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Northallerton, Yorkshire [100]

Northallerton [8]

Northallerton, Yorkshire, England [4]

Aysgarth, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2]

Bedale, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2]

Brompton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2]

Northallerton, North Yorkshire [2]

Northallerton, Yorks [2]

Appleton Wiske, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Blackhills, Thirsk Road, Northallerton,Yorkshire. [1]

Born at Northallerton, Yorks. [1]

Brompton, Near Northallerton [1]

Brompton, Northallerton [1]

Burniston, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

East Harlsey, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Great Smeaton Northallerton Yorkshire [1]

Kirkby Sigston, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Leeming, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Nether Silton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Northallerton England [1]

Northallerton Yorkshire England [1]

Northallerton, West Riding, Yorkshire [1]

Osmotherley, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Romanby, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Smeaton Manor,Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

West Rounton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Sapper [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Painter 2c [1]

Plumber. 1st. [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

15th Battalion [1]

30th Battalion [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Halcyon" (Grimsby) [1]

General List and Staff [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. Conqueror [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Queen Elizabeth [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS Superb - 7 days cells [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [1]

Railway Transport Office [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, R.F.A. "Carol." [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

British Army [23]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

P [16]

W [14]

M [13]

C [11]

H [10]

S [10]

D [7]

F [7]

T [6]

A [5]

L [5]

G [3]

K [3]

R [3]

I [2]

N [2]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

India [1]

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People [140] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Northallerton, Yorkshire [100] Northallerton [8] Northallerton, Yorkshire, England [4] Aysgarth, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2] Bedale, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2] Brompton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [2] Northallerton, North Yorkshire [2] Northallerton, Yorks [2] Appleton Wiske, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Blackhills, Thirsk Road, Northallerton,Yorkshire. [1] Born at Northallerton, Yorks. [1] Brompton, Near Northallerton [1] Brompton, Northallerton [1] Burniston, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] East Harlsey, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Great Smeaton Northallerton Yorkshire [1] Kirkby Sigston, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Leeming, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Nether Silton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Northallerton England [1] Northallerton Yorkshire England [1] Northallerton, West Riding, Yorkshire [1] Osmotherley, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Romanby, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Smeaton Manor,Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] West Rounton, Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [13] Sapper [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Painter 2c [1] Plumber. 1st. [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 15th Battalion [1] 30th Battalion [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Halcyon" (Grimsby) [1] General List and Staff [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. Conqueror [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Queen Elizabeth [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS Superb - 7 days cells [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [1] Railway Transport Office [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1] Royal Naval Reserve, R.F.A. "Carol." [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] British Army [23] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] P [16] W [14] M [13] C [11] H [10] S [10] D [7] F [7] T [6] A [5] L [5] G [3] K [3] R [3] I [2] N [2] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14] India [1]

Fred Wilson

Born 1880

Died 1944

British Army 108466 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Pollington

Died 1919

British Army 20454 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 20454 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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F Willoughby

Born 1885

Died 1954

British Army 261445 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Sidney Charles Foster

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List and Staff

British Army Captain Railway Transport Office

British Army 9018 Royal Army Pay Corps

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Norman Willoughby

Born 1899

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279350

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115 sqn

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Thomas Frederick Linley

Born 1876

British Army 30369 Private Army Reserve

British Army 30369 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Thornton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 39303 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 31635 Private Labour Corps

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Ernest Swalwell

Born 1880

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66015

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66015 Sergeant Mechanic

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John William Clarkson

Born 1899

Died 1941

Royal Navy J32392 Able Bodied Seaman H.M.S. Conqueror

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Tom Pybus

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 7/2394 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2394 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1st/7th Battalion

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Robert William Handley

Born 1894

Royal Navy 213088 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 213088 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 213088 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Herbert J Johnson

Born 1887

Died 1937

British Army 72780 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Bendelow

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy M622 Plumber. 1st. HMS Queen Elizabeth

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James Frederic Raymond Mckenzie

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 2086 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 200514 Private South Wales Borderers

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Harry Foster

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199163

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Henry Porter

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266852

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Gordon Calvert

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285210

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Harold Fawcett

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51695

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Richard Calvert

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297880

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William George Naylor

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army M2/051422 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/051422 Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M2/051422 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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