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Silksworth, Durham [9]

Silksworth, Sunderland, Durham [7]

New Silksworth, Durham [3]

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Silksworth, Durham, England [3]

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New Silksworth, Durham, England [1]

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Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [5]

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Silksworth, Durham [9] Silksworth, Sunderland, Durham [7] New Silksworth, Durham [3] Silksworth, County Durham [3] Silksworth, Durham, England [3] New Silksworth, County Durham [1] New Silksworth, Durham, England [1] New Silksworth, Sunderland, Durham [1] Old Silksworth, Durham [1] Silksworth Colliery, Durham [1]

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Private [4] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] British Red Cross Society And Order Of St John Of Jerusalem [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] E47 [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Vanguard [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

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British Army [10] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

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D [4] A [3] C [3] M [3] R [3] S [3] B [2] H [2] P [2] T [2] K [1] L [1] N [1]

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Military Service [25] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [5]

Tom Liddell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army C/12394 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

British Army C/12394 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

British Army C/12394 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

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Alfred John Tweddell

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 346052 Blacksmith's Mate HMS BULWARK

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Francis Mcsween

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 20355 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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John Charlton Dixon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147512

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William Newton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276026

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William Taylor

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222109

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Joseph Rimington Saunderson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225587

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Charles Robert Sides

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 19233 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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James Richardson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267736

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John Wilkinson Parker

Born 1898

Died 1948

British Army 204106 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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John William Harper

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K21430

Royal Navy K.21430. (Ch.) Stoker 1st Class H.M. Submarine E47

Royal Navy K21430 Stoker 1st Class E47

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Abraham Hampson

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy F10086

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John Auld

Born 1890

British Army 21166 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21166 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Class P

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Ernest Duffield

Born 1889

Royal Navy K30947

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James Oxley Carr

Born 1886

Royal Navy 225029

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Robert William Davey

Born 1898

Royal Navy K40981

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Thomas Arkley

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS100955

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Joseph Robson

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS100954

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James Corrighan

Born 1884

Royal Navy 301153

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Allan Hedley Mclagan

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6453 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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