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Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

London England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Durham [2]

Gateshead, Durham, England [2]

Goole Yorkshire [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Hawker South Australia [2]

Heathcote Victoria [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Cambois, Northumberland, England [1]

Carisbrook Victoria [1]

Derby Western Australia [1]

Earsdon, Northumberland [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Forest Hill, Kent [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goole [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Gozo, Malta [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hawick Scotland [1]

Heathfield, Somerset [1]

Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Hexham England [1]

Hunwick. Co Durham [1]

Jedburgh Scotland [1]

Leytonstone, Essex, England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

Medomsley, Co Durham [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesborough England [1]

Montrose, Forfarshire [1]

Newbottle, Durham [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [310]

Corporal [36]

Gunner [32]

Serjeant [32]

Driver [25]

Captain [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Sapper [15]

Lieutenant [12]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Major [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Civilian Doctor [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Second Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [98]

Durham Light Infantry [54]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Engineers [44]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Medical Corps [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

West India Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Lancers [2]

Service

British Army [517]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Royal Navy [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [663]

B [1]

G [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [642]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Newcastle, Northumberland [5] London England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Durham [2] Gateshead, Durham, England [2] Goole Yorkshire [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Hawker South Australia [2] Heathcote Victoria [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belfast, Down [1] Cambois, Northumberland, England [1] Carisbrook Victoria [1] Derby Western Australia [1] Earsdon, Northumberland [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Forest Hill, Kent [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goole [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Gozo, Malta [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hawick Scotland [1] Heathfield, Somerset [1] Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Hexham England [1] Hunwick. Co Durham [1] Jedburgh Scotland [1] Leytonstone, Essex, England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] Medomsley, Co Durham [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesborough England [1] Montrose, Forfarshire [1] Newbottle, Durham [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [310] Corporal [36] Gunner [32] Serjeant [32] Driver [25] Captain [17] Lance Corporal [16] Sapper [15] Lieutenant [12] Second Lieutenant [10] Major [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Second Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Civilian Doctor [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Hon Capt [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Second Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [98] Durham Light Infantry [54] Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Engineers [44] Labour Corps [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Royal Naval Division [8] Border Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [4] East Kent Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Medical Corps [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] West India Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Lancers [2]

Service

British Army [517] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [33] Royal Navy [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [663] B [1] G [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [642] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Ebenezer James Hedley

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 18530 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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William Hedley

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 40973 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 25026 Corporal Hussars

British Army 32796 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Robert Hedley

Died 1917

British Army 22/620 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Hedley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10762 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Hedley

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 31245 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31245 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Hedley

Died 1915

British Army 3/8736 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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John Hedley

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 5942 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Henry Hedley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37726 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Yeal Hedley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1353 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 760288 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Hedley

Died 1917

British Army 2040 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 750827 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Victor Hedley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 88979 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Coote Hedley

Born 1865

Died 1937

British Army Colonel Royal Engineers

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John Hedley

Died 1917

British Army S/7938 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/7938 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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Joseph Hedley

Died 1918

British Army 40682 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Edmund Hedley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 24/1005 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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William Henry Hedley

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3970 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 23306 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Rowland Hedley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 23949 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 23949 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th Battalion

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Herbert Hedley

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 34131 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 50001 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Joseph Hedley

Died 1915

British Army 24360 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Matthew Hedley

Died 1917

British Army 22/1369 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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