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Scarborough, Yorkshire [634]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [178]

Scarborough England [94]

Scarborough [52]

Scarborough New South Wales [8]

Scarborough Yorkshire [8]

Scarborough, Ontario [7]

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]

Edward's Tce., Scarborough St., Newington, Hull [1]

Folegeave Scarborough Yorkshire [1]

Folkton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Foxholes, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Foxholes, near SCARBOROUGH [1]

Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1]

Hunmanby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

New Scarborough, Wakefield [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 near Rochester, Kent [1]

Scarborough, Cayton, Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough, England [1]

Scarborough, Yorks [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. [1]

Scarborough,Yorkshire, England. [1]

Sherbourn Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

St Marys Walk, Scarborough [1]

St. Mary's, Scarborough [1]

Whitby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Wykeham,nr Scarborough [1]

scarborough [1]

scarborough,yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [57]

Deck Hand [17]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Able Seaman [8]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Major [7]

Gunner [6]

Second Hand [6]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Driver [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Skipper [2]

Trimmer [2]

Waggoner [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lietenant [1]

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]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Cpl [1]

Deckhand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant Royal Navy [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer Steward 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

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

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

General List [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

London Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

11th Brigade [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

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

1st Division [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

36th Sikhs [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

9th Royal Scots [1]

Air Raid Victim, Hull [1]

Alexandra 'Yorkshire' Regiment [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Reserve Park [1]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [434]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205]

Australian Imperial Force [102]

British Army [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [118]

W [103]

B [99]

C [91]

H [86]

M [67]

D [52]

R [52]

P [47]

G [45]

A [41]

T [41]

L [36]

F [31]

J [29]

K [24]

N [23]

E [19]

O [13]

Y [11]

I [5]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [819]

Merchant Navy [179]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Canada [5]

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Place of birth

Scarborough, Yorkshire [634] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [178] Scarborough England [94] Scarborough [52] Scarborough New South Wales [8] Scarborough Yorkshire [8] Scarborough, Ontario [7] 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] Edward's Tce., Scarborough St., Newington, Hull [1] Folegeave Scarborough Yorkshire [1] Folkton, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Foxholes, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Foxholes, near SCARBOROUGH [1] Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1] Hunmanby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] New Scarborough, Wakefield [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 near Rochester, Kent [1] Scarborough, Cayton, Yorkshire [1] Scarborough, England [1] Scarborough, Yorks [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. [1] Scarborough,Yorkshire, England. [1] Sherbourn Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] St Marys Walk, Scarborough [1] St. Mary's, Scarborough [1] Whitby, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Wykeham,nr Scarborough [1] scarborough [1] scarborough,yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [57] Deck Hand [17] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Able Seaman [8] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Major [7] Gunner [6] Second Hand [6] Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Driver [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Engineman [2] Signal Boy [2] Skipper [2] Trimmer [2] Waggoner [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lietenant [1] 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] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Cpl [1] Deckhand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant Royal Navy [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant General [1] Medical Officer [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer Steward 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [27] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Engineers [3] General List [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid [2] London Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Canadian Regiment [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 11th Brigade [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers [1] 1st Division [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 36th Sikhs [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 9th Royal Scots [1] Air Raid Victim, Hull [1] Alexandra 'Yorkshire' Regiment [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Reserve Park [1] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [434] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205] Australian Imperial Force [102] British Army [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [118] W [103] B [99] C [91] H [86] M [67] D [52] R [52] P [47] G [45] A [41] T [41] L [36] F [31] J [29] K [24] N [23] E [19] O [13] Y [11] I [5] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [819] Merchant Navy [179] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Canada [5]

Ernest Oliphant

Born 1885

Died 1936

British Army 240268 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/24781 Pioneer Royal Engineers 334 Road Construction Coy RE

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Francis Day

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army 20917 Driver Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 79th Brigade

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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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Charles H Metcalfe

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 19214 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Francis Webster

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 464 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

Royal Navy 464 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Ebenezer Horatio Miller

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1093431 Private Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment 21st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1093039

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Ronald D'arcy Fife

Born 1868

Died 1946

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Green Howards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 7th (Service) Battalion

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Walter Ernest Fowler

British Army T4/036865 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert Procter

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 136 Sargeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207415 2nd Lietenant Royal Engineers

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William Andrew Turnbull

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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John Robert Dunham

Born 1879

Died 1953

British Army 570156 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 1458 Serjeant Kings Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1458 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Isaac Albert Stobo

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231611 Private Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 49th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231611 Private Canadian Infantry

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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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James Wilson

Died 1918

British Army 25784 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Thomas Geldard Cockerill

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 53617 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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John Wood

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army S4/085984 Private Army Service Corps

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