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Agra [1]

Aldborough, Norfolk, England [1]

Andrice, Lanark [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blyth [1]

Chester le Street [1]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1]

Cottingham, Yorkshire [1]

County Durham [1]

Cullercoats, Northumberland [1]

Durham [1]

Forest Hall, Northumberland [1]

Hay on Wye, Breconshire [1]

Hebburn, Durham [1]

Kingston upon Hull [1]

Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [1]

Langley Moor, Durham [1]

Maryport, Cumberland [1]

Newcastle on Tyne [1]

Sacriston, County Durham [1]

Saddleworth [1]

Sculcoates, Yorkshire [1]

Shotton, Durham [1]

South Shields [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

West Hampstead [1]

Wigan [1]

Winlaton on Tyne, Co Durham [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Gunner [6]

Nurse [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

V.A.D. [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [71]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [24]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Westergate" (Cardiff) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Stationary Hospital [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached Cheshire Regiment [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Division - Medical Unit [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

St John Ambulance Association [1]

St John Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Toyal Garrison Artillery [1]

Training Reserve [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [173]

Royal Navy [31]

Other Empire Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

C [24]

S [20]

R [16]

B [15]

H [15]

M [15]

G [13]

W [13]

D [11]

L [10]

A [9]

P [9]

J [8]

K [8]

F [7]

E [6]

T [6]

O [4]

I [2]

N [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

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Place of birth

Agra [1] Aldborough, Norfolk, England [1] Andrice, Lanark [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blyth [1] Chester le Street [1] Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1] Cottingham, Yorkshire [1] County Durham [1] Cullercoats, Northumberland [1] Durham [1] Forest Hall, Northumberland [1] Hay on Wye, Breconshire [1] Hebburn, Durham [1] Kingston upon Hull [1] Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [1] Langley Moor, Durham [1] Maryport, Cumberland [1] Newcastle on Tyne [1] Sacriston, County Durham [1] Saddleworth [1] Sculcoates, Yorkshire [1] Shotton, Durham [1] South Shields [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1] West Hampstead [1] Wigan [1] Winlaton on Tyne, Co Durham [1]

Rank

Private [135] Serjeant [14] Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Gunner [6] Nurse [5] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flying Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] V.A.D. [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [71] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Royal Marines Medical Unit [24] Durham Light Infantry [22] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Voluntary Aid Detachment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Westergate" (Cardiff) [1] Military Foot Police [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Stationary Hospital [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached Cheshire Regiment [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Division - Medical Unit [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Scottish Horse [1] St John Ambulance Association [1] St John Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Toyal Garrison Artillery [1] Training Reserve [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [173] Royal Navy [31] Other Empire Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

C [24] S [20] R [16] B [15] H [15] M [15] G [13] W [13] D [11] L [10] A [9] P [9] J [8] K [8] F [7] E [6] T [6] O [4] I [2] N [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Reginald Edgar

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3617 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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James Watson

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 3505 RN Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Joseph Summerville

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 22504 Staff Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 22504 Lance Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 22504 Company Serjeant Major Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Kelly

Died 1917

British Army 3/10565 Durham Light Infantry

British Army Major Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Edward Hogg

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 27245 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Coy

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John Cowie

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 24651 Private Royal Army Medical Corps War Hospital (Croydon)

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Robert Carruthers

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 23776 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 23776 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas French

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 386343 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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H Calvert

Died 1916

British Army 27773 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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T Devine

Died 1918

British Army 386199 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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J J Henderson

Died 1917

British Army 17024 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 17024 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Andrew Turnbull

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3301 RN Royal Marines Medical Unit

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A Scott

Died 1918

British Army 337185 Corporal Toyal Garrison Artillery

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William Smith

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/283 Royal Naval Division

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Peter Mcgrievy

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy M10292

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Charles Taylor Atkin

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/5785 Royal Naval Division

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Thomas S Silverton

Died 1916

British Army 12884 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 12884 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Oxley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 8057 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Stationary Hospital

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George Carr

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy M22301

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Llewellyn Alfred Henry Bulkeley

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached Cheshire Regiment 15th Bn

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