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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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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]

Eric Dryden

Born 1893

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

British Army Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Mcgeary

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army 16576 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Samuel Day

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 31810 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Lce Cpl Royal Engineers 30th Coy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Bedford "a" Signals

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Arnold Atkinson

Born 1888

Died 1939

British Army 2524 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2524 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Smith

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army L/7681 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 771363 Driver Royal Artillery 6c Reserve Battallion

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Mathilda Gertrude Everatt

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 38801 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Marcus Segal

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2560 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Maurice Dack

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/4526 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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George Thomas Waddington

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 3198 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Burn Green

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army 386158 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 351640 A.C.2

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 351640 Corporal

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James Edward Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13/1234 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1234 Private 13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1234 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Norman Othick

Born 1896

British Army 2188 Private London Regiment

British Army 530490 Private London Regiment

British Army 530490 Acting Sergeant London Regiment 15th Battalion

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Gilbert Foggin

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 10876 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10876 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George William Mayne

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 16/862 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion

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Jasper Myers Richardson

Born 1849

Died 1918

British Army Captain Northumberland Artillery Militia

British Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Gilbert Charlton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4846 Acting Corporal London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322138 Acting Corporal London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 4846 Corporal London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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William Cochran Carr

Born 1866

Died 1955

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 5th Advanced Remount Depot

British Army Captain 5th Base Remount Depot Calais

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Angus Ferguson Laws

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 26185 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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William Jobling

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 33719 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Labour Coy

British Army 23642 Private Labour Corps 475th Home Service Employment Coy

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Willie Dennison Murton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11978 Private Durham Light Infantry

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