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South Shields, Durham, England [1981]

South Shields, Durham [1180]

South Shields, County Durham [41]

South Shields, County Durham, England [17]

South Shields, Co Durham [6]

South Shields, County Durham England [6]

Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham [5]

Westoe, South Shields, Durham [5]

Jarrow, South Shields, Durham [3]

South Shields Durham [3]

High Shields, South Shields, Durham [2]

South Shields Durham England [2]

South Shields, Co. Durham [2]

1 Dale Street, South Shields, Co Durham [1]

169 Taylor Street, South Shields, Durham, England [1]

34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1]

6 Morton Street, South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Boldon Colliery, South Shields, Durham [1]

Durham South Shields [1]

Durham, South Shields, Durham [1]

Harton, South Shields, Durham [1]

South Shields County Durham [1]

South Shields near Newcastle, Durham [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

South Shields, Gateshead, Durham [1]

South Shields,Durham. [1]

Tyne Dock South Shields, Durham [1]

Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham [1]

Tyne Docks, South Shields, County Durham [1]

Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1]

Westoe, South Shields and Durham [1]

Westoe, South Shields, County DUrham [1]

Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1]

Whitburn, South Shields, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [59]

Deck Hand [14]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Stoker [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

AB [2]

Acting Chief Stoker [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Driver [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engineman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Air Mechanic [1]

A.C.1 [1]

A.C.2 [1]

AB (2) [1]

ABMH [1]

AM2 [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1]

Acting Serjeant and Instructor [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Apprentice [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Blacksmith 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [32]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Royal Engineers [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

HMS Victory I [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS President II [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [1]

208th Infantry Brigade [1]

39th Infantry Brigade Depot [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Civilian war death [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Europa II - M 33 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [944]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [222]

British Army [100]

Other Empire Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [328]

B [292]

M [290]

C [277]

H [257]

W [244]

R [182]

P [164]

D [162]

T [157]

G [155]

L [139]

F [114]

J [111]

A [110]

K [67]

E [63]

N [62]

Y [42]

O [36]

V [8]

I [7]

U [6]

Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2000]

Military Service [1243]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

South Shields, Durham, England [1981] South Shields, Durham [1180] South Shields, County Durham [41] South Shields, County Durham, England [17] South Shields, Co Durham [6] South Shields, County Durham England [6] Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham [5] Westoe, South Shields, Durham [5] Jarrow, South Shields, Durham [3] South Shields Durham [3] High Shields, South Shields, Durham [2] South Shields Durham England [2] South Shields, Co. Durham [2] 1 Dale Street, South Shields, Co Durham [1] 169 Taylor Street, South Shields, Durham, England [1] 34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1] 6 Morton Street, South Shields, Durham, England [1] Boldon Colliery, South Shields, Durham [1] Durham South Shields [1] Durham, South Shields, Durham [1] Harton, South Shields, Durham [1] South Shields County Durham [1] South Shields near Newcastle, Durham [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] South Shields, Gateshead, Durham [1] South Shields,Durham. [1] Tyne Dock South Shields, Durham [1] Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham [1] Tyne Docks, South Shields, County Durham [1] Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1] Westoe, South Shields and Durham [1] Westoe, South Shields, County DUrham [1] Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1] Whitburn, South Shields, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [59] Deck Hand [14] Ordinary Seaman [12] Sapper [12] Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Able Seaman [7] Stoker [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] AB [2] Acting Chief Stoker [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer [2] Driver [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Engineman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Sergeant [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Air Mechanic [1] A.C.1 [1] A.C.2 [1] AB (2) [1] ABMH [1] AM2 [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1] Acting Serjeant and Instructor [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Apprentice [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Blacksmith 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [32] Durham Light Infantry [19] Royal Engineers [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Royal Naval Division [6] HMS Victory I [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] HMS NEPTUNE [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] HMS Agincourt [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS President II [2] HMS Victory II [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Scots [2] Various HM Ships and Establishments [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [1] 208th Infantry Brigade [1] 39th Infantry Brigade Depot [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Reserve [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Civilian war death [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Europa II - M 33 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [944] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [222] British Army [100] Other Empire Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [328] B [292] M [290] C [277] H [257] W [244] R [182] P [164] D [162] T [157] G [155] L [139] F [114] J [111] A [110] K [67] E [63] N [62] Y [42] O [36] V [8] I [7] U [6] Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2000] Military Service [1243]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Canada [2] Australia [1]

William Henry Gathercole

Born 1876

Died 1941

British Army RX4 199723 Private Army Service Corps

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Wallace Moir Annand

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Division Collinwood Battalion

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Elliot Cay

Born 1888

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain

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John William Arthur

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/21024 Private 7th Dragoon Guards Scottish Cavalry Depot

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Charles John Batchelor

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 272127 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 374313 Sapper Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army WR313158 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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John Robert Scott

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 42454 Sapper Royal Engineers 77th Field Coy.

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Robert William Wardropper

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 41 Colour Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Durham Light Infantry 1st/7th Battalion

British Army 275004 Company Serjeant Major Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion

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James Reah Lascelles

Born 1878

Died 1928

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Joseph Sharp

Born 1895

Died 1917

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John Septimus King

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 4037 Private Durham Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 53887 Private West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) 2nd Battalion

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Frank Cecil Bootiman

Born 1892

Died 1954

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 18th durham light infantry attached 3rd Battalion

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George Matthew Salt Robson

Born 1892

Died 1928

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314925

Royal Navy J4902 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Roland Bainbridge

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army PS/1995 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Frank Jopling

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 24841 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 24841 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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William Skipp

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243071 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Henry Howey Robson

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 349894 Private Labour Corps

British Army 11340 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Anthony Thomas Nichol

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Frame

Born 1893

Died 1941

Other Empire Force Master S.S. River Lugar Merchant Navy

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John C Brown

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

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Edmund Gaine Jackson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 236905 Acting Serjeant and Instructor Herefordshire Regiment

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