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Sunderland, Durham [5]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Hailsham [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Syderstone, Norfolk [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Derby [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Durham [2]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Herstmonceux [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Norfolk [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Auckland Registration District, Co Durham [1]

Barmer, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Barsby, Leicestershire [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brightlingsea Essex [1]

Brighton [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Calver, Yorkshire [1]

Chadderton, Lancashire [1]

Chailey [1]

Chester Le Street, Durham [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Cley Next the Sea, norfolk [1]

Consett, Durham [1]

Cornsay, Co Durham [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Darlington, Yorkshire [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

Donegal [1]

East London, Eastern Cape [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Elmsted, Kent [1]

Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [249]

Lance Corporal [29]

Corporal [23]

Able Seaman [14]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Gunner [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Captain [8]

Driver [8]

Chief Ship's Cook [6]

Stoker [6]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Commander [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Chief Armourer [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Pioneer [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Ship's Steward [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Boy [2]

Boy I [2]

Boy II [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Chief Shipwright [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Member [2]

Midshipman [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Painter 1st Class [2]

Plumber [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Signal Boy [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [50]

Durham Light Infantry [49]

Leicestershire Regiment [48]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

HMS Warspite [24]

Royal Engineers [21]

HMS Revenge [20]

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

HMS Temeraire [8]

HMS Shannon [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS Royalist [5]

HMS Yarmouth [5]

Leicestershire [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

British Red Cross [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

11th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Ariel [3]

HMS Powerful [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Warspite." [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Defence [2]

Service

British Army [365]

Royal Navy [169]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [67]

C [62]

G [53]

H [46]

M [44]

S [40]

L [29]

W [27]

A [26]

F [23]

E [22]

R [21]

P [20]

D [19]

T [16]

K [13]

J [12]

N [7]

O [6]

V [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [63]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [558] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [5] Gateshead, Durham [3] Hailsham [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Syderstone, Norfolk [3] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Derby [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Durham [2] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Herstmonceux [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Norfolk [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] 53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Auckland Registration District, Co Durham [1] Barmer, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Barsby, Leicestershire [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brightlingsea Essex [1] Brighton [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Calver, Yorkshire [1] Chadderton, Lancashire [1] Chailey [1] Chester Le Street, Durham [1] Clapham, London [1] Cley Next the Sea, norfolk [1] Consett, Durham [1] Cornsay, Co Durham [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Darlington, Yorkshire [1] Docking Norfolk [1] Donegal [1] East London, Eastern Cape [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Elmsted, Kent [1] Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Farnworth, Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [249] Lance Corporal [29] Corporal [23] Able Seaman [14] Boy 1st Class [12] Gunner [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Captain [8] Driver [8] Chief Ship's Cook [6] Stoker [6] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Commander [5] Lieutenant [5] Sergeant [5] Chief Armourer [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Pioneer [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Chief Stoker [3] Leading Seaman [3] Major [3] Petty Officer [3] Ship's Steward [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Blacksmith [2] Boy [2] Boy I [2] Boy II [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Chief Shipwright [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Member [2] Midshipman [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Painter 1st Class [2] Plumber [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Signal Boy [2] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [50] Durham Light Infantry [49] Leicestershire Regiment [48] Norfolk Regiment [31] HMS Warspite [24] Royal Engineers [21] HMS Revenge [20] Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] HMS Temeraire [8] HMS Shannon [7] Royal Marine Artillery [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS Royalist [5] HMS Yarmouth [5] Leicestershire [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] British Red Cross [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] 11th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Connaught Rangers [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Ariel [3] HMS Powerful [3] Norfolk Yeomanry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Warspite." [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Defence [2]

Service

British Army [365] Royal Navy [169] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [67] C [62] G [53] H [46] M [44] S [40] L [29] W [27] A [26] F [23] E [22] R [21] P [20] D [19] T [16] K [13] J [12] N [7] O [6] V [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [379] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [63] Ireland [2] South Africa [1]

Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson

Born 1882

Died 1963

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Commander HMS Achates Battle of Jutland

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Albert Edward Midwinter

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy Leading Seaman

Royal Navy 190036 Petty Officer HM Submarine E36

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George Baker

Born 1876

British Army SD/572 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Down) Battalion

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Walter Lindley Fawcett

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion.

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Mason

Born 1884

Died 1940

Royal Navy 13555 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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George Fullerton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20/58 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Harold William Fawcett

Born 1891

Died 1958

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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James Charles Cowling Jolley

Born 1899

Royal Navy J33419 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Stanley Frank Southgate

Born 1894

British Army 3002 Royal Fusiliers 24th Service, 2nd (Sportsman) Battalion

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Louis Herbert Graveling

British Army 90157 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Percy Cornwall

British Army

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Oscar Brown

British Army 8354 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Daniel Perkin Milton

Born 1880

Royal Navy 197139 Chief Petty Officer HMS Revenge

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John William Mavin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/4040 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Thomas Edward Powell

Born 1893

Royal Navy J4464

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Edward Frank Baker

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34683 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Leonard Samuel Loveless

Born 1884

Died 1946

Royal Navy 1034EA Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Q5 (Farnborough)

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Charles Samuel Sutcliffe

Born 1898

British Army 2969 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 302337 Private Essex Regiment

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