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Washington, Durham [26]

Washington, Sussex [14]

Washington USA South Australia [10]

Washington [5]

Washington, Durham, England [5]

Seattle, Washington [4]

Washington, Gateshead, Durham [4]

Washington, United States of America [4]

Tacoma, Washington [3]

Washington England [3]

Washington, County Durham [3]

New Washington, Durham [2]

Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex, England [2]

South Hilton, Washington [2]

Washington, Newcastle [2]

Cambridge, Washington [1]

Centralia, Washington [1]

Cheney, Washington State [1]

Elma Washington [1]

Evertt Snomish Washington [1]

Kirkland, Washington State [1]

New Washington, County Durham [1]

Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex [1]

Seattle, Washington State [1]

Spokane Washington [1]

Sutton,Washington,Petworth,Sussex. [1]

Tacoma, Washington State [1]

The Cottages, Old Washington, Durham [1]

Waite Washington Co Maine [1]

Washington DC USA South Australia [1]

Washington Hall, County Durham [1]

Washington Village, Durham [1]

Washington, Chester Le Street, Durham [1]

Washington, Co. Durham [1]

Washington, D.C. [1]

Washington, Lancashire [1]

Washington, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Washington, Ontario [1]

Washington, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Washington, Sunderland, Durham [1]

Washington, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Washington. [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Sapper [3]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Flying Cadet [1]

Gunner [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

20th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

260361 #5 Co. [1]

31st Infantry Battalion [1]

4th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

American Army [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade [1]

French Red Cross [1]

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

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

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

Indian Expeditionary Force in Iraq [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Naval Intelligence, Cairo [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

West Riding Regiment, [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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

Service

Royal Navy [37]

British Army [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [15]

C [13]

S [12]

B [10]

E [9]

G [8]

D [6]

F [6]

H [6]

P [6]

K [5]

L [4]

W [4]

A [3]

N [2]

R [2]

T [2]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [104]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [4]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Washington, Durham [26] Washington, Sussex [14] Washington USA South Australia [10] Washington [5] Washington, Durham, England [5] Seattle, Washington [4] Washington, Gateshead, Durham [4] Washington, United States of America [4] Tacoma, Washington [3] Washington England [3] Washington, County Durham [3] New Washington, Durham [2] Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex, England [2] South Hilton, Washington [2] Washington, Newcastle [2] Cambridge, Washington [1] Centralia, Washington [1] Cheney, Washington State [1] Elma Washington [1] Evertt Snomish Washington [1] Kirkland, Washington State [1] New Washington, County Durham [1] Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex [1] Seattle, Washington State [1] Spokane Washington [1] Sutton,Washington,Petworth,Sussex. [1] Tacoma, Washington State [1] The Cottages, Old Washington, Durham [1] Waite Washington Co Maine [1] Washington DC USA South Australia [1] Washington Hall, County Durham [1] Washington Village, Durham [1] Washington, Chester Le Street, Durham [1] Washington, Co. Durham [1] Washington, D.C. [1] Washington, Lancashire [1] Washington, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Washington, Ontario [1] Washington, Steyning, Sussex [1] Washington, Sunderland, Durham [1] Washington, Worthing, Sussex [1] Washington. [1]

Rank

Private [20] Sapper [3] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Flying Cadet [1] Gunner [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 20th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 260361 #5 Co. [1] 31st Infantry Battalion [1] 4th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] American Army [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS VALIANT [1] Indian Expeditionary Force in Iraq [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Naval Intelligence, Cairo [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] South Wales Borderers [1] West Riding Regiment, [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37] British Army [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [15] C [13] S [12] B [10] E [9] G [8] D [6] F [6] H [6] P [6] K [5] L [4] W [4] A [3] N [2] R [2] T [2] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [104] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [4] United States [1]

Thomas Joseph Holbrook

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 16959 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34747 Private West Riding Regiment,

British Army GS/129210 Private Royal Fusiliers

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P Evershed

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 4673 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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John Stewart

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 18379 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Mark Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 74266 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 58804 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3 Battalion

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Ernest Edwin Moon

Born 1881

Died 1945

British Army 38980 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frances Fletcher

Born 1864

Died 1950

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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Percy Evershed, M.s.m.

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army G/4673 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Robert Hay Shepherd

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 11738 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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George Congdon Gorham

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2184302

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2184302 Private Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade

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William Helmsley Emory

Born 1886

Died 1965

Other Empire Force Lieutenant American Army

British Army RTS/5218 Private Army Service Corps

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Claude William Anderson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129072 Private

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Elwood Embry Swalwell

Born 1892

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72809

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72809

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John Clements

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296287

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Francis Joseph Russell

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 264306 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 264306 Private Canadian Infantry 213th Battalion

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Charles Clarence Frederick

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 2695 Cadet Australian Flying Corps

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James Knight

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195501

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George Errington

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285173

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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell

Born 1868

Died 1926

Royal Navy Naval Intelligence, Cairo

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society

Indian Army Major Indian Expeditionary Force in Iraq Political Office

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Mary Dodds

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Dora Manning

Born 1894

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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