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Damascus ON [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Rosewell, Midlothian [1]

Sussex [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

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Private [27]

Driver [4]

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Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

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Labour Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Canadian Army Unit [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Fort Garry Horse [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

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Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Agincourt [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

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Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

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Scottish Rifles [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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British Army [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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Military Service [52]

Merchant Navy [3]

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United Kingdom [1]

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People [56] Stories Communities

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Damascus ON [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Rosewell, Midlothian [1] Sussex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [27] Driver [4] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Scots [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Canadian Army Unit [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Fort Garry Horse [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Agincourt [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Labour Corps [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Scottish Rifles [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [56]

Contribution

Military Service [52] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Robert Porterfield

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army S/26882 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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Munro Bolden Dundas Porterfield

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25252

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Ernest Porterfield

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 128769

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John Porterfield

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 553004

Canadian Expeditionary Force 553004 Private Fort Garry Horse

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John W Porterfield

Died 1918

British Army 16421 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16421 Acting Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16421 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Reed Porterfield

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 6555 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6555 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Leonard Witherson Porterfield

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Alexander Porterfield

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 14723 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 14723 Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Norman Porterfield

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402301

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Thomas Porterfield

Died 1915

British Army 16878 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter George Porterfield

Australian Imperial Force 4272

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Samuel Robert Porterfield

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 420965

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Harold Porterfield

Born 1893

Royal Navy M4562

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Thomas Manell Porterfield

Born 1899

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2557437

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Robert Samuel Porterfield

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 928262

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John James Porterfield

Born 1872

Canadian Expeditionary Force 678206

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John Henry Porterfield

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 267662

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George Alexander Porterfield

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15644

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Ernest Porterfield

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Morris Porterfield

Born 1869

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