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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]

Henry Cook

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20982 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20982 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Harold James Jepson

Born 1898

Died 1977

British Army 38022 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 79668 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Connor

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4016 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36118 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion - Princess of Wales Own

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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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William Harold Scorer

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Wiltshire 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 Clive Charlton

Born 1891

Died 1985

British Army 200369 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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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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Iorwerth Glyndwr John

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion

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Joseph Perrett

Died 1914

British Army 8801 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd Bn.

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Edwin Gladstone Latheron

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 160461 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Henry Bowe

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 21/297 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Edwin Stott

Born 1894

British Army 104148 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers 225th Field Company

British Army 104148 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 104148 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers.

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John William Thurston

Born 1896

Died 1989

British Army 25290 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Charles Coates

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 11456 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Irene Raper Hudson

Born 1887

Died 1964

British Army British Red Cross Society

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Samuel Pryke

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 200551 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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