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Sunderland, Durham [2168]

Sunderland [402]

Sunderland England [159]

Sunderland, County Durham [76]

Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [29]

Hendon, Sunderland, Durham [20]

Sunderland Durham [18]

Sunderland, England [15]

Southwick, Sunderland, Durham [13]

Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [10]

Sunderland, County Durham, England [10]

Ryhope, Sunderland, Durham [9]

Silksworth, Sunderland, Durham [7]

Sunderland, Co Durham [7]

Sunderland, Ontario [7]

Fulwell, Sunderland, Durham [6]

Monkwearmouth, Sunderland [6]

North Sunderland, Northumberland [5]

Whitburn, Sunderland, Durham [5]

Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland [4]

Southwick, Sunderland [4]

Sunderland, Co. Durham [4]

Durham Sunderland [3]

Durham, Sunderland, Durham [3]

Fulwell, Sunderland [3]

Haswell, Sunderland, Durham [3]

Roker, Sunderland, Durham [3]

Ryhope Sunderland [3]

Southwick Sunderland [3]

Sunderland,Durham [3]

Sunderland,Durham. [3]

Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland [2]

Deptford, Sunderland [2]

Durham, Sunderland [2]

Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Millfield, Sunderland [2]

Millfield, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Monkwearmouth Sunderland [2]

Monkwearmouth Sunderland, Durham [2]

Pallion, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Penshaw, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Ryhope, Sunderland [2]

SUNDERLAND [2]

Seaham, Sunderland, Durham [2]

South Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Sunderland Durham England [2]

Sunderland, Co Durham. [2]

Sunderland, Devon [2]

Sunderland, Yorkshire [2]

Sunderland,Co.Durham. [2]

Rank

Private [286]

Stoker 1st Class [38]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Corporal [32]

Gunner [28]

Lance Corporal [25]

Able Seaman [24]

Lieutenant [24]

Driver [22]

Deck Hand [21]

Serjeant [19]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Sapper [15]

Stoker 2nd Class [14]

Captain [13]

Stoker [10]

Sergeant [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Trooper [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Major [4]

Trimmer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Civilian [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Shipwright 2nd Class [3]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy II [2]

Cadet [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [138]

Royal Naval Reserve [44]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Royal Engineers [31]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [26]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

HMS Victory I [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

HMS CANADA [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

HMS MALAYA [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

HMS Ganges [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS LION [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Canadian Engineers [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Galway Castle [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS Calliope [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1935]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [523]

British Army [475]

Australian Imperial Force [161]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [21]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [291]

M [288]

H [287]

C [274]

W [274]

S [269]

D [167]

R [166]

P [150]

G [137]

T [137]

L [136]

A [124]

F [108]

J [80]

E [68]

K [61]

N [51]

V [22]

Y [20]

O [19]

I [10]

U [9]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3013]

Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [196]

Canada [3]

Germany [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [2168] Sunderland [402] Sunderland England [159] Sunderland, County Durham [76] Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [29] Hendon, Sunderland, Durham [20] Sunderland Durham [18] Sunderland, England [15] Southwick, Sunderland, Durham [13] Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [10] Sunderland, County Durham, England [10] Ryhope, Sunderland, Durham [9] Silksworth, Sunderland, Durham [7] Sunderland, Co Durham [7] Sunderland, Ontario [7] Fulwell, Sunderland, Durham [6] Monkwearmouth, Sunderland [6] North Sunderland, Northumberland [5] Whitburn, Sunderland, Durham [5] Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland [4] Southwick, Sunderland [4] Sunderland, Co. Durham [4] Durham Sunderland [3] Durham, Sunderland, Durham [3] Fulwell, Sunderland [3] Haswell, Sunderland, Durham [3] Roker, Sunderland, Durham [3] Ryhope Sunderland [3] Southwick Sunderland [3] Sunderland,Durham [3] Sunderland,Durham. [3] Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland [2] Deptford, Sunderland [2] Durham, Sunderland [2] Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham [2] Millfield, Sunderland [2] Millfield, Sunderland, Durham [2] Monkwearmouth Sunderland [2] Monkwearmouth Sunderland, Durham [2] Pallion, Sunderland, Durham [2] Penshaw, Sunderland, Durham [2] Ryhope, Sunderland [2] SUNDERLAND [2] Seaham, Sunderland, Durham [2] South Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham [2] Sunderland Durham England [2] Sunderland, Co Durham. [2] Sunderland, Devon [2] Sunderland, Yorkshire [2] Sunderland,Co.Durham. [2]

Rank

Private [286] Stoker 1st Class [38] Second Lieutenant [37] Ordinary Seaman [36] Corporal [32] Gunner [28] Lance Corporal [25] Able Seaman [24] Lieutenant [24] Driver [22] Deck Hand [21] Serjeant [19] Boy 1st Class [15] Sapper [15] Stoker 2nd Class [14] Captain [13] Stoker [10] Sergeant [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Trooper [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Major [4] Trimmer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Civilian [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Shipwright 2nd Class [3] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy II [2] Cadet [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [138] Royal Naval Reserve [44] Royal Field Artillery [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Royal Engineers [31] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [29] Army Service Corps [26] Labour Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] HMS Victory I [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] London Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Air Force [7] HMS CANADA [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] HMS MALAYA [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [5] HMS Ganges [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Training Reserve [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS LION [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Canadian Engineers [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] Galway Castle [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS Calliope [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1935] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [523] British Army [475] Australian Imperial Force [161] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [21] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [291] M [288] H [287] C [274] W [274] S [269] D [167] R [166] P [150] G [137] T [137] L [136] A [124] F [108] J [80] E [68] K [61] N [51] V [22] Y [20] O [19] I [10] U [9] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3013] Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [196] Canada [3] Germany [2] Australia [1] France [1] India [1]

James William Sinclair Grabham

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army

British Army 42864 Trooper Northumberland Regiment 3/1 northumberland Battalion

British Army 42864 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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John Maurice Foster

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2493 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Job Back Purvis

Born 1881

Died 1943

British Army 13059 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 13059 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 13059 Private RAMC 2ndDivision 5th Field Ambulance

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Herbert W Bailes

Born 1881

Died 1971

British Army 82515 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick John Wymark Bell

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Daniel Bowen Meldrum

Born 1863

Died 1934

British Army T4/127301 Private Army Service Corps 31st Labour Company

British Army T4/127301 Private Army Service Corps 19th Labour Company

British Army 306362 Private Labour Corps 728th Company

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James Cassap

Born 1869

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

British Army 4235 Private Durham Light Infantry 3/5th (Reserve) Battalion

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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George Hall

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 27138 Private Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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George Martin

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army 2945 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275666 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion

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Howard Gourley Allison

Born 1896

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army 135235 Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

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George Scott

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army F/1583 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Gowland C Grief

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 30123 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 22/643 Private Durham Light Infantry 22nd (Service) Battalion

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Charles Percy Almond

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Robert Corner Cook

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army 19879 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19379 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 9th Bat

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Arnold Rudd

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7397 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 397397 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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James Robert Tinmouth

Born 1858

Died 1925

Royal Navy Z/4027 Royal Naval Division

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George Clementson

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army GS/14368 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/14972 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army D/14972 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Gilbert Roderick Bernard Clarke

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 6293 Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion

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William Blacker

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 30156 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 40488 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Bn

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Jacob Turnbull

Born 1898

British Army WR352241 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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