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Oundle, Northamptonshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

(Keadley) Doncaster [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bucklum England [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goole [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Haydon Bridge, Northumberland [1]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kilham, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Mexborough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Miles Platting, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Ousefleet, Goole [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ryton, County Durham [1]

Ryton-on-Tyne, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Southcoates Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Swinefleet, Goole [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wylam, Northumberland [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [153]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [15]

Driver [13]

Lance Corporal [9]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Soldat de 2e Classe [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Hussars [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

404e Régiment d'Infanterie [1]

528th Field Coy RE (1/3rd Coy Durham Fortress Engineers) [1]

Armée française [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [250]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [303]

B [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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People [305] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oundle, Northamptonshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] (Keadley) Doncaster [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bucklum England [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Durham, Durham [1] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goole [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Haydon Bridge, Northumberland [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington, London [1] Kilham, Yorkshire, England [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Mexborough, Yorkshire, England [1] Miles Platting, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Ousefleet, Goole [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Ryton, County Durham [1] Ryton-on-Tyne, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Southcoates Hull, Yorkshire [1] Swinefleet, Goole [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wylam, Northumberland [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [153] Corporal [21] Serjeant [20] Gunner [15] Driver [13] Lance Corporal [9] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Soldat de 2e Classe [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [26] Royal Engineers [24] Royal Field Artillery [19] Machine Gun Corps [16] Labour Corps [15] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Hussars [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 404e Régiment d'Infanterie [1] 528th Field Coy RE (1/3rd Coy Durham Fortress Engineers) [1] Armée française [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [250] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [303] B [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

George William Phillipson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 55101 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 22nd Bn

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Angus Phillipson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 28857 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 96274 Private London Regiment 19th battalion london regiment (st Battalion

British Army 28857 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

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Edwin Phillipson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 25874 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn

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William Henry Haworth Phillipson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 112339 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 152nd Siege Bty.

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Arthur Phillipson

Died 1917

British Army 85709 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Clement Phillipson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2487 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1/5th Bn.

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Ernest Phillipson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188522

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Frederick Phillipson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166510

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Edmund Phillipson

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS110502

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Arthur Phillipson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 8 Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 8 Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Yden Phillipson

Born 1890

Died 1952

British Army 79596 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Daniel Burtson Phillipson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49207

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Thomas William Phillipson

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 65754 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Phillipson

Born 1888

British Army 12389 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 33623 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Frederick Kennington Phillipson

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7922 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Phillipson

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 16926 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Phillipson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284265

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Robert Clair Phillipson

Born 1883

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Armée française

Other Empire Force Soldat de 2e Classe 404e Régiment d'Infanterie

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Reginald Thomas Phillipson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203285

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Alfred Ernest Phillipson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241964

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