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Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

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Haswell Moor, Easington, Country Durham. [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rusholme, Lancashire, England [1]

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Selston, Nottinghamshire [1]

Snainton [1]

St Kilda Victoria [1]

Thirsk, N.Yorks [1]

Vauxhall, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Whitwell, Derbyshire [1]

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Private [145]

Corporal [22]

Driver [20]

Gunner [17]

Sapper [15]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2/Lt [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Corporal Sapper [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Member [1]

Orderly [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [18]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

Yorkshire Hussars [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Young Mens Christian Association [2]

113th Squad Royal Air Force [1]

141st Infantry Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [256]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [11]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [318]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [311]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [319] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire [2] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brompton, North Yorkshire [1] Hampstead England [1] Hartlepool England [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Haswell Moor, Easington, Country Durham. [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Langton, Lincolnshire [1] Laughin, Lincolnshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Rusholme, Lancashire, England [1] Sedgefield [1] Selston, Nottinghamshire [1] Snainton [1] St Kilda Victoria [1] Thirsk, N.Yorks [1] Vauxhall, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Whitwell, Derbyshire [1] Willington, Durham [1] York England [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [145] Corporal [22] Driver [20] Gunner [17] Sapper [15] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2/Lt [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Commander [1] Corporal Private [1] Corporal Sapper [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Member [1] Orderly [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Captain [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [18] Durham Light Infantry [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Labour Corps [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] Yorkshire Hussars [4] Border Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Division [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Young Mens Christian Association [2] 113th Squad Royal Air Force [1] 141st Infantry Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [256] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [11] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [318] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [311] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Charles David Danby

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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Fred Danby

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121265

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Cyril Danby

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/44233 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 4375 Durham Light Infantry

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Albert George Danby

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58547

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Frederick Danby

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57194

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John William Danby

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116606

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Robert Samuel Bull Danby

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/6315 Royal Naval Division

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James L Danby

Died 1917

British Army 5218 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 266891 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Danby

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55443

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Ernest Danby

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army 19532 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 19532 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Danby

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727173

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727173 Private Canadian Infantry (British Columbia) Regiment

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Herbert Frederick Danby

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army M2/115331 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/115331 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Herbert Danby

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22545

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George Henry Danby

Died 1915

British Army 18100 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army 18100 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Ben Danby

Died 1919

British Army 124761 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 295759 Private Labour Corps

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Sam Danby

Died 1916

British Army 16068 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Tom H Danby

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 40722 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Danby

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1683 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 1683 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Henry Norman Danby

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 129141 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Danby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18358 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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