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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Sunderland, Durham [5]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Dromore [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Sunbury, Middlesex [2]

6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Araluen New South Wales [1]

Ash Vale, Aldershot [1]

Ballyclare, Antrim [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast City [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1]

Blaydon, Durham [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bridgetown Western Australia [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broughton, Yorkshire [1]

Bruthen Victoria [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Campbelltown, Lanarkshire [1]

Cargo New South Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs [1]

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Felling, Durham [1]

Ferryhill, Durham [1]

Gedney Hill Lincs [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Hendon, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [388]

Gunner [39]

Serjeant [29]

Driver [27]

Sapper [27]

Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Bombardier [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Telegrapher [1]

Chaplain /Acting [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegrapher [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Private Gunner [1]

Saddler Driver [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Strapper [1]

Telegrapher [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [49]

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Engineers [41]

Army Service Corps [38]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Scots [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [571]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Royal Navy [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [787]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [766]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Sunderland, Durham [5] Gateshead, Durham [3] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Dromore [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Sunbury, Middlesex [2] 6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Araluen New South Wales [1] Ash Vale, Aldershot [1] Ballyclare, Antrim [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Belfast [1] Belfast City [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1] Blaydon, Durham [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bridgetown Western Australia [1] Brighton England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broughton, Yorkshire [1] Bruthen Victoria [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Campbelltown, Lanarkshire [1] Cargo New South Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs [1] Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Crook, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Felling, Durham [1] Ferryhill, Durham [1] Gedney Hill Lincs [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Hendon, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [388] Gunner [39] Serjeant [29] Driver [27] Sapper [27] Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [10] Bombardier [9] Captain [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy II [1] Boy Telegrapher [1] Chaplain /Acting [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegrapher [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Private Gunner [1] Saddler Driver [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Strapper [1] Telegrapher [1] Temporary Major [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [49] Labour Corps [47] Royal Engineers [41] Army Service Corps [38] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Durham Light Infantry [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Scots Fusiliers [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Scots [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Scottish Rifles [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Hussars [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [571] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Royal Navy [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Australian Imperial Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [787] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [766] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [1]

Christopher Lynn

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243776

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F Lynn

Died 1916

British Army 3/9012 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3/9012 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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John Lynn

Died 1915

British Army 9718 Private Scots Guards

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George Norris Lynn

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 33502 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Claude Lynn

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 43885 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Fred Lynn

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 42772 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Alexander Lynn

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16899 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George T Lynn

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 22085 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Ernest Lynn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 8362 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2 Battalion

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Ernest John Lynn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156558

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John Lynn

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 9385 Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/9385 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Raglan."

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Herbert Lynn

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115447

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John Lynn

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169130

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James Joseph Lynn

Born 1893

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12423 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Ronald Alexander Lynn

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1024038

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1024038 Private Canadian Infantry

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Matthew Lynn

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 842044

Canadian Expeditionary Force 842044 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Lynn

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9689

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9689 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Lynn

Died 1915

British Army 9432 Private Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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J E Lynn

Died 1915

British Army 2240 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2240 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment

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William John Lynn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239273

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