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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]

J Fairless

British Army 402 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James W Fairless

British Army 3174 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 278174 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Fairless

British Army 19544 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Fairless

British Army 214476 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Fairless

British Army SS/21662 Private Army Service Corps

British Army WR268033 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 250821 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Joseph Fairless

British Army GS/1050 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 65689 Private Royal Defence Corps

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W W Fairless

British Army 1078 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

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Norman Fairless

British Army 47387 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas R Fairless

British Army 61138 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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George W Fairless

British Army 34401 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 65573 Private Labour Corps

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William E Fairless

British Army 31/174 Private Northumberland Regiment 11th northumberland Battalion

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R Fairless

British Army 20331 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Stationary Hospital

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George Fairless

British Army 25638 Private Royal Defence Corps 7th Battalion

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