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Derby [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Casterton Victoria [2]

Durham [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Nottingham [2]

Sunderland [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballidon, Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bodalla New South Wales [1]

Bradford England [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Clare South Australia [1]

Colchester,Essex [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Derbyshire England [1]

East Melbourne Victoria [1]

Eglingham [1]

Fendalton [1]

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [1]

Invergordon Victoria [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kerry Island [1]

Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Langley Moor [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Long Eaton England [1]

Longreach Queensland [1]

Melbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Merthyr, Glamorgan [1]

Mhow [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Morpeth, Northumberland [1]

Murton, County Durham [1]

Murton, Durham [1]

Newcastle on Tyne England [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Northumberland [1]

Numurkah Victoria [1]

Pendleton Lancashire [1]

Pendleton, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [261]

Corporal [33]

Gunner [31]

Serjeant [28]

Driver [27]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Doctor [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant/ Captain [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [43]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Engineers [39]

Labour Corps [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Northumberland Hussars [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

2nd West Riding Regiment [2]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

7th Dragoon Guards [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [439]

Royal Navy [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [561]

Contribution

Military Service [550]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Derby [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [3] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Casterton Victoria [2] Durham [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Nottingham [2] Sunderland [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballidon, Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bodalla New South Wales [1] Bradford England [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Clare South Australia [1] Colchester,Essex [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Derbyshire England [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Eglingham [1] Fendalton [1] Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [1] Invergordon Victoria [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kerry Island [1] Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Langley Moor [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Long Eaton England [1] Longreach Queensland [1] Melbourne, Derbyshire [1] Merthyr, Glamorgan [1] Mhow [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [1] Morpeth, Northumberland [1] Murton, County Durham [1] Murton, Durham [1] Newcastle on Tyne England [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Northumberland [1] Numurkah Victoria [1] Pendleton Lancashire [1] Pendleton, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [261] Corporal [33] Gunner [31] Serjeant [28] Driver [27] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [15] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Worker [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Doctor [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Commander Engineer [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant/ Captain [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [43] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Engineers [39] Labour Corps [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Royal Field Artillery [27] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Northumberland Hussars [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] 2nd West Riding Regiment [2] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 7th Dragoon Guards [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [439] Royal Navy [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [561]

Contribution

Military Service [550] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1]

Alfred Coxon

Died 1917

British Army 10237 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Heaton Coxon

Died 1916

British Army 4659 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas H Coxon

Died 1918

British Army 50032 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Edward Coxon

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10459 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10459 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Albert Ernest Coxon

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 20935 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20935 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Alexander Coxon

Died 1918

British Army 101407 Private Durham Light Infantry

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George Ernest Coxon

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 15605 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Stanley John Coxon

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307382

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John Coxon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181661

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Alfred Coxon

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75936

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Joseph Coxon

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 240412 Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 240412 Company Serjeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Frederick G Coxon

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 44057 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 1st Reserve Bde.

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Matthew Coxon

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 34999 Private Durham Light Infantry 25th Battalion

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Thomas A Coxon

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army D/6635 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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William Edward Coxon

Australian Imperial Force 1808

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William Charles Coxon

Australian Imperial Force 2804

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William George Coxon

Australian Imperial Force 5702

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Frank Maurice Coxon

Australian Imperial Force 174

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Frederick Coxon

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 36933 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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James Coxon

Died 1917

British Army 16630 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 16630 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th northst Battalion

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