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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]

Wilson Mccullock

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army T/4/174331 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 21591 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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James Haslam

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232662

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Matthew Davidson Little

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241153

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Henry Mason

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246215

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Harold Jeremiah Skidmore

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249918

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George Stanley Hattersley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252520

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William Boswell Frostick

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260285

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Tom Winter Shields

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264130

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Harry Montrose Roberts

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264311

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Leonard Smith

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266700

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George Holliday

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282195

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James Henry Palmer

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23783

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William Walter Walls

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307206

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George Hardon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army M2/099719 Private Army Service Corps

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William Hodgson

Died 1918

British Army 26929 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39800 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11443 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frank Smith

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 115171 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 291711 Pioneer Labour Corps

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Patrick Kane

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11337 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 11337 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army 11337 Acting Corporal Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Herbert Kitchener Hawke

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892416

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892416 Private 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

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George Elder

Born 1890

British Army M/302030 Private Army Service Corps

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John Mcgee

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1780/S Stoker Royal Naval Division Vivid II

Royal Navy 3/1780 S Stoker Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

Royal Navy S 1780 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

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