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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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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]

Ralph Hutchinson Jobling

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 36131 Private Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Dir supply Column

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Frederick Purvis

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army 73407 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Morrow

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 114747 Pioneer Royal Engineers 3rd Labour Battalion

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Arthur Lindsay Linfoot

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army 64061 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leonard Stanley Morck

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 85428 Private General List 27 Infantry Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant RAF

British Army King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Worthington Wilson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18/914 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

British Army 18/914 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

British Army 18/914 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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Robert Greer Swalwell

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army 33764 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 33764 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 33764 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Taylor Gardner

Born 1864

Died 1945

Other Empire Force Marine Engineer Merchant Navy ships

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John William Jackling

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 109807 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Hugh Carr

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3244 Trooper Household Cavalry 1st Life Guards C Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 172 Tunnelling Company

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Richard Thomas Aldridge

Died 1916

British Army 22618 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 29961 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Duncan

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12393 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Peter Higham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11906 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 11906 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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James Mcdonald Laws

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 28347 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Bernard Mcardle

Born 1894

Died 1930

British Army 7/1909 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275216 Private Durham Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Ernest Tough

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 15358 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15358 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15358 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Hardy Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1970

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Thomas Nicholson

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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William Lightfoot Willmott

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 48539 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 419160 Private Labour Corps

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John Cowling Haswell

Born 1896

Died 1962

British Army 57207 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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