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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [11]

Newcastle New South Wales [9]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Gateshead, Durham, England [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

London England [3]

Maryborough Queensland [3]

Northumberland England [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Boston [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Buninyong Victoria [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Choppington, Northumberland [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Durham [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Junee New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Murrurundi New South Wales [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rottingdean, Sussex [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Stony Creek Victoria [2]

Sunderland, England [2]

Rank

Private [902]

Gunner [109]

Driver [79]

Serjeant [70]

Corporal [65]

Sapper [62]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Lance Corporal [33]

Captain [22]

Acting Corporal [16]

Pioneer [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Admiral [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [157]

Royal Field Artillery [119]

Durham Light Infantry [117]

Royal Engineers [107]

Army Service Corps [101]

Labour Corps [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

London Regiment [48]

Royal Naval Division [43]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Northumberland Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Corps of Hussars [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [11]

Grenadier Guards [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1408]

Royal Navy [174]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [111]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105]

Australian Imperial Force [89]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1942]

B [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1895]

Merchant Navy [40]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Gateshead, Durham [11] Newcastle New South Wales [9] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Camberwell, London [3] Gateshead, Durham, England [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] London England [3] Maryborough Queensland [3] Northumberland England [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Boston [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Buninyong Victoria [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Choppington, Northumberland [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Durham [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Hackney, London [2] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Junee New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Murrurundi New South Wales [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rottingdean, Sussex [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Stony Creek Victoria [2] Sunderland, England [2]

Rank

Private [902] Gunner [109] Driver [79] Serjeant [70] Corporal [65] Sapper [62] Second Lieutenant [39] Lance Corporal [33] Captain [22] Acting Corporal [16] Pioneer [12] Lieutenant [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [6] Lance Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Captain [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Private Acting Lance Corporal [4] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Admiral [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [157] Royal Field Artillery [119] Durham Light Infantry [117] Royal Engineers [107] Army Service Corps [101] Labour Corps [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] London Regiment [48] Royal Naval Division [43] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Machine Gun Corps [37] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Northumberland Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Hampshire Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Border Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Corps of Hussars [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [11] Grenadier Guards [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] South Wales Borderers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Scots [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1408] Royal Navy [174] Canadian Expeditionary Force [111] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105] Australian Imperial Force [89] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1942] B [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1895] Merchant Navy [40] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [61] India [1]

J H Charlton

British Army 321 Private 8th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Rebecca Orr (now Mrs Charlton)

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Lenora Bunton (mrs Charlton)

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Rebecca Charlton (nee Orr)

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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