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Scarborough, Yorkshire [634]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [178]

Scarborough Yorkshire [8]

Filey, Scarborough, Yorkshire [4]

Falsgrave, Scarborough, Yorkshire [3]

Scalby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [3]

Scarborough Yorkshire England [3]

Cayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Foxholes, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2]

Near Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2]

Seamer, Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Brompton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Driffield, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

East Ayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Folegeave Scarborough Yorkshire [1]

Folkton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Foxholes, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1]

Hunmanby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Pickering, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Mary Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Mary's, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Marys Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Saviour's Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Thomas Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough North Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough, Cayton, Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. [1]

Scarborough,Yorkshire, England. [1]

Sherbourn Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Whitby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

scarborough,yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [28]

Deck Hand [14]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Major [6]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Hand [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Engineman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Skipper [2]

Waggoner [2]

A Mech [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Deckhand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer Steward 3rd [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Rifleman [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker II [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [3]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

15th Hussars [1]

17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers [1]

1st Division [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

36th Sikhs [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Reserve Park [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Hospital [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Fishery Reserve [1]

Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [1]

General List [1]

General Staff [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Canada [1]

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

H.M.S. Victory II [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Service

Royal Navy [422]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [204]

British Army [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [98]

W [86]

B [81]

H [73]

C [68]

M [51]

R [47]

D [44]

G [38]

A [37]

P [37]

L [34]

T [34]

J [27]

F [23]

K [23]

N [21]

E [15]

O [11]

Y [10]

I [4]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [663]

Merchant Navy [179]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Scarborough, Yorkshire [634] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [178] Scarborough Yorkshire [8] Filey, Scarborough, Yorkshire [4] Falsgrave, Scarborough, Yorkshire [3] Scalby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [3] Scarborough Yorkshire England [3] Cayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Foxholes, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2] Near Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2] Seamer, Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Brompton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Driffield, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] East Ayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Folegeave Scarborough Yorkshire [1] Folkton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Foxholes, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1] Hunmanby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Pickering, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Saint Mary Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Saint Mary's, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Saint Marys Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Saint Saviour's Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Saint Thomas Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Scarborough North Yorkshire [1] Scarborough, Cayton, Yorkshire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. [1] Scarborough,Yorkshire, England. [1] Sherbourn Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Whitby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] scarborough,yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [28] Deck Hand [14] Captain [9] Lieutenant [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Able Seaman [7] Major [6] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [3] Second Hand [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Engineman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Signal Boy [2] Skipper [2] Waggoner [2] A Mech [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Deckhand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant General [1] Medical Officer [1] Nurse [1] Officer Steward 3rd [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Rifleman [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker II [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [21] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 15th Hussars [1] 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers [1] 1st Division [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 36th Sikhs [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Reserve Park [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Hospital [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Fishery Reserve [1] Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [1] General List [1] General Staff [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Canada [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] H.M.S. Victory II [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Falmouth [1]

Service

Royal Navy [422] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [204] British Army [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [98] W [86] B [81] H [73] C [68] M [51] R [47] D [44] G [38] A [37] P [37] L [34] T [34] J [27] F [23] K [23] N [21] E [15] O [11] Y [10] I [4] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [663] Merchant Navy [179] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Canada [1]

Thomas Moore Nussey

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

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William Alfred Merryweather

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 372945 Private London Regiment

British Army 5867 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372945 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Percy Kelly

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 204632 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 204632 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion

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Wilfred Balgarnie

Born 1863

Died 1955

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Laughton

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 42063 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 48603 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Allan

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7392 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7392 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

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Algernon Henry Lees

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

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William Henry Ewart Gott

Born 1897

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Francis Swalwell

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army 64035 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 64035 Private Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment 13th Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Tyson

Born 1892

Died 1939

British Army 12965 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12965 Private West Yorkshire

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Edgar Wilmer Walker

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Swalwell

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy 19242 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

British Army 19242 Private Royal Marines Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Battalion

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Edgar Swalwell

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army 1306 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 765391 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1306;765391 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Steele

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 72097 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment Depot

British Army 70192 Sergeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 72097 Sergeant Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Harrison Rigg

Born 1880

Died 1973

British Army Major Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Herbert Cappleman

Born 1883

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45268 A Mech

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 332435 Corporal

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James William Clarke

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1015 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Oswald Bethell Walker

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain 15th Hussars

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Charles Roger Ripley

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Maw

Born 1881

Died 1953

British Army 96187 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 96187 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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