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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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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]

Tom Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 98106 Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98106 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Archibald Peebles

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 12112 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 12112 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Thomas Stewart Forsyth

Born 1890

Died 1962

Royal Navy 5055 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207767 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Henry Smith

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 14765 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 14765 Private Durham Light Infantry 14th Battalion

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John Simpson Kirkpatrick

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 202 Private Australian Army Medical Corps C Section No 3 Field Ambulance

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Charles East

Died 1914

British Army 6316 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Henry Jones

Born 1886

Died 1921

British Army TS/3384 Private Army Service Corps

British Army TS/3384 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corps Remount Depot

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Andrew Stobbs

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6597 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Eleanor Carmichael

Born 1897

Died 1955

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army 36139 Member Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Reserve Battalion, Royal Field Artillery

British Army 36139 Member Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps 471st H.S.E Company (Labour Corps)

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John George Prowse

Born 1898

Died 1981

Royal Navy J39469 AB Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Marion Dorothy Chapman

Born 1890

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment 17th General Hospital

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George Mckruly

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy SD 1930 Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1930/SD Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM ML 282

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Robert Makepeace

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 34935 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 27271 Private Labour Corps

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Alexander Buie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 203217 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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John William Burgess

Born 1872

Died 1916

Royal Navy ST 1067 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1067ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Tervani."

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Frederick Hunter

Born 1897

British Army 48750 Private Northumberland Fuseliers 1st Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 46360 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st (Garrison) Battalion

British Army 46360 Private West Yorkshire regiment 21st Bn

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Jasper Matthews Batey

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 8419 Private Army Cyclist Corps XI Corps Cyclist Battalion

British Army F/60 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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George William Turnbull

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3/9141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/9141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Lawson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 25241 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Ernest Dunn

Born 1890

Died 1968

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