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Sunderland [3]

Stranton, West Hartlepool [2]

West Hartlepool [2]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Allendale Cottages, Medomsley, Co. Durham [1]

Alvaston, Derby [1]

Arlington Road, Regents Park, St.Pancras, London [1]

Army Barracks, Dover, Kent [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Bath [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham [1]

Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland [1]

Blackpool [1]

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Brighton, East Sussex [1]

Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1]

Cairo [1]

Carnkirk, Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim [1]

Collon, County Louth [1]

Combe Down [1]

Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Coventry [1]

Darlington, Co. Durham [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Deraghland, Stradnoden, County Monaghan [1]

Drimeden Otagow [1]

Dulwich [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Elland near Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1]

Gaulstown, Coole, County Westmeath [1]

Gillbrook Greasley, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gorphwysfa, Tremadog, Wales [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead,London. [1]

Heigham, Norfolk [1]

Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1]

Holywood, Belfast, [1]

Kearsley Moor near Bolton [1]

Knightsbridge, London [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Leeds [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Captain [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Major [9]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Field Marshal [3]

Lieutenant-Colonel [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Driver [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

A/ Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance/Corporal [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain/Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) [1]

Fusilier [1]

General [1]

Inspector General of HM Forces [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temp. Captain [1]

Temp. Major [1]

Temp/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Royal Engineers [7]

Tank Corps [6]

4th Btn Tank Corps [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

French Red Cross [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) [2]

Staff [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

12th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

14th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

15th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers. [1]

1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

2/1 North Riding Heavy Battery, RGA [1]

25th Bn., Machine Gun Corps [1]

31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1]

4th Queen's Own Hussars [1]

7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

7th Hussars [1]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (Canteens) [1]

British Expeditionary Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers [1]

General List [1]

Service

British Army [105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [17]

H [9]

M [9]

S [9]

R [8]

C [7]

G [6]

A [5]

T [5]

K [4]

L [4]

W [4]

D [3]

F [3]

P [3]

E [2]

I [2]

N [2]

J [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Ireland [4]

India [2]

Argentina [1]

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People [107] Stories Communities

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Sunderland [3] Stranton, West Hartlepool [2] West Hartlepool [2] Aldershot, Hants [1] Allendale Cottages, Medomsley, Co. Durham [1] Alvaston, Derby [1] Arlington Road, Regents Park, St.Pancras, London [1] Army Barracks, Dover, Kent [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Bath [1] Birmingham [1] Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham [1] Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland [1] Blackpool [1] Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Brighton, East Sussex [1] Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1] Cairo [1] Carnkirk, Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim [1] Collon, County Louth [1] Combe Down [1] Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1] Comber, County Down [1] Coventry [1] Darlington, Co. Durham [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Deraghland, Stradnoden, County Monaghan [1] Drimeden Otagow [1] Dulwich [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Elland near Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1] Gaulstown, Coole, County Westmeath [1] Gillbrook Greasley, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire [1] Glasgow [1] Gorphwysfa, Tremadog, Wales [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead,London. [1] Heigham, Norfolk [1] Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1] Holywood, Belfast, [1] Kearsley Moor near Bolton [1] Knightsbridge, London [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Leeds [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [45] Captain [16] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Major [9] Gunner [7] Corporal [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Field Marshal [3] Lieutenant-Colonel [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Driver [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] A/ Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance/Corporal [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain/Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) [1] Fusilier [1] General [1] Inspector General of HM Forces [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Surgeon [1] Temp. Captain [1] Temp. Major [1] Temp/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [24] Royal Engineers [7] Tank Corps [6] 4th Btn Tank Corps [5] Grenadier Guards [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] French Red Cross [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) [2] Staff [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 12th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 14th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 15th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers. [1] 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] 2/1 North Riding Heavy Battery, RGA [1] 25th Bn., Machine Gun Corps [1] 31st Garrison Infantry Battalion [1] 4th Queen's Own Hussars [1] 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 7th Hussars [1] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps (Canteens) [1] British Expeditionary Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers [1] General List [1]

Service

British Army [105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [17] H [9] M [9] S [9] R [8] C [7] G [6] A [5] T [5] K [4] L [4] W [4] D [3] F [3] P [3] E [2] I [2] N [2] J [1] O [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Ireland [4] India [2] Argentina [1]

William Roberts

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 18/944 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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Stanley Grabham

Born 1888

Died 1943

British Army 311694 Lance Bombardier 2/1 North Riding Heavy Battery, RGA

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Frederick John Roberts

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army Temp. Major Sherwood Forresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion

British Army Temp. Captain Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion

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Hugh Bowes

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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Norman Harvey

Born 1899

Died 1942

British Army 3036 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 42954 Fusilier 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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W David Muirhead Bone

Born 1876

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regt.

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Frank Raine

Born 1895

Died 1996

British Army 18/355 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy

Born 1883

Died 1929

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Charles Bruce Bairnsfather

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Intelligence Department

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William Howard Livens

Born 1889

Died 1964

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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William Frederick Mcfadzean

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14/18278 Private 14th Royal Irish Rifles 36th Ulster Division

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Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Schools)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th (Service) Battalion (County Armagh)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers Adjt 9th (Service) Battalion (County Armagh)

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Maurice Harold Macmillan

Born 1894

Died 1986

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Grenadier Guards Reserve Bn.

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Douglas Haig

Born 1861

Died 1928

British Army Major 7th Hussars

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 7th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 7th Hussars

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Vera Mary Brittain

Born 1893

Died 1970

Other Empire Force V.A.D. Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Albert Mcmillan

British Army G/12188 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Eric Norman Frankland Bell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B

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Edward Allport Brown

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 18/673 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/673 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Claude Alward Ridley

Born 1896

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 03036 Wing Commander Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) France 7th August 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers Taken prisoner of war (very briefly!) and escaped

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