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York [17]

Hawick [11]

Gateshead [10]

Sunderland [10]

Edinburgh [9]

Newcastle [8]

Glasgow [7]

Middlesborough [7]

Allerston, North Yorkshire [4]

Brompton, North Yorkshire [4]

Hull [4]

West Hartlepool [4]

Allerston [3]

Belford, Northumberland [3]

Hartlepool [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Leamington Spa [3]

Manchester [3]

Snainton [3]

Amble, Northumberland [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Belfast [2]

Blackhill [2]

Bournemouth [2]

Brisbane [2]

Byker, Newcastle [2]

Calcutta [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Cawood, Selby [2]

Cowpen, Northumberland [2]

Dalkeith [2]

Dundee [2]

EDINBURGH [2]

EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2]

Ebberston [2]

Kensington [2]

Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Malton [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Ripon [2]

Scarborough [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Seaham Harbour, Durham [2]

Selkirk [2]

Wallsend [2]

Wylam, Northumberland [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1]

1874 [1]

Rank

Private [417]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Captain [60]

Lieutenant [59]

Corporal [49]

Lance Corporal [37]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [24]

Major [18]

Driver [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Rifleman [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Reverend [5]

2nd Lt [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Commander [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

L/CPL [2]

Lance Sargent [2]

Major General [2]

Master Mariner [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

3rd Engineer [1]

A.M.3 [1]

A/Sergeant [1]

Act.Petty Officer [1]

Acting Brigadier Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [74]

Northumberland Fusiliers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [23]

London Regiment [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Royal Scots [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Labour Corps [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

General List [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [688]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

Royal Navy [54]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [584]

W [33]

C [32]

H [29]

B [27]

D [24]

S [24]

M [19]

R [18]

F [17]

A [16]

G [16]

P [13]

E [9]

J [8]

L [8]

Y [5]

V [4]

I [2]

K [2]

N [2]

O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [873]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [251]

Australia [10]

Canada [3]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [2]

Ghana [1]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [894] Stories Communities

Place of birth

York [17] Hawick [11] Gateshead [10] Sunderland [10] Edinburgh [9] Newcastle [8] Glasgow [7] Middlesborough [7] Allerston, North Yorkshire [4] Brompton, North Yorkshire [4] Hull [4] West Hartlepool [4] Allerston [3] Belford, Northumberland [3] Hartlepool [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Leamington Spa [3] Manchester [3] Snainton [3] Amble, Northumberland [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Belfast [2] Blackhill [2] Bournemouth [2] Brisbane [2] Byker, Newcastle [2] Calcutta [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Cawood, Selby [2] Cowpen, Northumberland [2] Dalkeith [2] Dundee [2] EDINBURGH [2] EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2] Ebberston [2] Kensington [2] Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [2] Liverpool [2] Malton [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Ripon [2] Scarborough [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Seaham Harbour, Durham [2] Selkirk [2] Wallsend [2] Wylam, Northumberland [2] York, Yorkshire [2] 18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1] 1874 [1]

Rank

Private [417] Second Lieutenant [81] Captain [60] Lieutenant [59] Corporal [49] Lance Corporal [37] Gunner [33] Serjeant [24] Major [18] Driver [16] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [8] Rifleman [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Reverend [5] 2nd Lt [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Commander [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Major [2] Drummer [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] L/CPL [2] Lance Sargent [2] Major General [2] Master Mariner [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] 3rd Engineer [1] A.M.3 [1] A/Sergeant [1] Act.Petty Officer [1] Acting Brigadier Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [74] Northumberland Fusiliers [62] Royal Field Artillery [45] Durham Light Infantry [43] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [23] London Regiment [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Highland Light Infantry [17] Royal Scots [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Labour Corps [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Gordon Highlanders [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Naval Division [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Air Force [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) [5] Border Regiment [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Coldstream Guards [4] General List [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [688] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] Royal Navy [54] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [584] W [33] C [32] H [29] B [27] D [24] S [24] M [19] R [18] F [17] A [16] G [16] P [13] E [9] J [8] L [8] Y [5] V [4] I [2] K [2] N [2] O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [873] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [251] Australia [10] Canada [3] Ireland [3] New Zealand [2] Ghana [1] India [1] Isle of Man [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Thomas Frederick Bye

Born 1888

Died 1973

British Army 8464 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Waistell Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5827 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372908 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Robert Joseph Turnbull

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 94292 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery

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William Ernest Turnbull

Born 1880

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102568

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Carl W Herman

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 10/429 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Service The Hull Commercials

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Sub Lietenant Hawke Battalion

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Charles Robert Turnbull

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 27028 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion.

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Alexander Phipps Turnbull

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Light Horse 10th

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Arthur Grainger Thompson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 18612 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment Alexandra 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Turnbull

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army S/18961 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army S/18961 Private Rifle Brigade 16th Bn

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James Walker Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4324 Corporal 13th Reinforcements 6th Infantry Battalion

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Angus H Turnbull

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 145005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 145005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 228th Siege Battery

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Robert Stevenson Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 9306 Private 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 9306 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Bn

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Henry Windross

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 18610 Private Yorkshire Regiment Alexandra 6th Battalion

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Joseph Llewellyn Hullah

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 28183 Private Durham Light Infantry 17th Battalion

British Army 35000 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps 14th Battalion (infantry)

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Robert Turnbull

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13657 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow).

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Laurence Borthwick Turnbull

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3/8030 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st & 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Isaac Turnbull

Born 1878

Died 1937

Australian Imperial Force 3486

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Thomas Turnbull

Born 1894

British Army 898 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 775105 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Philip Turnbull

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89949 Lieutenent 42 Squadron

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Charters Stewart Turnbull

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1664 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 1667 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial).

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