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Middlesbrough Yorkshire [3]

Bothwell Ontario [2]

Leeds Yorkshire [2]

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Stawell Victoria [2]

Toronto Ontario [2]

Ashington, Northumberland [1]

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Myton, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire [1]

New Denver British Columbia [1]

Restoule Ontario [1]

Restoule Parry Sound Ontario [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

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West Hartlepool Durham [1]

West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Wigan Lancashire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire, England [1]

Yarraville Victoria [1]

York [1]

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Private [37]

Serjeant [6]

Sergeant [5]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Driver [1]

Major [1]

Private & Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Stoker II [1]

Trooper [1]

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Durham Light Infantry [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

11th Reinforcements [1]

18th Hussars [1]

3rd Northumbrian Brigade [1]

6th Infantry Brigade [1]

71st Battery CFA [1]

8th Light Horse [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bristol [1]

Divisional Train Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Engineers [1]

Fisgard [1]

Household Cavalry [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Resolution [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marines Light Infantry [1]

Royal West Surrey Queen's Regiment [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Victory II [1]

Vivid 1 [1]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment Third Corps [1]

Service

British Army [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [49]

B [4]

J [1]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [54]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [2]

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People [56] Stories Communities

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Middlesbrough Yorkshire [3] Bothwell Ontario [2] Leeds Yorkshire [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne [2] Scarborough Yorkshire [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Toronto Ontario [2] Ashington, Northumberland [1] Auckland Durham [1] Bishop's Auckland Durham [1] Blyth Northumberland [1] Carterthorn Durham [1] Chorlton Lancashire [1] Darlington, Co. Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Evertt Snomish Washington [1] Great Smeaton Northallerton Yorkshire [1] Hartlepool Durham [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Lancashire [1] Lanchester Co Durham [1] Middlesbrough [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Myton, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire [1] New Denver British Columbia [1] Restoule Ontario [1] Restoule Parry Sound Ontario [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Scarborough North Yorkshire [1] Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1] South Bishopwearmouth Sunderland [1] Stokesley Yorkshire [1] Stokesley, York [1] Sunderland [1] Thorganby Yorkshire [1] Thornhill Yorkshire [1] West Hartlepool Durham [1] West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Wigan Lancashire [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Wigan, Lancashire, England [1] Yarraville Victoria [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [37] Serjeant [6] Sergeant [5] Corporal [3] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Steward [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Boy Artificer [1] Driver [1] Major [1] Private & Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Stoker II [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [8] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] 11th Reinforcements [1] 18th Hussars [1] 3rd Northumbrian Brigade [1] 6th Infantry Brigade [1] 71st Battery CFA [1] 8th Light Horse [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bristol [1] Divisional Train Royal Army Service Corps [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Engineers [1] Fisgard [1] Household Cavalry [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lincolnshire [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Merchant Navy [1] North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales) Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Resolution [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marines Light Infantry [1] Royal West Surrey Queen's Regiment [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Victory II [1] Vivid 1 [1] Wellington Infantry Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment Third Corps [1]

Service

British Army [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [49] B [4] J [1] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [54] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [2]

Edwin Alexander Jackson

Born 1897

Died 1919

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 15731 Wellington Infantry Regiment

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Thomas Swalwell

Born 1871

Died 1955

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William Gibson Swalwell

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 16350 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16350 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 721457 Private 3rd Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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George Garlick Swalwell

Born 1896

Died 1978

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3138397

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3138397 Private

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Harold Swalwell

Born 1892

Died 1985

British Army 21933 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 41105 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 21933 Sergeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Reginald Sawdon Swalwell

Born 1873

Died 1930

British Army Major Divisional Train Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps 38th Divisional Train

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps 10th Divisional Train

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Charles Harold Swalwell

Born 1892

Died 1947

British Army M2/148320 Private Army Service Corps

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A J Swalwell

Born 1885

Died 1928

British Army 2645 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Dugald Sinclair Swalwell

Born 1882

Died 1957

Other Empire Force Assistant Steward Merchant Navy

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F Wilfred Swalwell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1174 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 23534 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Swalwell

Born 1896

Died 1944

British Army 64137 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 64137 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Fred Thomas 'donald' Swalwell

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3230412

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3230412 Private

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William Swalwell

Born 1902

Royal Navy SS10771

Royal Navy SS10771 Vivid 1

Royal Navy SS10771 Resolution

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Samuel Swalwell

Born 1892

Died 1948

British Army 50251 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 50251 Sergeant Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Robert J Swalwell

British Army 038885 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 038895 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Abraham Bernstein

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 357486 Private Liverpool Regiment 2/10 Liverpool Scottish

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