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South Shields, Durham, England [5]

Yorkshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Kentish Town, London [3]

Durham [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

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York [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

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Birstall, Yorkshire [1]

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Brooklyn, United States of America [1]

Consett, Durham [1]

Coventry England [1]

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Pickering, Yorkshire, England [1]

Place Of Birth- Darlington England [1]

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Reddish, Lancashire [1]

Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

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Scarborough England [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

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Skeeton England [1]

South Melbourne Victoria [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Stockton on Tees County Durham [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

VIC Victoria [1]

Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [252]

Gunner [34]

Driver [30]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Bombardier [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [33]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Labour Corps [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

11th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [394]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [528]

Contribution

Military Service [516]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

South Shields, Durham, England [5] Yorkshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Kentish Town, London [3] Durham [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] York [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea London [1] Berrima New South Wales [1] Bilsdale [1] Birstall, Yorkshire [1] Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brooklyn, United States of America [1] Consett, Durham [1] Coventry England [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow, England [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Herberton Queensland [1] Hull Yorkshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Nazarabad, Central India [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Pickering, Yorkshire [1] Pickering, Yorkshire, England [1] Place Of Birth- Darlington England [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reddish, Lancashire [1] Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Scarborough England [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Skeeton England [1] South Melbourne Victoria [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Stockton on Tees County Durham [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] VIC Victoria [1] Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [252] Gunner [34] Driver [30] Serjeant [21] Corporal [19] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [10] Bombardier [8] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Private Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Corporal [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44] Yorkshire Regiment [35] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Engineers [33] Durham Light Infantry [24] Labour Corps [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Hussars [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] 11th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [394] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [528]

Contribution

Military Service [516] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Wesley Shaw Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1987 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1987 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1987 Lance Corporal Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Louis Garbutt

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army T3/029421 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T3/029421 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army T3/029421 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Henry Marshall Garbutt

Born 1888

Died 1941

British Army 6094 Private Scots Guards

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William John Garbutt

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 853416

Canadian Expeditionary Force 853416 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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John William Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 63978 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63978 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63978 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery, 96 Brigade, 21 Division

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Alfred Garbutt

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1668 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Joseph Garbutt

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61694

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Thomas Henry Garbutt

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141751

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James Edward Brearley Garbutt

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29084

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Alfred Garbutt

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194853

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Thomas Garbutt

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187807

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Edward Culpan Garbutt

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181712

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William Garbutt

Died 1918

British Army 3141 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 6/6153 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 251020 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph William Garbutt

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 276908 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 72904 Sapper King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5/72904 Sapper Irish Reserve Battalion

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Joseph Herbert Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 763576 Serjeant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 763576 Serjeant London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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Albert Arthur Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2171 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 2171 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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James Reston Gardiner Garbutt

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Attached King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Lieutenant and Acting Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Thomas Garbutt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S 4170 Private Rifle Brigade

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Charles Arthur Garbutt

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 202846 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235165 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Walter Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 18413 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18413 Private Yorkshire Regiment 3rd

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