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Workington, Cumberland [225]

Workington, Cumberland, England [50]

Harrington, Workington, Cumberland [2]

Seaton, Workington, Cumberland [2]

WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND, ENGLAND [2]

Workington Cumberland [2]

Camerton, Workington, Cumberland [1]

Cockermouth, Workington, Cumberland [1]

Distington, Workington, Cumberland [1]

Great Clifton, Workington, Cumberland [1]

North Side, Workington, Cumberland [1]

St John, Workington, Cumberland [1]

Workington, Cumberland, england [1]

cockermouth, workington, cumberland. [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Stoker [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

PRIVATE [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boat Hand [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

BORDER REGIMENT [1]

COLDSTREAM GUARDS [1]

COLDSTTEAM GUARDS [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Monmouth Regiment Territorial Force [1]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Triumph" [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - Indefatigable [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [130]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [38]

S [35]

H [28]

W [25]

B [24]

C [16]

G [15]

D [13]

F [12]

P [12]

T [11]

J [10]

A [8]

R [8]

E [7]

K [7]

N [7]

L [6]

O [3]

I [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [237]

Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [291] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Workington, Cumberland [225] Workington, Cumberland, England [50] Harrington, Workington, Cumberland [2] Seaton, Workington, Cumberland [2] WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND, ENGLAND [2] Workington Cumberland [2] Camerton, Workington, Cumberland [1] Cockermouth, Workington, Cumberland [1] Distington, Workington, Cumberland [1] Great Clifton, Workington, Cumberland [1] North Side, Workington, Cumberland [1] St John, Workington, Cumberland [1] Workington, Cumberland, england [1] cockermouth, workington, cumberland. [1]

Rank

Private [23] Stoker [5] Lance Corporal [4] PRIVATE [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boat Hand [1] Captain [1] Driver [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7] Royal Naval Division [5] Border Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] BORDER REGIMENT [1] COLDSTREAM GUARDS [1] COLDSTTEAM GUARDS [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Malaya" [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hussars [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Monmouth Regiment Territorial Force [1] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Triumph" [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [1] Royal Naval Reserve - Indefatigable [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [1] Scottish Rifles [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [130] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [38] S [35] H [28] W [25] B [24] C [16] G [15] D [13] F [12] P [12] T [11] J [10] A [8] R [8] E [7] K [7] N [7] L [6] O [3] I [2] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [237] Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Isaac Wren

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 17178 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30212 Hussars

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Robert Archibald

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 116799 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Private London Regiment 19th county of lond Battalion

British Army Private Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Sydney

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 17399 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion

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Robert Oswald Gardner

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army South Wales Borders

British Army Captain Monmouth Regiment Territorial Force 3rd Bn

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Matthew Chisam

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy D2062 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2062D Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III

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John Robert Needham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 12987 Private Border Regiment

British Army 12987 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Ralph Grieve

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105984

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Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17166 Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 17166 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Richard Elliott

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3138 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 3138 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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Fred Schluchterer

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 63950 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 105th Field Ambulance

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James Smith

Born 1881

Died 1968

British Army 6423 Private Border Regiment

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Tom Lough Harling

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 16750 Private 2nd Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Alexander Byers

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81209

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Albert Jones

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189486

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John Hastings

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40106

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James Carruthers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164335

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William Norman Stirland

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265340

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Joseph Mcrae

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134911

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Daniel Beattie Williams

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 15368 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Hannah

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199589

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