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Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Cowell South Australia [1]

Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Dromana Victoria [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Elbow Hill South Australia [1]

Franklin Harbour South Australia [1]

Heathcote Victoria [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kilmore [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Liscard, Cheshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Norton Summit South Australia [1]

Norwood South Australia [1]

Orbost Victoria [1]

Penge, London [1]

Saint Nicholas, Lincolnshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [1]

Stratford, Essex [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Willington, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [75]

Lieutenant [16]

Gunner [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [1]

Superintendent [1]

Surgeon Probationer [1]

Trooper Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Labour Corps [8]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/35th Sikhs [1]

1/61st Pioneers [1]

20th Deccan Horse [1]

6th Cavalry [1]

9th Infantry Brigade [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Deccan Horse [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Engineers [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

East African Intelligence Department [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment attached Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

In charge of Esquinolt Dockyard [1]

Service

British Army [141]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Royal Navy [18]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [227]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Canada [1]

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People [228] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cowell South Australia [1] Cunnamulla Queensland [1] Dromana Victoria [1] Durham, Durham [1] Elbow Hill South Australia [1] Franklin Harbour South Australia [1] Heathcote Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kilmore [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Liscard, Cheshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Norton Summit South Australia [1] Norwood South Australia [1] Orbost Victoria [1] Penge, London [1] Saint Nicholas, Lincolnshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [1] Stratford, Essex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Willington, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [75] Lieutenant [16] Gunner [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Temporary Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Quartermaster Lieutenant [1] Superintendent [1] Surgeon Probationer [1] Trooper Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Border Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Labour Corps [8] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/35th Sikhs [1] 1/61st Pioneers [1] 20th Deccan Horse [1] 6th Cavalry [1] 9th Infantry Brigade [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Deccan Horse [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Derbyshire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Divisional Engineers [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] East African Intelligence Department [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment attached Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] In charge of Esquinolt Dockyard [1]

Service

British Army [141] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Royal Navy [18] Australian Imperial Force [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [227] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Canada [1]

Leslie Campbell Story

Born 1899

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Sapper Divisional Engineers Divisional Signal Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 209 Squadron

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John Wood Story

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70561

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Louis Percival St John Story

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy Surgeon Probationer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Opal HMS Opal

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Herbert Whitworth Story

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230361

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Richard W. Story

Died 1918

British Army 6124 Private London Regiment

British Army 318263 Private London Regiment

British Army 318263 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Gorsnwy Story

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 5388 Private London Regiment

British Army 392099 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Clifford Story

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264415

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Mason Story

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 12813 Private Border Regiment

British Army 57333 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas George Story

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 52752 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 52752 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Arthur Story

Died 1915

British Army 5212 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Christopher Robert Story

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425610

Canadian Expeditionary Force 425610 Private Canadian Infantry

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Wilhelm Story

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54063

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Thomas John Story

Australian Imperial Force 2708

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Leslie Campbell Story

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74824

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John Dixon Story

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71768

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71768 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Miller Story

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015258

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015258 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Douglas Story

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 202374 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army 384012 Private Labour Corps

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George Story

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231513

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John Boyd Story

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270725

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George Ernest Story

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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