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Wallsend New South Wales [362]

Wallsend, Northumberland [184]

Wallsend, Northumberland, England [45]

West Wallsend New South Wales [37]

Wallsend [12]

Wallsend England [9]

Wallsend, New South Wales [5]

Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Wallsend on Tyne, Northumberland [4]

Wallsend-on-Tyne [4]

Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3]

Howdon, Wallsend, Northumberland [2]

Wallsend, Tynemouth, Northumberland [2]

the Wallsend suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales [2]

Howden, Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Place of birth - Wallsend New South Wales [1]

The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend Northumberland England [1]

Wallsend On Tyne England [1]

Wallsend On Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend POE New South Wales [1]

Wallsend Road, Pevensey, Sussex [1]

Wallsend Tasmania [1]

Wallsend near Newcastle [1]

Wallsend on Tyne [1]

Wallsend-On-Thames England [1]

Wallsend-On-Tyne [1]

Wallsend-On-Tyne England [1]

Wallsend-on-Tyne. [1]

West Wallsend, New South Wales [1]

Willington Quay, Wallsend [1]

Willington Quay, Wallsend, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Young Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Lance Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Fireman & Trimmer [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer RNR [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Seaman [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker Class 2 [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Australian Infantry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

9th Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Edinburgh City Artillery [1]

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

H.M.S. 'Queen Mary' [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Champion [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS St Vincent [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars [1]

Mercantile Marine: S.S. "War Grange" [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Northumberland Yeomanry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Christina Craig." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warspite [1]

SS John H Barry [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [420]

Royal Navy [147]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

British Army [33]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [71]

S [66]

M [62]

C [61]

R [50]

B [48]

D [48]

G [46]

W [44]

A [30]

T [30]

F [25]

P [22]

L [20]

J [18]

E [14]

O [12]

K [9]

N [8]

Y [4]

Q [3]

U [2]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [638]

Merchant Navy [49]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [3]

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Wallsend New South Wales [362] Wallsend, Northumberland [184] Wallsend, Northumberland, England [45] West Wallsend New South Wales [37] Wallsend [12] Wallsend England [9] Wallsend, New South Wales [5] Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland [5] Wallsend on Tyne, Northumberland [4] Wallsend-on-Tyne [4] Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [3] Howdon, Wallsend, Northumberland [2] Wallsend, Tynemouth, Northumberland [2] the Wallsend suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales [2] Howden, Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Place of birth - Wallsend New South Wales [1] The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Wallsend Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Wallsend Northumberland England [1] Wallsend On Tyne England [1] Wallsend On Tyne, Northumberland [1] Wallsend POE New South Wales [1] Wallsend Road, Pevensey, Sussex [1] Wallsend Tasmania [1] Wallsend near Newcastle [1] Wallsend on Tyne [1] Wallsend-On-Thames England [1] Wallsend-On-Tyne [1] Wallsend-On-Tyne England [1] Wallsend-on-Tyne. [1] West Wallsend, New South Wales [1] Willington Quay, Wallsend [1] Willington Quay, Wallsend, Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Young Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [30] Lance Corporal [4] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal [2] Fireman & Trimmer [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer RNR [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] First Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Seaman [1] Steward [1] Stoker Class 2 [1] Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Australian Infantry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 9th Australian Infantry Brigade [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Edinburgh City Artillery [1] H.M.S. "Cressy" [1] H.M.S. 'Queen Mary' [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Champion [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS St Vincent [1] HMS Vindictive [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars [1] Mercantile Marine: S.S. "War Grange" [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Northumberland Yeomanry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Christina Craig." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warspite [1] SS John H Barry [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [420] Royal Navy [147] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] British Army [33] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [71] S [66] M [62] C [61] R [50] B [48] D [48] G [46] W [44] A [30] T [30] F [25] P [22] L [20] J [18] E [14] O [12] K [9] N [8] Y [4] Q [3] U [2] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [638] Merchant Navy [49]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [3]

William Angus Livingstone

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 5/3104 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3104 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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John Thorburn Wiles

Born 1894

British Army 1616 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 3570 Pioneer Royal Engineers 3rd Signal Company

British Army 1616 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 24th Provisional Battalion

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Thomas Hughes

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 5/2328 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 5/2328 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1st/5th Battalion

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Michael Lennon

Died 1915

British Army 17189 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Laurence Borthwick Turnbull

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3/8030 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st & 2nd Battalion

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George William Osborne

Born 1883

Died 1950

British Army 156753 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR 254909 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Lewis Forsyth Allan

Born 1865

British Army First Lieutenant Edinburgh City Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Lavin

Born 1884

Died 1940

Other Empire Force 31398 Steward Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry

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George Henry Marling

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 5588 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5588 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Wadey

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 3291 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 278291 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 3291 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 32nd Trench Howitzer Battery

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Clarence Smith Jeffries

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 9th Australian Infantry Brigade 34th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry 34th Battalion

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Aaron Herbert Hayes

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 123

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Thomas Borthwick Watson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5/1696 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert William Todd

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1216 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 595 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st/3rd Durham Field Coy.

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Herbert Froome

Born 1882

Australian Imperial Force 43 Australian Infantry 2nd Battalion

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George Croft

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2006 Private Australian Infantry

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Albert Taylor

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2851 Private Australian Infantry 4th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2851 Private Australian Infantry 19th Battalion

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James Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2099 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 750869 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Thomas William Gawthorpe

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19339 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 25714 Hussars

British Army 19339 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Henry Aitken Adamson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 7840 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

British Army 7840 Private 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 345627 Private 14th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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