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Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Keswick, Cumberland [2]

Cheshire Le Street, Durham [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Everton Liverpool [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [57]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [4]

Driver [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

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Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

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Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

15th Sikhs [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General List attached Staff Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Army [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Engineers East Anglian Field Company [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [91]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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Military Service [107]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [110] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2] Keswick, Cumberland [2] Cheshire Le Street, Durham [1] Derbyshire [1] Everton Liverpool [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [57] Corporal [10] Serjeant [8] Gunner [6] Sapper [4] Driver [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Flight/Serjeant [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Durham Light Infantry [7] Labour Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Border Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 15th Sikhs [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General List attached Staff Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Engineers East Anglian Field Company [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [91] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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S [110]

Contribution

Military Service [107] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Joseph Swinburn

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 189045 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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Edward Swinburn

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 78271 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 78271 Colour Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 13th Battalion

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John Swinburn

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 203219 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Battalion

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Walter Swinburn

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95159

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Thomas Harrison Swinburn

Born 1885

British Army 92508 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Jack Alpine Swinburn

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27623

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William Swinburn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11778

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Frederick Vivian Swinburn

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 492449 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2187 Sapper Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army T2787 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edward Swinburn

Died 1918

British Army 11366 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas H Swinburn

Died 1918

British Army 10215 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Victor Swinburn

Died 1915

British Army 7438 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John Ernest Swinburn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11529 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11529 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Willie Swinburn

Died 1915

British Army 18362 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Bernard Swinburn

Born 1882

Royal Navy 10356 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Richard John Swinburn

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1596 Royal Marine Artillery

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Harold Swinburn

Born 1894

Royal Navy 4103 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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James Swinburn

Born 1901

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John Thomas Swinburn

Born 1873

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Arthur Herbert Swinburn

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2353366

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James Swinburn

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/160 Royal Naval Division

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