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Shildon, Durham [27]

Shildon, Durham, England [8]

Shildon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [7]

New Shildon, Durham [6]

Shildon, County Durham [6]

Old Shildon, Durham [3]

Shildon, Co Durham [2]

Shildon, Co. Durham [2]

Heighington, Shildon, Durham [1]

New Shildon, County Durham [1]

Shildon, Darlington, Durham [1]

Shildon,Durham [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Sapper [2]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship c 4c [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Engineers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [14]

B [7]

T [7]

H [6]

M [6]

C [4]

G [3]

L [3]

R [3]

W [3]

E [2]

J [2]

K [2]

D [1]

N [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [57]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [65] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Shildon, Durham [27] Shildon, Durham, England [8] Shildon, Bishop Auckland, Durham [7] New Shildon, Durham [6] Shildon, County Durham [6] Old Shildon, Durham [3] Shildon, Co Durham [2] Shildon, Co. Durham [2] Heighington, Shildon, Durham [1] New Shildon, County Durham [1] Shildon, Darlington, Durham [1] Shildon,Durham [1]

Rank

Private [9] Sapper [2] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Lance corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship c 4c [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Engineers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Victory I [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [14] B [7] T [7] H [6] M [6] C [4] G [3] L [3] R [3] W [3] E [2] J [2] K [2] D [1] N [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [57] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

David John Smith

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/21641 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Luke Shearwood

Born 1882

British Army 6404 Private Durham Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest West

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284393

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George Scott

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403897

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Walter John Gargate

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 12041 Lance corporal Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

British Army 12041 Private Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

British Army 12041 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Clifford Crooks

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5491

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Herbert Henry Tomlin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238601

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William Smith

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220687

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Sam Tillotson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228864

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Albert Mcnaughton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army R/089577 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 42334 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 42334 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas Gibson Dodshon

Born 1891

Died 1976

Royal Navy M17768 Ship c 4c HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy M17768 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Agincourt

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John Dixon Shepherd

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160302

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George Shaw

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231606

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Bertie Ranson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160383

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Samuel George Kitching

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181672

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Ralph Walker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191143

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Thomas Butterfield

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 19416 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Benjamin Brenkley

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 112730 Sapper Royal Engineers 172nd Tunnelling Coy

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Frederick William Chaplin

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3474

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John Walton Harrison

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286017

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