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Stockton on Tees, Durham [273]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [86]

Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [81]

Stockton-on-Tees [23]

Stockton on Tees [20]

Stockton On Tees England [13]

Stockton on Tees, County Durham [13]

Stockton-on-Tees England [9]

Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire [7]

Norton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [5]

Stockton-on-Tees, England [5]

Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire [5]

Stockton-on-Tees. [5]

Stockton on Tees England [4]

Stockton-On-Tees England [4]

Stockton-On-Tees, Durham [4]

Stockton On Tees, Durham [3]

Stockton on Tees,Durham [3]

Stockton-On-Tees [3]

Stockton on Tees County Durham [2]

Stockton on Tees, Co. Durham [2]

Stockton on tees [2]

Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham [2]

Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

Bishopton, Stockton on Tees [1]

Norton, Stockton-on-Tees [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]

St. Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees [1]

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

Stockton On Tees [1]

Stockton On Tees, England [1]

Stockton on Tees Durham [1]

Stockton on Tees Durham England [1]

Stockton on Tees, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire England [1]

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

Stockton-on-Tees Durham [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1]

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

Stockton-on-Tees, Lancashire [1]

Stockton-on-tees England [1]

Thornaby Stockton-On-Tees England [1]

Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire [1]

Whitton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

stockton on tees co durham [1]

Rank

Private [66]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Driver [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major/Lieutenant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier (Driver) [1]

Legionnaire [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reserve Nursing Sister [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Royal Engineers [10]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

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

11th Hussars [1]

20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

52nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

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

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [212]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [151]

British Army [110]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [62]

B [57]

H [56]

W [50]

C [37]

M [35]

D [33]

F [32]

P [29]

T [29]

J [28]

R [28]

L [27]

G [23]

A [22]

E [13]

K [12]

N [9]

O [5]

I [4]

V [4]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496]

Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Stockton on Tees, Durham [273] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [86] Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [81] Stockton-on-Tees [23] Stockton on Tees [20] Stockton On Tees England [13] Stockton on Tees, County Durham [13] Stockton-on-Tees England [9] Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire [7] Norton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [5] Stockton-on-Tees, England [5] Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire [5] Stockton-on-Tees. [5] Stockton on Tees England [4] Stockton-On-Tees England [4] Stockton-On-Tees, Durham [4] Stockton On Tees, Durham [3] Stockton on Tees,Durham [3] Stockton-On-Tees [3] Stockton on Tees County Durham [2] Stockton on Tees, Co. Durham [2] Stockton on tees [2] Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham [2] Billingham, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] Bishopton, Stockton on Tees [1] Norton, Stockton-on-Tees [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] St. Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees [1] Stockton - on -Tees, Co Durham, England [1] Stockton On Tees [1] Stockton On Tees, England [1] Stockton on Tees Durham [1] Stockton on Tees Durham England [1] Stockton on Tees, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire England [1] Stockton-On-Tees, Co. Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Lancashire [1] Stockton-on-tees England [1] Thornaby Stockton-On-Tees England [1] Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire [1] Whitton, Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] stockton on tees co durham [1]

Rank

Private [66] Sapper [8] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Corporal [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Driver [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major/Lieutenant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier (Driver) [1] Legionnaire [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Reserve Nursing Sister [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [21] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Royal Engineers [10] Labour Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cameron Highlanders [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Victory II [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 11th Hussars [1] 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 52nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] French Foreign Legion [1] H.M.S. "Woolwich." [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [212] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [151] British Army [110] Australian Imperial Force [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [62] B [57] H [56] W [50] C [37] M [35] D [33] F [32] P [29] T [29] J [28] R [28] L [27] G [23] A [22] E [13] K [12] N [9] O [5] I [4] V [4] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496] Merchant Navy [85]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Vincent Brotherton

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army PS/2473 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Battalion

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Edward Dodds

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army SR/117 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 2 Depot

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Edward Cooper

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army R 2794 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas Thomas

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 8725 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 8725 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Ernest Jobling

Born 1880

British Army M2/192472 Private Army Service Corps 36th Mechanical Transport

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Norman Frankish Graham

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached to 6th Battalion London Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Reginald Henry Callender

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 17th Battalion attached 1st/9th Battalion

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Colin Colborne Craggs

Died 1916

British Army PS/1329 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/1329 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Leng Dickinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Battery

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Battery

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Albert Edward Jenner

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 21341 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 17521 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 21341 Private Machine Gun Corps 87th Company

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William Henry Leeman

Born 1873

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269486

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Michael Farrell

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 70721 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 786 Guardsman Welsh Guards

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Patrick Sullivan

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 6473 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6473 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6473 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Herbert Moss

Born 1885

Died 1971

British Army 8119 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8119 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 3903059 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

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Thomas Henry Clement

Born 1878

Canadian Expeditionary Force 30863

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Henry Stagg Byers

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Gilbert Ormerod Spence

Born 1879

Died 1925

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion

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Frederick Austin Lackenby Hardy

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 196092 Pioneer Royal Engineers Special Brigade Depot

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Joseph Jones

Born 1872

British Army Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army 12340 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 12340 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Edward Thornborow

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 30890 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 13029 Private Labour Corps

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