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Benton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

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Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1]

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Military Service [52]

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United Kingdom [4]

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People [52] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fife [2] Benton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Dundee [1] Saltcoats, Ayrshire [1] St Andrews Scotland [1] Sutton, London [1]

Rank

Private [12] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Bombardier [1] Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Highlanders [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Lancers [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Warwickshire Yeomanry [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Dragoons [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

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Military Service [52]

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United Kingdom [4]

William Motion

British Army 20251 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army WR/266680 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 85311 Sapper Royal Field Artillery

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Archibald Motion

British Army 4379 Shoeing Smith Lancers

British Army 41586 Shoeing Smith Machine Gun Corps

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John Motion

British Army 304 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 645604 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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William Motion

British Army S/18295 Private Royal Highlanders

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Robert Motion

British Army 3117 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 74686 (incomplete) Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 645584 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Donald Graham Motion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

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M D Motion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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David Motion

British Army 256141 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1289 Sapper Royal Naval Division

British Army WR/268858 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Andrew Motion

British Army 301710 Private Royal Scots

British Army 423804 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/290681 Private Royal Engineers

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William Motion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21307

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Richmond Motion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 31686

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Motion Alexander

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army 50164 Sapper Royal Engineers

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