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North Shields, Northumberland, England [1000]

North Shields, Northumberland [413]

North Shields [60]

North Shields England [56]

North Shields, Durham [24]

North Shields, County Durham [6]

North Shields, Northamptonshire [4]

North Shields Northumberland [2]

Jarrow on Tyne, North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

North Shields South Australia [1]

North Shields Tynemouth Northumberland [1]

North Shields, England [1]

North Shields, Ireland [1]

North Shields, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

North Shields, Northumbria [1]

North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

North Shields,Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1]

POE North Shields England [1]

Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Tynemouth North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [40]

Deck Hand [20]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Engineman [5]

Sapper [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Hand [4]

Stoker [4]

Trimmer [4]

Captain [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Skipper [2]

Warrant Engineer [2]

1st Engineer [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Captain (Retd) [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

London Regiment [3]

Fishery Reserve [2]

Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [2]

12th Battalion, Tank Corps [1]

2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance [1]

6th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Army Royal Flying Corps [1]

British Arny Royal Flying Corps [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Dementian [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Dartmouth [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanessa II [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Service

Royal Navy [446]

British Army [69]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Other Empire Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

M [169]

S [162]

C [128]

B [122]

H [115]

R [107]

W [103]

D [83]

P [81]

T [75]

G [72]

L [67]

A [61]

J [61]

F [50]

K [36]

N [25]

E [23]

O [17]

Y [8]

I [6]

V [5]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1003]

Military Service [528]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

India [2]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1000] North Shields, Northumberland [413] North Shields [60] North Shields England [56] North Shields, Durham [24] North Shields, County Durham [6] North Shields, Northamptonshire [4] North Shields Northumberland [2] Jarrow on Tyne, North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] North Shields South Australia [1] North Shields Tynemouth Northumberland [1] North Shields, England [1] North Shields, Ireland [1] North Shields, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] North Shields, Northumbria [1] North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] North Shields,Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1] POE North Shields England [1] Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland [1] Tynemouth North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [40] Deck Hand [20] Ordinary Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Engineman [5] Sapper [5] Able Seaman [4] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Second Hand [4] Stoker [4] Trimmer [4] Captain [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Leading Seaman [2] Skipper [2] Warrant Engineer [2] 1st Engineer [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Donkeyman [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineer Captain (Retd) [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Seaman [1] Second Engineer [1] Sergeant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Durham Light Infantry [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Victory I [3] London Regiment [3] Fishery Reserve [2] Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [2] HMS Ganges [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [2] 12th Battalion, Tank Corps [1] 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance [1] 6th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Army Royal Flying Corps [1] British Arny Royal Flying Corps [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Dementian [1] Essex Regiment [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Dartmouth [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanessa II [1] HMS Victory [1]

Service

Royal Navy [446] British Army [69] Australian Imperial Force [58] Other Empire Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

M [169] S [162] C [128] B [122] H [115] R [107] W [103] D [83] P [81] T [75] G [72] L [67] A [61] J [61] F [50] K [36] N [25] E [23] O [17] Y [8] I [6] V [5] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [1003] Military Service [528]

Country

United Kingdom [26] India [2] Australia [1]

Ralph Mankin

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 36921 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Andrew Hurlbutt

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 1312 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 470793 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Donnison Gibson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army TR5/18201 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 51st Battalion (Y.S.Bn).

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Fred Gilbertson

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army 1857 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Peter Lynch

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 25/1069 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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Robert Richardson

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army S/3/030619 Private Army Service Corps 185th Coy. (Dunstable)

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Lawrence Georgeson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 797/TS Engineman HMS Vanessa II

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William Foster Gunn

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 3793 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3793S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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Peter Thurlbeck

Australian Imperial Force 6851

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George Gardner Williamson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149024

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Peter George Danskill

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1771DA Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1771 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Hirose."

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Robert Wood

Australian Imperial Force 7750

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Thomas Henry Rigby

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1350/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1350 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve PO/14123. H.M.S. "Island Prince"

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Thomas Sidney Young

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J16770

Royal Navy J.16770. (Ch) Able Seaman HM Submarine K4

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Harry Lowery Tomlinson

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1769DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1769 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Ocean Fisher."

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Thomas Mellor

Australian Imperial Force 1740

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Thomas James Tomlinson

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1617DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1617 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Saxon Prince."

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Norman Mcleod Dryden

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 6th northumberland Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Hogg

Australian Imperial Force 5113

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Alfred Scarlett

Australian Imperial Force

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