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Sunderland, Durham [19]

South Shields, Durham, England [9]

Durham [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Durham, Durham [5]

Gateshead, Durham [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Belfast [3]

Clifton Hill Victoria [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Morpeth, Northumberland [3]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Binalong New South Wales [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brooklyn, New York [2]

Consett, Durham [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Jarrow, Durham, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Radcliffe, Lancashire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Ryton, Durham [2]

Stanley Tasmania [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [1214]

Gunner [151]

Corporal [114]

Driver [108]

Serjeant [91]

Sapper [90]

Second Lieutenant [65]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lance Corporal [27]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [13]

Bombardier [12]

Major [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [11]

Rifleman [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Major General [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Sub Conductor [2]

Trooper [2]

Waggoner; Wagoner [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain Adjutant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Alias Private [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [189]

Royal Field Artillery [183]

Durham Light Infantry [175]

Royal Engineers [155]

Army Service Corps [142]

Labour Corps [131]

Royal Garrison Artillery [79]

Yorkshire Regiment [72]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Royal Naval Division [58]

London Regiment [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [55]

Royal Fusiliers [55]

West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

East Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Lincolnshire Regiment [40]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Royal Irish Rifles [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

Northumberland Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

West Riding Regiment [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Training Reserve [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1897]

Royal Navy [216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [126]

Australian Imperial Force [81]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [2585]

B [2]

P [1]

R [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2507]

Merchant Navy [68]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [81]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [19] South Shields, Durham, England [9] Durham [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Durham, Durham [5] Gateshead, Durham [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Hartlepool, Durham, England [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Belfast [3] Clifton Hill Victoria [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Morpeth, Northumberland [3] Paddington, London, Middlesex [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Binalong New South Wales [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brooklyn, New York [2] Consett, Durham [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Islington, London [2] Jarrow, Durham, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Poplar, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Radcliffe, Lancashire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Ryton, Durham [2] Stanley Tasmania [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [1214] Gunner [151] Corporal [114] Driver [108] Serjeant [91] Sapper [90] Second Lieutenant [65] Acting Corporal [32] Lance Corporal [27] Captain [22] Lieutenant [13] Bombardier [12] Major [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Pioneer [11] Rifleman [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Worker [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Major General [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Sub Conductor [2] Trooper [2] Waggoner; Wagoner [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain Adjutant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Alias Private [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [189] Royal Field Artillery [183] Durham Light Infantry [175] Royal Engineers [155] Army Service Corps [142] Labour Corps [131] Royal Garrison Artillery [79] Yorkshire Regiment [72] Machine Gun Corps [61] Royal Naval Division [58] London Regiment [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [55] Royal Fusiliers [55] West Yorkshire Regiment [48] East Yorkshire Regiment [45] Lincolnshire Regiment [40] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Royal Irish Rifles [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] Northumberland Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] West Riding Regiment [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Royal Irish Fusiliers [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Training Reserve [13] Border Regiment [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Tank Corps [11] Welsh Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1897] Royal Navy [216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149] Canadian Expeditionary Force [126] Australian Imperial Force [81] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [2585] B [2] P [1] R [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2507] Merchant Navy [68] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [81] Ireland [1]

Robert William Davison

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army 682 Corporal 22nd DLI 'D' Company

British Army 682 Lance Corporal 22nd DLI 'D' Company

British Army 682 Private 22nd DLI 'D' Company

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James Leightonhouse Davison

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2028 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2028 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Davison

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army B/20149 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Harold Birdsall Beswick Davison

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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George Albert Davison

Born 1891

British Army 1706 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 1647 Driver Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 463143 Driver Royal Engineers

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Joseph Davison

Born 1882

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109321 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Alymer Allsworth Davison

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army G/25239 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army 48484 Private Rifle Brigade att 1/28th London Regiment

British Army G/25239 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

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Harry Davison

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 37996 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50234 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Guy Middleton Davison

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Thomas Davison

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/6810 Wireless Operator Royal Naval Division Mercantile Marine

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Harry Davison

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army T/35777 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 272426 Driver Royal Field Artillery 172nd Brigade

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Edward Henry Davison

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/20437 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Walter Richard Davison

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48621

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John Joseph Davison

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112126

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Walter Joseph Davison

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102034

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George Smith Davison

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45246

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George Davison

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263208

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James Davison

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33539

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Valentine Davison

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26736

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Everard William Davison

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227730

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