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Newcastle New South Wales [3353]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2398]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1107]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [266]

Newcastle England [218]

Newcastle [167]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148]

Newcastle on Tyne [122]

Newcastle upon Tyne [108]

Newcastle On Tyne England [103]

Newcastle-On-Tyne England [95]

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [93]

Newcastle, Staffordshire [64]

Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [58]

Newcastle, New South Wales [56]

Newcastle on Tyne England [52]

Newcastle-on-Tyne England [51]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50]

Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [43]

Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42]

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [39]

Newcastle, Durham [37]

Newcastle-on-Tyne [35]

Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [29]

Newcastle Upon Tyne [29]

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire [22]

Newcastle-On-Tyne [21]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19]

Newcastle, Down [17]

Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16]

Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire [14]

Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire [13]

Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13]

Newcastle Western Australia [12]

Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire [9]

Newcastle on Tyne, Durham [8]

Newcastle under Lyme [8]

Newcastle, England [8]

Newcastle, Staffordshire, England [8]

Newcastle, Staffs [8]

Cramlington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [7]

Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire [7]

Scotswood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [6]

Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [5]

Haltwhistle, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales [5]

Newcastle On Jyne England [5]

Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [5]

Rank

Private [347]

Able Seaman [50]

Ordinary Seaman [50]

Stoker 1st Class [47]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [34]

Sapper [34]

Captain [32]

Corporal [32]

Deck Hand [25]

Serjeant [21]

Driver [20]

Gunner [20]

Rifleman [19]

Major [14]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Sergeant [7]

Stoker [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman Driver [5]

Acting Corporal [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Bombardier [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Coal Mine Worker [3]

Colonel [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Pioneer [3]

Seaman [3]

Trimmer [3]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [107]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [54]

Royal Naval Reserve [44]

Royal Engineers [43]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

HMS Victory I [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Australian Infantry [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

HMS MALAYA [10]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Air Force [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

HMS Ganges [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

HMS Agincourt [7]

HMS BROKE [7]

HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

Labour Corps [7]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [7]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

Royal Marines Labour Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

HMS LION [5]

HMS THUNDERER [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [4093]

Royal Navy [3296]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1171]

British Army [572]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [17]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [942]

M [942]

H [874]

S [862]

W [714]

C [713]

R [521]

T [440]

D [439]

P [437]

G [434]

L [413]

F [345]

A [341]

J [298]

E [174]

K [174]

N [144]

O [119]

Y [48]

V [42]

I [35]

U [19]

Q [10]

Contribution

Military Service [9067]

Merchant Navy [325]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [289]

India [8]

Australia [5]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [2]

China [1]

Germany [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Newcastle New South Wales [3353] Newcastle, Northumberland [2398] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1107] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [266] Newcastle England [218] Newcastle [167] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [148] Newcastle on Tyne [122] Newcastle upon Tyne [108] Newcastle On Tyne England [103] Newcastle-On-Tyne England [95] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [93] Newcastle, Staffordshire [64] Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [58] Newcastle, New South Wales [56] Newcastle on Tyne England [52] Newcastle-on-Tyne England [51] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [50] Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [43] Benwell, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [42] Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [39] Newcastle, Durham [37] Newcastle-on-Tyne [35] Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [29] Newcastle Upon Tyne [29] Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire [22] Newcastle-On-Tyne [21] Newcastle-upon-Tyne [19] Newcastle, Down [17] Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16] Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire [14] Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire [13] Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [13] Newcastle Western Australia [12] Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire [9] Newcastle on Tyne, Durham [8] Newcastle under Lyme [8] Newcastle, England [8] Newcastle, Staffordshire, England [8] Newcastle, Staffs [8] Cramlington, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [7] Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire [7] Scotswood, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [6] Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne [5] Haltwhistle, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales [5] Newcastle On Jyne England [5] Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [5]

Rank

Private [347] Able Seaman [50] Ordinary Seaman [50] Stoker 1st Class [47] Second Lieutenant [44] Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [34] Sapper [34] Captain [32] Corporal [32] Deck Hand [25] Serjeant [21] Driver [20] Gunner [20] Rifleman [19] Major [14] Boy 1st Class [13] Boy 2nd Class [7] Sergeant [7] Stoker [7] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman Driver [5] Acting Corporal [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Temporary Captain [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Guardsman [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Bombardier [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Coal Mine Worker [3] Colonel [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Nursing Sister [3] Petty Officer [3] Pioneer [3] Seaman [3] Trimmer [3]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [107] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [54] Royal Naval Reserve [44] Royal Engineers [43] Durham Light Infantry [39] London Regiment [30] Royal Field Artillery [30] Machine Gun Corps [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] HMS Victory I [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Australian Infantry [12] South Wales Borderers [12] Army Service Corps [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] HMS MALAYA [10] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Air Force [9] Canadian Infantry [8] HMS Ganges [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Welsh Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] HMS Agincourt [7] HMS BROKE [7] HMS INVINCIBLE [7] Labour Corps [7] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Marine Artillery [7] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] HMS Good Hope [6] Royal Marines Labour Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] HMS LION [5] HMS THUNDERER [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [4093] Royal Navy [3296] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1171] British Army [572] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [17] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [942] M [942] H [874] S [862] W [714] C [713] R [521] T [440] D [439] P [437] G [434] L [413] F [345] A [341] J [298] E [174] K [174] N [144] O [119] Y [48] V [42] I [35] U [19] Q [10]

Contribution

Military Service [9067] Merchant Navy [325] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [289] India [8] Australia [5] Canada [3] New Zealand [2] China [1] Germany [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

James Green

Born 1864

Died 1948

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain Colonel 1st A.I.F. Division 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain Colonel Head Quarters

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain Colonel 5th A.I.F. Division 55th Battalion

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Percy Barnfather

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army Temporary Captain Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/43 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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William Wright

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8322 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 8322 Commissary South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Angus Murray Mccracken

Born 1895

Died 1943

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 368th Battery, 147th Brigade, 29th Division

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Reginald Thomas Sanders

Born 1894

Died 1990

British Army 1096 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 328434 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 1096 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Joseph Murdy

Born 1862

Died 1917

British Army Lothian Regiment

British Army Sergeant Lothian Regiment

British Army Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Richard Sherwood

Born 1881

Died 1923

British Army 26824 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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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 Mirk

Born 1878

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 37844 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Charlton Amos

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 625 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy Temorary Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers 2nd field co.

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Peter Mills

Born 1860

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park

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Lawrence Armstrong Coats

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Temp Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 15th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 15th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Eric Launcelot Everatt

Born 1898

Died 1988

British Army 61591 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 61591 Sergeant York and Lancaster Regiment 4th (Hallamshire) Battlion

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Henry Richardson

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 25333 Private West Riding Regiment 2/7th battalion

British Army 668648 Private Labour Corps 483 H.S. Employment Company

British Army 1533 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 84th Training Reserve

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George Brumwell Jameson

Born 1892

Died 1999

British Army 664 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Timothy Thompson

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 3004 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harry Muir

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Sergeant Northumberland Fusiliers Tyneside Commercial Battalion

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Mazzini Tron

Born 1885

Died 1967

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 3/4th Battalion

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Hubert Ransome Markham

Born 1893

Died 1982

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

British Army 589

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Leonard Heath

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army P/1763 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 40395 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 40395 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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