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Ryhope, Durham [26]

Ryhope, Durham, England [11]

Ryhope, Sunderland, Durham [9]

Ryhope, County Durham [7]

Ryhope Durham [1]

Ryhope Sunderland County Durham [1]

Ryhope,Sunderland,Durham. [1]

Sunderland, Ryhope, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Gunner [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker RNR [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1]

London Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Balakani" ALIAS Robson [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hindustan [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Inflexible [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

British Army [14]

Royal Navy [14]

Other Empire Force [1]

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H [8]

B [6]

C [5]

D [5]

L [5]

G [4]

S [4]

P [3]

R [3]

T [3]

J [2]

M [2]

W [2]

E [1]

F [1]

K [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [43]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [57] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ryhope, Durham [26] Ryhope, Durham, England [11] Ryhope, Sunderland, Durham [9] Ryhope, County Durham [7] Ryhope Durham [1] Ryhope Sunderland County Durham [1] Ryhope,Sunderland,Durham. [1] Sunderland, Ryhope, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [9] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker [2] Acting Corporal [1] Corporal [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Gunner [1] Second Corporal [1] Sister [1] Stoker RNR [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Balakani" ALIAS Robson [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hindustan [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Inflexible [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] British Army [14] Royal Navy [14] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [8] B [6] C [5] D [5] L [5] G [4] S [4] P [3] R [3] T [3] J [2] M [2] W [2] E [1] F [1] K [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [43] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Johnness Gibson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87570

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Clement Withington

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 4514 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire

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William Hunt

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261161

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Algernon Percy Hodgson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 30125 Acting Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Knowles

Born 1881

Royal Navy 202998

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Matthew Henderson Low

Born 1882

Royal Navy M16626

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Joseph Buckley

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS114517

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Thomas Shaw

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS124141

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George William Coates

Born 1896

British Army 96385 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ethel Lily Hodgson

Born 1880

British Army Sister French Red Cross

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William Bell

Born 1886

Royal Navy 227717

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James Dowell

Born 1896

Royal Navy J49530

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Joseph Etherington

Born 1896

Royal Navy J49529

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Thomas Frederick Watson

Born 1894

Royal Navy K14828

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Alfred William Dodds

Born 1900

Royal Navy K54386

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Henry Gordon Reynolds

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS5112

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John Graham

Born 1880

Royal Navy 291523

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Robert Bell

Born 1881

Royal Navy 296653

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William Bates

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 537239 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 537239 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Robert Norman Duck

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 78701 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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