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Gateshead, Durham [4]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Longbenton, Northumberland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [2]

Windsor New South Wales [2]

Adamstone, New South Wales [1]

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Balmain New South Wales [1]

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Heworth, Durham [1]

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Marylebone, London [1]

Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales, [1]

Shiny Row, Durham [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Teralba New South Wales [1]

Wallsend England [1]

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Driver [13]

Captain [8]

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Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Armament Staff Serjeant [3]

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Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

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Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Lieutenant / Acting Captain (while in command of a company) [1]

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Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Marine [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Stoker [1]

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Durham Light Infantry [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

221st Machine Gun Corps [1]

2nd Divisional Light Infantry [1]

3rd Herefordshire Regiment Territorial Force Reserve [1]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [181]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Royal Navy [24]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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G [281]

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Military Service [273]

Merchant Navy [7]

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United Kingdom [10]

New Zealand [1]

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Gateshead, Durham [4] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Longbenton, Northumberland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Tynemouth, Northumberland [2] Windsor New South Wales [2] Adamstone, New South Wales [1] Allendale Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bartley England [1] Birtley, Durham [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Byker, Northumberland, England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Durham, County Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Frosterley, Durham [1] Fulham,London [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Heworth, Durham [1] Longford Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales, [1] Shiny Row, Durham [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Teralba New South Wales [1] Wallsend England [1]

Rank

Private [98] Gunner [14] Driver [13] Captain [8] Serjeant [8] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Armament Staff Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant / Temp Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant / Temp. Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Sapper [1] Lieutenant / Acting Captain (while in command of a company) [1] Lieutenant / Temp. Captain [1] Major [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Marine [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sister [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Labour Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Territorial Force Nursing Service [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 221st Machine Gun Corps [1] 2nd Divisional Light Infantry [1] 3rd Herefordshire Regiment Territorial Force Reserve [1] 5th Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [181] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Royal Navy [24] Australian Imperial Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [281]

Contribution

Military Service [273] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [10] New Zealand [1]

Graham Hamilton Greenwell

Born 1896

Died 1988

British Army Lieutenant / Temp. Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant / Temp. Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant / Acting Captain (while in command of a company) Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Alfred Greenwell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 51330 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 51330 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Robert William Greenwell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40889

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John Edward Greenwell

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Arthur Robert Greenwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service RNAS Cranwell

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Robert Greenwell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 205585 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Wiseman Greenwell

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 19187 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 19187 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Enoch Greenwell

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 13706 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Richard Greenwell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115012

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George Richard Greenwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10374 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Joseph Greenwell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 14673 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army GS14673 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 14673 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Joseph Greenwell

Died 1914

British Army 3/8022 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/8022 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Henry Greenwell

Died 1915

British Army 13386 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Greenwell

Born 1878

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 59362 Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas William Maddison Greenwell

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 6th northumberland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Greenwell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 35933 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 35933 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Greenwell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211072

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John Greenwell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 20/792 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Herbert Greenwell

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 14087 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 14087 Private Border Regiment

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Andrew Greenwell

Died 1916

British Army 18/792 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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