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South Shields, Durham, England [1981]

South Shields, Durham [1180]

South Shields [134]

South Shields England [101]

South Shields, County Durham [41]

South Shields, County Durham, England [17]

South Shields, Northumberland [9]

South Shields, Co Durham [6]

South Shields, County Durham England [6]

Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham [5]

Westoe, South Shields, Durham [5]

South Shields, England [4]

Jarrow, South Shields, Durham [3]

South Shields Durham [3]

South Shields, Yorkshire [3]

High Shields, South Shields, Durham [2]

South Shields Durham England [2]

South Shields, Co. Durham [2]

South Shields, Dunham [2]

South Shields, Tyne and Wear [2]

South Shields. [2]

south shields [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]

Hebburn, South Shields [1]

Marsden Colliery near South Shields [1]

North Shields South Australia [1]

SOUTH SHIELDS [1]

South Shields County Durham [1]

South Shields District [1]

South Shields near Newcastle, Durham [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

South Shields, Gateshead, Durham [1]

South Shields, Newcastle [1]

South Shields, Northumbria [1]

South Shields, Sunderland [1]

South Shields,Durham. [1]

Tyne Dock South Shields, Durham [1]

Tyne Dock, South Shields [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]

Rank

Private [118]

Deck Hand [18]

Sapper [17]

Corporal [16]

Gunner [15]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Stoker [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Engineman [5]

Trimmer [5]

Engine Room Artificer [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sergeant [3]

AB [2]

Acting Chief Stoker [2]

Apprentice [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

First Engineer [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Seaman [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Skipper [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second 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]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [60]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Engineers [25]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

HMS Victory I [5]

Labour Corps [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS President II [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

S.S. River Lugar [2]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

16th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

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

Service

Royal Navy [996]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [224]

British Army [206]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Other Empire Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [353]

B [323]

M [310]

C [304]

H [277]

W [262]

R [201]

D [176]

P [174]

T [173]

G [166]

L [150]

F [122]

A [121]

J [115]

E [75]

K [72]

N [64]

Y [45]

O [36]

V [8]

I [7]

U [7]

Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2001]

Military Service [1468]

Country

United Kingdom [128]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

South Shields, Durham, England [1981] South Shields, Durham [1180] South Shields [134] South Shields England [101] South Shields, County Durham [41] South Shields, County Durham, England [17] South Shields, Northumberland [9] South Shields, Co Durham [6] South Shields, County Durham England [6] Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham [5] Westoe, South Shields, Durham [5] South Shields, England [4] Jarrow, South Shields, Durham [3] South Shields Durham [3] South Shields, Yorkshire [3] High Shields, South Shields, Durham [2] South Shields Durham England [2] South Shields, Co. Durham [2] South Shields, Dunham [2] South Shields, Tyne and Wear [2] South Shields. [2] south shields [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] Hebburn, South Shields [1] Marsden Colliery near South Shields [1] North Shields South Australia [1] SOUTH SHIELDS [1] South Shields County Durham [1] South Shields District [1] South Shields near Newcastle, Durham [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] South Shields, Gateshead, Durham [1] South Shields, Newcastle [1] South Shields, Northumbria [1] South Shields, Sunderland [1] South Shields,Durham. [1] Tyne Dock South Shields, Durham [1] Tyne Dock, South Shields [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]

Rank

Private [118] Deck Hand [18] Sapper [17] Corporal [16] Gunner [15] Ordinary Seaman [13] Stoker [13] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Able Seaman [10] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Captain [5] Driver [5] Engineman [5] Trimmer [5] Engine Room Artificer [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sergeant [3] AB [2] Acting Chief Stoker [2] Apprentice [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] First Engineer [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Seaman [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Skipper [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second 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]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [60] Durham Light Infantry [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Engineers [25] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [9] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] HMS Victory I [5] Labour Corps [5] HMS NEPTUNE [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] HMS Agincourt [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS President II [2] HMS Victory II [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Merchant Navy [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] S.S. River Lugar [2] Various HM Ships and Establishments [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 16th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [996] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [224] British Army [206] Australian Imperial Force [106] Other Empire Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [353] B [323] M [310] C [304] H [277] W [262] R [201] D [176] P [174] T [173] G [166] L [150] F [122] A [121] J [115] E [75] K [72] N [64] Y [45] O [36] V [8] I [7] U [7] Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [2001] Military Service [1468]

Country

United Kingdom [128] Canada [2] Australia [1]

John Christian Tyler

Born 1876

Died 1955

British Army 14257 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 14257 private Northumberland Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Jonathan R Stobbs

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army 30575 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 613259 Corporal Labour Corps N.C.L.C.

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John Robert Stobbs

Born 1881

Died 1953

British Army 49697 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 198168 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Anthony Harkus Prowse

Born 1876

Died 1938

British Army 18418 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39053 Private Machine Gun Corps 32nd

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Joseph Lewthwaite Smurthwaite

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 97086 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Arthur Leeder

Born 1891

Died 1976

Royal Navy 671 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Corporal Royal Marines

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William Alexander Dudgeon

Born 1891

Died 1962

British Army 134733 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 134733 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 134733 Driver Royal Horse & Field Artillery 98th Battery

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George Prowse

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3/9450 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7919 Private Durham Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Shadwell Temple

Born 1894

Died 1959

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/1649 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division 2nd (Hawke) Battalion

Royal Navy 2048 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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John Woodall Marshall

Born 1892

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)

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Edwin Mason

Born 1887

Died 1979

British Army S3/030608 Private Army Service Corps 69 Depot Unit Supply

British Army S3/030608 Corporal Army Service Corps 69 Depot Unit Supply & 14th Divisional Field Bakery

British Army S3/030608 Serjeant Army Service Corps 14th Divisional Field Bakery

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Ernest Sizer Smith

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 19/1377 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 225975 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 225975 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Lake Makepeace

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 39419 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Anthony Harkus Prowse

Born 1886

Died 1963

Royal Navy SS418

Royal Navy SS 418 AB Various HM Ships and Establishments

Royal Navy SS 418 AB (2) Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Andrew Leakie Brand

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 42835 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 42835 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Alfred Holman

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/4859 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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George Dixon Mcdonald

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/1740 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1740 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion

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Harold Snaith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48605 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 897107 Private London Regiment 34th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 897107 Rifleman London Regiment 34th (county of lond Battalion

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James Laing Kennedy

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2245 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 246414 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 246414 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 1st Field Survey Company

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Alexander Richardson Millett

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy Z/3129 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/3129 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Howe Battalion

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