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Stockton on Tees, Durham [273]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [86]

Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [81]

Stockton on Tees, County Durham [13]

Norton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [5]

Stockton-On-Tees, Durham [4]

Stockton On Tees, Durham [3]

Stockton on Tees,Durham [3]

Stockton on Tees County Durham [2]

Stockton on Tees, Co. Durham [2]

Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham [2]

Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

Norton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1]

St James, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham [1]

St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1]

Stockton - on -Tees, Co Durham, England [1]

Stockton on Tees Durham [1]

Stockton on Tees Durham England [1]

Stockton on Tees, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Stockton-On-Tees, Co. Durham [1]

Stockton-on-Tees Durham [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England [1]

Whitton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

stockton on tees co durham [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major/Lieutenant [1]

Clerk [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier (Driver) [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reserve Nursing Sister [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Labour Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

11th Hussars [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Woolwich." [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1]

R F A [1]

RFA [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [52]

B [42]

H [42]

W [39]

F [31]

C [28]

D [27]

M [27]

J [26]

P [25]

R [25]

L [23]

T [23]

A [20]

G [20]

E [10]

K [10]

N [7]

V [4]

I [3]

O [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [399]

Merchant Navy [83]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Stockton on Tees, Durham [273] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [86] Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [81] Stockton on Tees, County Durham [13] Norton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [5] Stockton-On-Tees, Durham [4] Stockton On Tees, Durham [3] Stockton on Tees,Durham [3] Stockton on Tees County Durham [2] Stockton on Tees, Co. Durham [2] Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham [2] Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] Norton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1] St James, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham [1] St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1] Stockton - on -Tees, Co Durham, England [1] Stockton on Tees Durham [1] Stockton on Tees Durham England [1] Stockton on Tees, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Stockton-On-Tees, Co. Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England [1] Whitton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] stockton on tees co durham [1]

Rank

Private [37] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Stoker [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major/Lieutenant [1] Clerk [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier (Driver) [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Reserve Nursing Sister [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Engineers [7] Labour Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS VALIANT [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 11th Hussars [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Woolwich." [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Victory II [1] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service [1] R F A [1] RFA [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [52] B [42] H [42] W [39] F [31] C [28] D [27] M [27] J [26] P [25] R [25] L [23] T [23] A [20] G [20] E [10] K [10] N [7] V [4] I [3] O [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [399] Merchant Navy [83]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Grace Glen Ainsworth

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy Reserve Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service R.N. Hosp. (Peebles)

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Thomas Edward Roper

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199634

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William Cooper

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298959

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John Robert Cummings

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190090

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Harry Drinkel

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5110

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John Butchard Chambers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46027

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John Thomas

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193759

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Alfred Hulme Parkinson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192037

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James Douglas

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4938

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Robert Henry Atkinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101213

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John George Jessop

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46060

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Thomas Kendrew

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306446

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John Robert Peverley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193118

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Ernest Henry Birkby

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402804

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Francis Bousfield Burdon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264362

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Edgar Mackenzie

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45417

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William James

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36140

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George Benjamin Rawell

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146784

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Alfred Jones

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305664

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Rowland Godling

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187898

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