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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]

John Cordner

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281629

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Carl Casson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22388

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John Richardson Mcavoy

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265521

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Herbert Seth Parkinson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194927

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John Edward Allison

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115933

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Robert Norman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11033 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11033 Private South Wales Borderers 11th Battalion

British Army 3/11033 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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John George Dixon

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201187

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John Devlin

Born 1885

Died 1934

British Army 6332 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 3332 PRIVATE BORDER REGIMENT 3RD (CUMBERLAND) MLITIA BATTALION

British Army 6332 PRIVATE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 2ND BATTALION

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George Henry Gale

Born 1891

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10909

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10909 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Hyde

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107751

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Robert Henry Smith

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191915

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Reuel Dunn

Born 1893

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6396

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Frank William Reece

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 270494

Royal Navy Warrant Engineer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Triumph"

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Joseph Parnell Macaleese

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228969

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Albert Edward Williams

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy 295842 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Malaya"

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Robert Proctor

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3373

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Thomas Bernard Mcintyre

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133687

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Henry Brunskill

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224791

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Patrick Murray

Died 1917

British Army 27/485 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 85th Training Reserve

British Army 27/485 Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

British Army 27/485 Private Training Reserve 85th Bn.

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Stanley Harold Cowper

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281393

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