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Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148]

Newcastle upon Tyne [108]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50]

Newcastle Upon Tyne [29]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [6]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [4]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne England [3]

Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne registration district [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne, [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Staffordshire [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2]

2, High Street, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

4 St Anne's Row, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1]

Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Cambios Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Heaton,Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1]

Holmwood, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Jesmond,Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1]

Newcastle -Upon-Tyne [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1]

Newcastle a Upon Tyne [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne District [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne England [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne registration district [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Nortjumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Driver [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Rifleman [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2/LT [1]

2LT [1]

2nd Lieutenent [1]

A.C.2 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chaplain Colonel [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [66]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Erin [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Hussars [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

1st A.I.F. Division [1]

1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [233]

Australian Imperial Force [156]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [62]

S [60]

R [45]

W [42]

B [33]

T [25]

C [24]

P [23]

H [21]

D [19]

A [16]

L [16]

F [12]

G [12]

N [9]

E [7]

O [7]

J [5]

K [3]

V [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127]

India [6]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [448] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148] Newcastle upon Tyne [108] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50] Newcastle Upon Tyne [29] Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [6] Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [4] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne England [3] Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne registration district [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Newcastle upon Tyne, [2] Newcastle upon Tyne, Staffordshire [2] Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2] 2, High Street, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] 4 St Anne's Row, City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne [1] Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Cambios Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Dipton, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Elswick, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Heaton,Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1] Holmwood, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Jesmond,Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Newcastle - upon - Tyne Northumberland [1] Newcastle -Upon-Tyne [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne, England [1] Newcastle a Upon Tyne [1] Newcastle upon Tyne District [1] Newcastle upon Tyne England [1] Newcastle upon Tyne registration district [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Nortjumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne. [1] Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [136] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [19] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Serjeant [10] Major [9] Gunner [8] Driver [7] Able Seaman [6] Rifleman [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2/LT [1] 2LT [1] 2nd Lieutenent [1] A.C.2 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain Colonel [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [66] Durham Light Infantry [25] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Field Artillery [17] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Erin [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Hussars [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 1st A.I.F. Division [1] 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [233] Australian Imperial Force [156] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [62] S [60] R [45] W [42] B [33] T [25] C [24] P [23] H [21] D [19] A [16] L [16] F [12] G [12] N [9] E [7] O [7] J [5] K [3] V [3] I [1] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [127] India [6] Canada [1] Germany [1] Malaysia [1]

Fred Addison

Born 1895

British Army 2480 Private 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260339 Private Border Regiment

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Lewis Fry Richardson

Born 1881

Died 1953

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Percy Coultas Dodsworth

Born 1887

Died 1957

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 12289 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Bn

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John Hall

Born 1887

Died 1953

British Army 205210 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Mccann

Died 1918

British Army 12674 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army S/43212 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 11905 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Platt

Australian Imperial Force 891

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Benjamin Cole

Born 1894

Royal Navy 13196 Royal Marine Artillery

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Gladstone Adams

Born 1880

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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