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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]

James Robinson Allan

Born 1879

British Army 112455 Sapper Royal Engineers Newark Depot

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F Wilfred Swalwell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1174 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 23534 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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William Robert Somers

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 10598 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202198 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 2233 Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Francis E Oxtoby

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army 47124 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 20070 Private Army Pay Corps

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Charles William Bailey

Born 1899

Died 1939

Royal Navy J36444 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J36444 Boy I H.M.S. Canada

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Robert Cyril Turnbull

Born 1877

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Medical Officer

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Wilfred Beckett Walker

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Parnaby

Born 1890

British Army 9087 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9087 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Robert Charlesworth Rollinson

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army 71036 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 71036 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frederick Gunn Stubbs

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149977

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Ernest Hastie

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21516

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William Purnell

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294815

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Henry Moore

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206790

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Herbert Hunter

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291342

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Walter Howe

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263231

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Robert Edward Arnsby Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1961

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John William Gibson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401808

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Charles Edward Nicholson

Born 1902

Died 1941

Royal Navy SS125885 Stoker II H.M.S. Victory II

Royal Navy K67001

Royal Navy P/K 67001 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. Barham

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Arthur Thistlethwaite Wallis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168544

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Ernest Wray

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13994

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