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Bayswater, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Middlesex [1]

Saint John Paddington, London [1]

Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Wapping, London [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

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Private [61]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

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Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Labour Corps [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Lancers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Training Reserve Rifle Brigade [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [87]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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M [110]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [3]

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People [110] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bayswater, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Canning Town, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Islington, London [1] Middlesex [1] Saint John Paddington, London [1] Skipton, Yorkshire [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Wapping, London [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [61] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Lancers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Training Reserve Rifle Brigade [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [87] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [110]

Contribution

Military Service [108] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Hilda Moorby

Born 1895

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment 2nd Western General Military Hospital, Stockport

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William Moorby

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242123

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Frank Moorby

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289880

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Booth Moorby

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148244

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John Moorby

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115588

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Howard Moorby

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184632

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Thomas William Moorby

Born 1884

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 51053 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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George Moorby

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 70627 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 70627 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Ernest Moorby

Died 1918

British Army 242490 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Vernon Moorby

Died 1915

British Army 2603 Private London Regiment

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Charles Edward Moorby

Died 1918

British Army 57614 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 28223 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Timothy Moorby

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126050

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Robert Moorby

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 15/1117 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/1117 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Lambert Moorby

Died 1916

British Army 18061 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18061 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harold Moorby

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2707 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2707 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Moorby

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 13995 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13995 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Moorby

Died 1917

British Army 37049 Private Manchester Regiment

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Winifred Florence Moorby

Royal Navy G2043

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John Moorby

Born 1883

Royal Navy 1883 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Howard Moorby

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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