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Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Stockton New South Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Newcastle [1]

North Melbourne Victoria [1]

Numerkah Victoria [1]

Sacriston, Durham [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

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Durham Light Infantry [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Field Company [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Depot York and Lancaster Light Infantry [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Stationary Hospital [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps 7th Battalion [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

South Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [86]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

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F [113]

Contribution

Military Service [111]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Australia [1]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [2] Stockton New South Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Newcastle [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Numerkah Victoria [1] Sacriston, Durham [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Rank

Private [58] Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Naval Division [7] Army Service Corps [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Northumberland Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers Field Company [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Depot York and Lancaster Light Infantry [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Stationary Hospital [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps 7th Battalion [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division Engineers [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] South Lancashire Fusiliers [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [86] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [113]

Contribution

Military Service [111] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Australia [1]

Thomas Charles Fairless

Born 1889

Royal Navy 14453 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Charles Fairless

Born 1896

Royal Navy J51050

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Frank Fairless

Born 1894

Royal Navy Z/7141 Royal Naval Division

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Arthur Fairless

Born 1894

Royal Navy K.P/908 Royal Naval Division

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Joseph Fairless

Born 1873

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1082185

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Arthur W Fairless

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1057111

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John Davison Fairless

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Thomas Fairless

Born 1882

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William Fairless

Born 1888

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Arthur Fairless

Born 1895

Royal Navy K.P/977 Royal Naval Division

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Edward Fairless

Born 1885

Royal Navy Z/794 Royal Naval Division

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Robert Fairless

Born 1892

Royal Navy Z/7595 Royal Naval Division

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Henry Fairless

Born 1888

Royal Navy K.P/979 Royal Naval Division

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Edward Fairless

Born 1900

Royal Navy J85752

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Isaac Fairless

Born 1899

Royal Navy K47320

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Robert Fairless

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS108833

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Ernest Wilfred Fairless

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100554

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John Fairless

British Army T/888 Acting Staff Serjeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army T/888 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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John L Fairless

British Army 195338 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William Fairless

British Army 27/227 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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