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Newcastle, Northumberland [2398]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1107]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [266]

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [93]

Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [58]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50]

Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [43]

Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42]

Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [29]

Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Cramlington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [7]

Scotswood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [6]

Haltwhistle, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Hexham, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Shieldfield, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Ashington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Backworth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Newcastle Northumberland [4]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4]

Benton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3]

Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3]

Byker Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Earsdon, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Hexham Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Longbenton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newburn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Newcastle in Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2]

Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Ouseburn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Seaton Burn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Seghill, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Wooler, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Benwell Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Birtley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Burradon, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Byker Newcastle Northumberland [1]

Byker Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

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

Coanwood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Coxlodge, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Cramlington Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Denton Burn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Dudley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Ordinary Seaman [41]

Stoker 1st Class [40]

Able Seaman [35]

Deck Hand [22]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Captain [9]

Rifleman [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Corporal [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Gunner [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Major [4]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Driver [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/LT [1]

2nd Lieutenent [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Armourer’s Crew [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

HMS Victory I [14]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

HMS Ganges [8]

HMS MALAYA [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

HMS BROKE [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

HMS Agincourt [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

HMS BULWARK [4]

HMS CANADA [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS LION [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS OPAL [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2741]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1154]

British Army [118]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [434]

M [408]

H [397]

S [381]

C [317]

W [306]

R [261]

D [235]

T [216]

G [199]

P [193]

L [167]

F [160]

A [152]

J [97]

N [82]

E [75]

K [66]

O [44]

Y [28]

I [23]

V [20]

U [15]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3995]

Merchant Navy [266]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

India [2]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

Newcastle, Northumberland [2398] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1107] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [266] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [93] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [58] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50] Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [43] Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42] Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [29] Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Cramlington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [7] Scotswood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [6] Haltwhistle, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Hexham, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [5] Shieldfield, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Ashington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Backworth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Newcastle Northumberland [4] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [4] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [4] Benton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3] Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3] Byker Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Earsdon, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Hexham Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Longbenton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newburn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Newcastle in Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland. [2] Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland [2] Ouseburn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Seaton Burn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Seghill, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Wooler, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Benwell Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Birtley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Burradon, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Byker Newcastle Northumberland [1] Byker Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Coanwood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Coxlodge, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Cramlington Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Denton Burn, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Dudley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [73] Ordinary Seaman [41] Stoker 1st Class [40] Able Seaman [35] Deck Hand [22] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [13] Boy 1st Class [12] Captain [9] Rifleman [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Corporal [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Gunner [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Major [4] Armourer's Crew [3] Driver [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sister [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/LT [1] 2nd Lieutenent [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Armourer's Mate [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Armourer’s Crew [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy [1] Boy Servant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] HMS Victory I [14] Durham Light Infantry [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [10] HMS Ganges [8] HMS MALAYA [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] HMS BROKE [6] HMS Good Hope [6] HMS Agincourt [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] HMS BULWARK [4] HMS CANADA [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS LION [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS VALIANT [3] HMS Vanguard [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS OPAL [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Victory II [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2741] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1154] British Army [118] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [434] M [408] H [397] S [381] C [317] W [306] R [261] D [235] T [216] G [199] P [193] L [167] F [160] A [152] J [97] N [82] E [75] K [66] O [44] Y [28] I [23] V [20] U [15] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3995] Merchant Navy [266]

Country

United Kingdom [82] India [2] Malaysia [1]

Joseph Butcher

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 33895 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 33895 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12th Batt

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Henry Stanley Bell

Born 1874

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Neesham

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS113824 Stoker 1st Class HM Torpedo Boat 101

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Everett Topham

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 8/29201 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4/5052 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 201946 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12/13th Battalion

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John Thompson Longstaff

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29348 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7/8th Battalion

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Joseph Cuthbert Fram

Born 1897

Died 1973

Royal Navy M33546 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II [a shore base at Crystal Palace London]

Royal Navy M33546 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II [a shore base at Crystal Palace London]

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Thomas Benn

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11472 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Allan Cecil Sanderson

Born 1899

British Army 9584 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army Private Cameron HIghlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 359200 Private Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Mundy

Born 1887

British Army 98888 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98888 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Frederick Reed

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 371131 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3196 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Allister Macnaughton Fergusson

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 226799 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Robert Plumpton

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 766082 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2/LT Alexandra 6th Bn

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John Mahaffey

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 3843 Private Devonshire Regiment 86th (Provisional) Btn

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Henry James Liddell

Born 1882

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30662 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30562 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps *mistake with number in CWGC records

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30662 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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John Edward Kennedy

Born 1895

British Army 12760 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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James Ball Pringle

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 106495

Canadian Expeditionary Force 106495 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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John William Walker

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 204735 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Sydney Harle

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266163 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Clifford Blenkinsop Utterson

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army 146412 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5305 Private Durham Light Infantry 9th Btn.

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Norman Richardson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 14592 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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