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Donald Victoria [4]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brighton,Sussex [1]

Charley, Sussex [1]

Chorley, Sussex [1]

Clarendon South Australia [1]

Downpatrick County Down Northern Ireland [1]

Dunholme, Lincolnshire [1]

East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Elland, Yorkshire [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk, England [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Hailsham [1]

Maresfield, Sussex [1]

Orsett, Essex [1]

Oundle, Northamptonshire [1]

Petersfield, Hampshire [1]

Pilton, Northamptonshire [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Royal Engineer barracks, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent [1]

Rutherglen Victoria [1]

Saint Marylebone, London [1]

Scotter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Shotwick, Cheshire [1]

Uckfield, Sussex [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Worksop.Notts [1]

Rank

Private [109]

Gunner [15]

Corporal [12]

Driver [7]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Artificer [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister in Charge [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th Hussars [1]

27th Provisional Battalion [1]

2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

5th Lancers [1]

7th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Military Police [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [159]

Royal Navy [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [217]

Contribution

Military Service [216]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [217] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Donald Victoria [4] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brighton,Sussex [1] Charley, Sussex [1] Chorley, Sussex [1] Clarendon South Australia [1] Downpatrick County Down Northern Ireland [1] Dunholme, Lincolnshire [1] East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [1] Elland, Yorkshire [1] Framlingham, Suffolk, England [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Hailsham [1] Maresfield, Sussex [1] Orsett, Essex [1] Oundle, Northamptonshire [1] Petersfield, Hampshire [1] Pilton, Northamptonshire [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Royal Engineer barracks, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent [1] Rutherglen Victoria [1] Saint Marylebone, London [1] Scotter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Shotwick, Cheshire [1] Uckfield, Sussex [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Worksop.Notts [1]

Rank

Private [109] Gunner [15] Corporal [12] Driver [7] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Pioneer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Artificer [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sister in Charge [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Tank Corps [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th Hussars [1] 27th Provisional Battalion [1] 2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 5th Lancers [1] 7th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] British Red Cross [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Military Police [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [159] Royal Navy [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [217]

Contribution

Military Service [216] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Joseph William Cottingham

Born 1887

Died 1940

British Army 7021 Lance Corporal 5th Lancers

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Hannah Maud Cottingham

Born 1886

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister British Red Cross France

Other Empire Force Sister in Charge British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem The Beeches" V.A.D. Hospital

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Joseph Cottingham

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 31479 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 31479 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Horace John Cottingham

Born 1889

Died 1974

Royal Navy 236475 HMS 'Jupiter'

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Edward Cottingham

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302651

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Frederick George Cottingham

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 101954 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Cottingham

Died 1916

British Army 9287 Private Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9287 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Huia Cottingham

Born 1894

Died 1969

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 54843

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John Alfred Cottingham

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163698

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Willis Cottingham

Died 1916

British Army 17044 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Robert Cottingham

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1858 Private Coldstream Guards

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George Richard Cottingham

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300287

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Harry Cottingham

Died 1918

British Army 90164 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 90164 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Isaacs Cottingham

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 95396 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 95396 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Cottingham

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 14712 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 14712 Acting Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 14712 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Cuthbert Cottingham

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 448604

Canadian Expeditionary Force 448604 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Herbert Edmund Cottingham

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3232

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John Cottingham

Died 1915

British Army 2131 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Cottingham

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 35370 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35370 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Richard John Cottingham

Born 1881

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/652 Auckland Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2358 Private 7th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4697 Auckland Mounted Rifles

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