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Retford, Nottinghamshire [160]

East Retford, Nottinghamshire [9]

Retford, Nottinghamshire, England [7]

Ordsall, Retford, Nottinghamshire [4]

Babworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Clarborough, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Near Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

West Retford, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Blyth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bolton Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Clayworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

East Markham, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

East Retford Nottinghamshire [1]

Edwinstowe, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Everton, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

RETFORD, Nottinghamshire [1]

Retford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Torworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Tuxford, East Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain (A/Major) [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major General [1]

Mechanic Serjeant Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Second Officer [1]

Sgt [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Superb [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1st Airborne Division [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HM Submarine C33 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Belgian Prince [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS DEFENCE [1]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

British Army [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23]

W [23]

P [19]

C [15]

S [14]

H [13]

G [11]

M [11]

R [11]

F [10]

T [10]

L [8]

D [7]

J [5]

N [4]

O [4]

E [3]

A [2]

K [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Retford, Nottinghamshire [160] East Retford, Nottinghamshire [9] Retford, Nottinghamshire, England [7] Ordsall, Retford, Nottinghamshire [4] Babworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Clarborough, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Near Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] West Retford, Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Blyth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bolton Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Clayworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] East Markham, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] East Retford Nottinghamshire [1] Edwinstowe, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Everton, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] RETFORD, Nottinghamshire [1] Retford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Torworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Tuxford, East Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [9] Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain (A/Major) [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major General [1] Mechanic Serjeant Major [1] Midshipman [1] Second Officer [1] Sgt [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Superb [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1st Airborne Division [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] HM Submarine C33 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Attentive II [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Victory II [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Belgian Prince [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Engineers Training Reserve Battalion [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS DEFENCE [1] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] British Army [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23] W [23] P [19] C [15] S [14] H [13] G [11] M [11] R [11] F [10] T [10] L [8] D [7] J [5] N [4] O [4] E [3] A [2] K [2] I [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Malta [1]

Ernest Brett

Born 1885

Died 1949

British Army 26945 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26945 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Leggott

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army M/20462 Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps

British Army 4988 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army M/20462 Private Army Service Corps

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Fred Stoakes

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army 11341 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 11341 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Swannack

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261229

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Frank Snowden

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 40861 Corporal Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Arthur Phillipson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 8 Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Arthur Richmond

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 56857 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 359709 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Thomas Ernest Rippingale

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266719

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Thomas Bingley

Died 1917

British Army 17570 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 17570 Sgt Royal Field Artillery D/242nd Brigade

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George Henry Milner

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169910

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William Andrew Maltby

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191281

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Arthur George Price

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 64891 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 42529 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edward Sayer Firth

Born 1901

Royal Navy J92051

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John Edgar Marr

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228086

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Arthur Morris

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232102

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Ernest Flinton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233161

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Henry Barnes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236040

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John Bacon Robinson

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 4795 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Frederick George Calam

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Second Officer Mercantile Marine - SS Belgian Prince

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Arthur Frederick Walker

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219380

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