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Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [68]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [4]

Whitton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2]

Althorpe Grange, Gunness, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Scunthorpe Lincolnshire [1]

Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "David Ogilvie." [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [10]

Last name first letter

W [10]

C [9]

B [8]

M [8]

R [6]

S [6]

H [5]

F [4]

G [4]

P [4]

D [3]

K [3]

L [3]

T [3]

J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [75]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [79] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [68] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [4] Whitton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2] Althorpe Grange, Gunness, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Scunthorpe Lincolnshire [1] Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [7] Able Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "David Ogilvie." [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [10]

Last name first letter

W [10] C [9] B [8] M [8] R [6] S [6] H [5] F [4] G [4] P [4] D [3] K [3] L [3] T [3] J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [75] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

John Coulson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13704 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Douglas Leslie Wilkinson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 10008 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Edwin Wade

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 42474 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 42474 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Elias William Field

Born 1862

Died 1915

British Army 525 Serjeant Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1st/1st

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Edward Watson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321097

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Ernest Cook

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135112

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William Wallis

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3237 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Thomas Blackwell

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2858/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2858 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Pekin."

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Vincent Heneage

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J33128

Royal Navy J/33128 Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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Harry Gibson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250705

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Frank Green

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266754

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Albert Thompson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275475

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James Alfred Rigley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282013

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George Harold Clarke

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175573

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Squires Kitchinson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178540

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Joseph Ridgley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181679

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Robert Graham

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114095

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Louis Philippe Dussault

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360544

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William Frow

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy ST 524 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 524/ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "David Ogilvie."

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Robert Henry Carr

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2542

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