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Sunderland, Durham [3]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

One Tree Hill South Australia [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wallsend, Northumberland [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Colchester England [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Islington South Australia [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middlesborough [1]

Reynella South Australia [1]

Sorell Tasmania [1]

South Shields [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Southshields, Durham [1]

Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

Stockton, Durham [1]

Stoke, Staffordshire [1]

Sturt South Australia [1]

Suffolk [1]

Wandsworth England [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [15]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [9]

Captain [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Clerk [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

French Red Cross [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

13/16 Cavalry [1]

13/16th Cavalry [1]

186th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

7th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

86th Bttln [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached 81st Pioneers Indian Army [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

General List [1]

Service

British Army [170]

Royal Navy [31]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [255]

Contribution

Military Service [242]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [3] Gateshead, Durham [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Mackay Queensland [2] One Tree Hill South Australia [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wallsend, Northumberland [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Colchester England [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hornsey, London [1] Islington South Australia [1] Liverpool England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middlesborough [1] Reynella South Australia [1] Sorell Tasmania [1] South Shields [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Southshields, Durham [1] Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] Stockton, Durham [1] Stoke, Staffordshire [1] Sturt South Australia [1] Suffolk [1] Wandsworth England [1]

Rank

Private [94] Corporal [17] Gunner [15] Second Lieutenant [10] Sapper [9] Captain [8] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Clerk [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] French Red Cross [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 13/16 Cavalry [1] 13/16th Cavalry [1] 186th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 7th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 86th Bttln [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached 81st Pioneers Indian Army [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] General List [1]

Service

British Army [170] Royal Navy [31] Australian Imperial Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [255]

Contribution

Military Service [242] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

John Watson Burdon

Born 1897

British Army 69365 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 69365 Royal Artillery

British Army 1007901 Lance Sergeant Royal Artillery

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Francis Bousfield Burdon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264362

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Thomas Parnell Burdon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243881

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Edward Burdon

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 110982 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Joshua Burdon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193382

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John Fawcett Burdon

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223814

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John Evans Burdon

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy M11023 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Tartar

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Frederick Burdon

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241128

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Thomas Thompson Burdon

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 22/194 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John W. Burdon

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 12/236 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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Rowland Burdon

Died 1917

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry 18th (Service) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Wilkie Burdon

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 16/837 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Burdon

Died 1918

British Army L/16238 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 50807 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 41351 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas John Burdon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138845

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Maurice Burdon

Born 1897

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 35157 Wellington Infantry Regiment

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Phillip Ernest Burdon

Australian Imperial Force 3028

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James Burdon

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 129942 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 129942 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Albert Burdon

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 27890 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William J Burdon

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 56912 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 56912 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Burdon

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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