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Sunderland Durham [10]

Southwick Sunderland [3]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Southwick, Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wapping London [2]

Wingate Durham [2]

Barton, Yorkshire [1]

Bedminster Somerset [1]

Birtley Durham [1]

Byker Northumberland [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Ellingham, Norfolk [1]

Ferry Hill Durham [1]

Gateshead [1]

Gilling, North Yorkshire [1]

Haswell Durham [1]

Hendon, Sunderland Durham [1]

Hollywell Northumberland [1]

Horrabridge Devon [1]

March Cambridgeshire [1]

Moorsholm, Yorkshire [1]

Oakham, Rutland [1]

Parkins Villa Chester le Street Durham [1]

Pickering Yorkshire [1]

Pittington Durham [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Ryhope Durham [1]

South Shields Durham [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Southwick Sunderland Durham [1]

Station Town, County Durham [1]

Tamerton Folliot Devon [1]

Tanfield Durham [1]

Tavistock Devon [1]

Totterdown, Somerset, England [1]

Trimdon Colliery, Durham [1]

Trimdon Foundry, County Durham [1]

Trimdon, Durham [1]

West Sleekburn Northumberland [1]

West Stanley Durham [1]

Whitburn Durham [1]

Windy Nook Gateshead Durham [1]

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Private [36]

Lance Corporal [10]

Able Seaman [4]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper tunneler [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Engineers [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Labour Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Alexandra Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, The Green Howards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1]

HMS Tornado [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Manitoba Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) [1]

Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Reserve Cavalry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [53]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10]

H [9]

J [7]

M [6]

S [5]

P [4]

D [3]

G [3]

W [3]

E [2]

Y [2]

A [1]

F [1]

I [1]

K [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [60]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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People [60] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sunderland Durham [10] Southwick Sunderland [3] Darlington, Durham [2] Southwick, Sunderland, Durham [2] Wapping London [2] Wingate Durham [2] Barton, Yorkshire [1] Bedminster Somerset [1] Birtley Durham [1] Byker Northumberland [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Ellingham, Norfolk [1] Ferry Hill Durham [1] Gateshead [1] Gilling, North Yorkshire [1] Haswell Durham [1] Hendon, Sunderland Durham [1] Hollywell Northumberland [1] Horrabridge Devon [1] March Cambridgeshire [1] Moorsholm, Yorkshire [1] Oakham, Rutland [1] Parkins Villa Chester le Street Durham [1] Pickering Yorkshire [1] Pittington Durham [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Ryhope Durham [1] South Shields Durham [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Southwick Sunderland Durham [1] Station Town, County Durham [1] Tamerton Folliot Devon [1] Tanfield Durham [1] Tavistock Devon [1] Totterdown, Somerset, England [1] Trimdon Colliery, Durham [1] Trimdon Foundry, County Durham [1] Trimdon, Durham [1] West Sleekburn Northumberland [1] West Stanley Durham [1] Whitburn Durham [1] Windy Nook Gateshead Durham [1]

Rank

Private [36] Lance Corporal [10] Able Seaman [4] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper tunneler [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Engineers [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Labour Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Alexandra Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, The Green Howards [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1] HMS Tornado [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Manitoba Regiment [1] Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) [1] Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Reserve Cavalry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Training Reserve [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [53] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10] H [9] J [7] M [6] S [5] P [4] D [3] G [3] W [3] E [2] Y [2] A [1] F [1] I [1] K [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [60]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

William Salkeld

Born 1881

Died 1962

British Army 25762 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 25762 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Young

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15717 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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William Thomas Pattinson

Born 1879

Died 1949

British Army 272978 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 291 Private Royal Garrison Artillery No 6th Company (Supply) Durham

British Army 659 Private Egyptian Expeditionary Force 20th Northern Battalion Rifle Brigade

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Charles Griffiths

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 22/1389 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 22nd Battalion Tyneside Scottish

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Simon Preston

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20/1351 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel Hurworth Middleton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army T1801 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 417227 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Kell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 17262 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 17262 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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George Youds

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 59163 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Jennings

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28071

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David Edward Johnson

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 7/1657 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275125 Private Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion

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Robert Emmerson

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8125 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Potter

Born 1863

British Army 202726 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 273490 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Private Durham Light Infantry 9th National Reserve

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John Farquhar Richard Justham Msm

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army 14083 Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 14th Battery

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Fred Hilton Harper

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 30221 Private Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

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John Down

Born 1872

Died 1943

British Army 3036 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7298 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7722 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Lawrence Waters

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 20/484 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Tyneside Scottish

British Army 20/484 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Tyneside Scottish

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Robert Bailey

Born 1894

Died 1978

Royal Navy Z/4659 Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

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Francis Hodgson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16626 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 16626 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 20045 Lance Corporal Dragoons 13th Reserve Cavalry Brigade

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Robert William Wardropper

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 41 Colour Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Durham Light Infantry 1st/7th Battalion

British Army 275004 Company Serjeant Major Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion

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Samuel Bailey

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 11648 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11648 Private Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 9th Battalion

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