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Seaham Harbour, Durham [57]

Seaham Harbour [12]

Seaham Harbour England [6]

Seaham Harbour, Durham, England [2]

Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Durham [1]

Seaham Harbour County Durham [1]

Seaham Harbour Dawdon, Durham [1]

Seaham Harbour Durham Northumberland England [1]

Seaham Harbour Kingston upon Hull [1]

Seaham Harbour, County Durham [1]

Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England [1]

Seaham Harbour, Easington, County Durham [1]

Seaham Harbour, Sunderland [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Captain [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Observer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

1 and 3 Field Ambulance [1]

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

Army/Flying Corps Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

HM Trawler Wallington - Boom Defence Vessel [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Mignonette - Auxiliary Patrol Grimsby [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [51]

British Army [24]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [11]

W [8]

A [7]

B [7]

L [6]

R [6]

T [6]

C [5]

D [5]

G [4]

M [4]

S [4]

J [3]

E [2]

N [2]

P [2]

F [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [86] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Seaham Harbour, Durham [57] Seaham Harbour [12] Seaham Harbour England [6] Seaham Harbour, Durham, England [2] Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Durham [1] Seaham Harbour County Durham [1] Seaham Harbour Dawdon, Durham [1] Seaham Harbour Durham Northumberland England [1] Seaham Harbour Kingston upon Hull [1] Seaham Harbour, County Durham [1] Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England [1] Seaham Harbour, Easington, County Durham [1] Seaham Harbour, Sunderland [1]

Rank

Private [14] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Captain [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Gunner [1] Observer Sub Lieutenant [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [4] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 1 and 3 Field Ambulance [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Army/Flying Corps Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] HM Trawler Wallington - Boom Defence Vessel [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Mignonette - Auxiliary Patrol Grimsby [1] HMS Vindictive [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Scottish Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [51] British Army [24] Australian Imperial Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [11] W [8] A [7] B [7] L [6] R [6] T [6] C [5] D [5] G [4] M [4] S [4] J [3] E [2] N [2] P [2] F [1] K [1] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Joseph Wright

Born 1886

Royal Navy 305640

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John George Reah

Born 1895

Royal Navy J25610

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William Gee

Born 1888

Royal Navy J66066

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George Shepherd

Born 1898

Royal Navy J68298

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Dobson Corkhill

Born 1899

Royal Navy J70349

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James Edward Gilchrist

Born 1898

Royal Navy J70196

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John Bolton

Born 1887

Royal Navy K3820

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William Gillam

Born 1894

Royal Navy K19608

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Frederick Ritchie

Born 1895

Royal Navy K21818

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James Arthur Weelman

Born 1895

Royal Navy K25167

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Joseph Nelthorpe

Born 1901

Royal Navy K56297

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John Robert Lax

Born 1899

Royal Navy M26167

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Stephen Bowlt

Born 1890

Royal Navy SS109354

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James Burke

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS117494

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George Henry Muller

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS2755 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Jane Ann Burn

Born 1890

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Minnie Hunter

Born 1894

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William Hepplewhite

Born 1898

Royal Navy J25884

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William Ayre

Born 1896

Royal Navy J48826

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John Wilson

Born 1895

Royal Navy J52048

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