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Penrith New South Wales [325]

Penrith, Cumberland [145]

Penrith England [25]

Penrith, Cumberland, England [18]

Penrith [11]

Penrith Cumberland [6]

Penrith, Westmoreland [4]

Penrith, Cambridgeshire [3]

Penrith, Glamorgan [3]

Penrith Victoria [2]

Penrith registration district [2]

Penrith, Cumbria [2]

Penrith, New South Wales [2]

Penrith, New South Wales, Australia [2]

Penrith,Cumberland [2]

Blue Bell Lane, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Calthwaite, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Cumberland Penrith [1]

Cumberland Penrith Westmorland. [1]

Eden Hall,Penrith,Cuberland. [1]

Friar Street, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Hunsonby, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Kirkby Stephen, Penrith [1]

Musgrave, Penrith, Westmorland [1]

Penrith Cumbria [1]

Penrith Queensland [1]

Penrith, Cumberland, [1]

Penrith, UK [1]

Penrith,Cumberland. [1]

Penruddock, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Stainton, Dacre, Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Sub District of Penrith [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Lance Corporal [5]

Gunner [4]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Leading Mechanic [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Commander Retired [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Trumpeter [1]

V.A.D Nurse [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Idaho (Children's Trust) [1]

HMS Idaho (Troup Head) and (Pelican) [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

No 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [354]

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

British Army [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [63]

H [59]

B [52]

W [46]

C [39]

M [39]

P [35]

R [34]

D [31]

T [30]

F [26]

G [17]

E [15]

J [15]

K [14]

A [13]

N [13]

L [11]

O [7]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Australia [1]

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People [569] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Penrith New South Wales [325] Penrith, Cumberland [145] Penrith England [25] Penrith, Cumberland, England [18] Penrith [11] Penrith Cumberland [6] Penrith, Westmoreland [4] Penrith, Cambridgeshire [3] Penrith, Glamorgan [3] Penrith Victoria [2] Penrith registration district [2] Penrith, Cumbria [2] Penrith, New South Wales [2] Penrith, New South Wales, Australia [2] Penrith,Cumberland [2] Blue Bell Lane, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Calthwaite, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Cumberland Penrith [1] Cumberland Penrith Westmorland. [1] Eden Hall,Penrith,Cuberland. [1] Friar Street, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Hunsonby, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Kirkby Stephen, Penrith [1] Musgrave, Penrith, Westmorland [1] Penrith Cumbria [1] Penrith Queensland [1] Penrith, Cumberland, [1] Penrith, UK [1] Penrith,Cumberland. [1] Penruddock, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Stainton, Dacre, Penrith, Cumberland [1] Sub District of Penrith [1]

Rank

Private [33] Lance Corporal [5] Gunner [4] Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Leading Mechanic [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Commander Retired [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Private Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Trumpeter [1] V.A.D Nurse [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Army Service Corps [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Idaho (Children's Trust) [1] HMS Idaho (Troup Head) and (Pelican) [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (The Rangers) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] No 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [354] Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] British Army [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [63] H [59] B [52] W [46] C [39] M [39] P [35] R [34] D [31] T [30] F [26] G [17] E [15] J [15] K [14] A [13] N [13] L [11] O [7] I [3] V [3] Y [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Australia [1]

Daniel Weightman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237047

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Richard Mason

Born 1894

Died 1959

British Army 13541 Private Hussars

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Arthur Bamber

Born 1895

British Army 210892 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 52601 Private Border Regiment

British Army 200215 Private Rifle Brigade

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Thomas William Barclay

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212060

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Herbert Borrowdale

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263713

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Joseph Patrickson Rowe

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232658

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Benjamin Salkeld Thexton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240640

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Alfred Edward Pearson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247879

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Donald Godrid Campbell Thomson

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd battalion

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John Sinkinson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 26467 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Garnett Lee

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 3086 Private London Regiment

British Army 470766 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Sarah Jane Armstrong

Born 1883

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment

Other Empire Force V.A.D Nurse British Red Cross Cairo

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James William Miskelly

Born 1880

Died 1928

British Army 128057 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Sisson

Born 1879

British Army 112 Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 112 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

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Thomas Thompson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303742

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Thomas Robinson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404293

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James Atkinson

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311140

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Claude Small

Born 1894

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Mary Elizabeth Ritson

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Elsie Wilson

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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