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Durham [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Sunderland, Durham [5]

Durham England [4]

Aghada, Cork [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Saltash, Cornwall [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Koo Wee Rup Victoria [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newcastle On Tyne England [2]

Seaham, Durham [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Tenterfield New South Wales [2]

Tetbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Baulkham Hills New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Bilston Staffordshire [1]

Birregurra Victoria [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bright Victoria [1]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Camden Town Pancras London [1]

Cardiff New South Wales [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chester-le-Street, Durham [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cork [1]

Cornsay Colliery, Durham [1]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Currys Port, Natal [1]

Rank

Private [536]

Corporal [47]

Gunner [47]

Serjeant [37]

Sapper [35]

Driver [34]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [19]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [14]

Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Private Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Director of Recruiting [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carrier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Ex Lieutenant [1]

Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [72]

Northumberland Fusiliers [68]

Royal Engineers [68]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

Labour Corps [54]

Army Service Corps [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Irish Guards [4]

Service

British Army [808]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [144]

Royal Navy [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Australian Imperial Force [60]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1227]

B [1]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1209]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Durham [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Sunderland, Durham [5] Durham England [4] Aghada, Cork [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Saltash, Cornwall [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Koo Wee Rup Victoria [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newcastle On Tyne England [2] Seaham, Durham [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Tenterfield New South Wales [2] Tetbury, Gloucestershire [2] Armadale Victoria [1] Aylestone, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Baulkham Hills New South Wales [1] Belfast, Down [1] Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Bilston Staffordshire [1] Birregurra Victoria [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bright Victoria [1] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Camden Town Pancras London [1] Cardiff New South Wales [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chester-le-Street, Durham [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cork [1] Cornsay Colliery, Durham [1] Cowra New South Wales [1] Currys Port, Natal [1]

Rank

Private [536] Corporal [47] Gunner [47] Serjeant [37] Sapper [35] Driver [34] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [19] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [14] Bombardier [9] Lieutenant [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Private Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Director of Recruiting [1] Assistant Steward [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Carrier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Ex Lieutenant [1] Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [72] Northumberland Fusiliers [68] Royal Engineers [68] Royal Field Artillery [61] Labour Corps [54] Army Service Corps [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Naval Division [26] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] London Regiment [21] Royal Irish Rifles [21] Machine Gun Corps [20] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] Essex Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Munster Fusiliers [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Northumberland Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Irish Guards [4]

Service

British Army [808] Canadian Expeditionary Force [144] Royal Navy [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Australian Imperial Force [60] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1227] B [1] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1209] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Canada [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Walter Eyre Curry

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 83rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 3rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 3rd Battalion

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George Norman Curry

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 4157 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant 3rd Hussars

British Army 4157 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant 3rd (King's Own) Hussars 9th Reserve Cavalry

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Keith Cuthbert Curry

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 220037 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 220037 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 220037 Private East Yorkshire (Hull Commercials) Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Curry

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7/1459 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1459 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion (Territorials).

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Frederick Stanyon Curry

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 286246 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Private 5th Cyclist Bn

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Hugh Fortescue Curry

Born 1890

Died 1932

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

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Walter Bertram Curry

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4990 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 4990 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Curry

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 331 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Duncan Joseph Curry

Born 1899

Died 1957

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3186997

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Frederick Curry

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221787

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Robert Coombe Curry

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Military Accounts Department

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John Curry

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4727

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James William Curry

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54817

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John Hunter Curry

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14529

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Alexander Curry

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289097

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Robert Curry

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291438

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George Harold Curry

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force 6340

Australian Imperial Force 6340 Private

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Alexander Curry

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81602

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William Charles Curry

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214733

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George Andrew Curry

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37873

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