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [1] Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Redcar, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [114] Stoker [15] Gunner [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Ordinary Seaman [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [10] Sapper [9] Corporal [8] Rifleman [7] Able Seaman [6] Captain [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Driver [3] Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] 3rd Writer [1] Act. BRA4 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Flight Clerk [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer [1] Fireman [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Flight Clerk [1] Lance Bearer [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master [1] PTE [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman, Lance Corporal [1] Rigger [1] Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [51] Durham Light Infantry [22] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] London Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Flying Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Natal." [4] Border Regiment [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Victory I [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS NARBOROUGH [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [390] Royal Navy [296] British Army [185] Australian Imperial Force [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [138] S [114] C [113] H [106] M [90] W [86] D [77] R [62] T [60] A [52] L [52] G [47] P [46] F [31] E [22] J [18] K [16] O [16] N [14] I [9] U [4] Y [4] V [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [887] Merchant Navy [274]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Canada [1] Germany [1] Jamaica [1]

William Buckle

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1999 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200384 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Chapman

Born 1894

Died 1957

British Army 42354 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 42354 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Engineers 71st Field Company

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Patrick Mcvay

Died 1916

British Army 12264 Private Border Regiment 8th. Battalion

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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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Stephen Hughes Armstrong

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 96365 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army

British Army 96365 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery "B" Battery

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James Boustead

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 31948 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ewart Richardson

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 4th 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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Samuel Sprentall Bradley

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy 17702 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 15500 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery HQ Eastney, Portsmouth

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John Peacock Rowe

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 25136 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Garrison Battalion

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George Barnett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army R/1272 Rifleman, Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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George Aaron Swalwell

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army 33895 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 66426 Private Labour Corps

British Army 33895 Private Royal West Surrey Queen's Regiment

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Joseph Holmes Gettins

Born 1874

Died 1954

British Army Royal Army Educational Corps Eastern Command

British Army Royal Army Educational Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Educational Corps Army School of Education

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Richard Cunningham

Born 1886

Died 1955

British Army 8263 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8263 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2

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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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Herbert George Borrett

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 392581 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 315075 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 315075 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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John Ralph Mccrindle

Born 1894

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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Leo Emanuel Cassidy

Died 1918

British Army DM2/206590 Lance-Corporal Royal Army Service Corps 593rd M.T. Company attached VIII Corps Heavy Artillery.

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