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Place of birth

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [3]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bombay [2]

Derby [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Allestree, Derbyshire [1]

Arbelot, Forfarshire [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Bakewell Derbyshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bradbourne, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chesterfield [1]

Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Derby England [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Durham [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Ecclesfield [1]

Erdington [1]

Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Finsbury, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hayes, Middlesex [1]

Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kerrie Muir, Forfarshire [1]

Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Matlock, Derbyshire [1]

Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Myrtleford Victoria [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [1]

Parkside South Australia [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rawal Pindi [1]

Rank

Private [295]

Gunner [45]

Driver [28]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

Drummer [1]

First Engineer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper /Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Army Service Corps [38]

Labour Corps [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

London Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Derby Yeomanry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

11th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [440]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [525]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [517]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [526] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [3] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bombay [2] Derby [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Allestree, Derbyshire [1] Arbelot, Forfarshire [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Bakewell Derbyshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bradbourne, Derby, Derbyshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chesterfield [1] Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dalston, London [1] Derby England [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Durham [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Ecclesfield [1] Erdington [1] Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Finsbury, Middlesex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hayes, Middlesex [1] Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kerrie Muir, Forfarshire [1] Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Matlock, Derbyshire [1] Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Myrtleford Victoria [1] Nottingham England [1] Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Parkside South Australia [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rawal Pindi [1]

Rank

Private [295] Gunner [45] Driver [28] Corporal [21] Serjeant [17] Sapper [11] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Saddler [1] Drummer [1] First Engineer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper /Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant/ Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Army Service Corps [38] Labour Corps [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] London Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Highlanders [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Border Regiment [5] Derby Yeomanry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Tank Corps [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] 11th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [440] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [525] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [517] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

George Fearn

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 242539 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Fearn

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 788 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 71086 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Norman Fearn

Died 1915

British Army 14189 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

British Army 14189 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Noah Fearn

Died 1914

British Army 14081 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 14081 Private Grenadier Guards

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Percy Theodore Fearn

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 42542 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42542 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Fearn

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 97976 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 16244 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 97976 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Fearn

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy L2849

Royal Navy L/2849(PO). Officer's Steward 2nd Class H.M.S. "Iron Duke."

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William Thomas Fearn

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237639

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George Hubert Fearn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23775

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George Fearn

Died 1918

British Army 51362 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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George H Fearn

Died 1918

British Army 81706 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 81706 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Wilmot Hermon Fearn

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 24799 Private Border Regiment

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Christopher Fearn

Australian Imperial Force 4420

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Frederick Fearn

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234635

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Harry Fearn

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7264 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7264 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Herbert Fearn

Died 1918

British Army 38019 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John W Fearn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 19098 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Robert Fearn

Died 1918

British Army G/26312 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/26312 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Stewart Fearn

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army S/7669 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/7669 Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Frank Fearn

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 81780 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 81780 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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