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Hawick [11]

Gateshead [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Glasgow [8]

Newcastle [8]

Sunderland [8]

Edinburgh [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Horsham Victoria [6]

Alnwick [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Port Melbourne Victoria [4]

West Hartlepool [4]

Belford, Northumberland [3]

Byron Bay New South Wales [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Deniliquin New South Wales [3]

Digby, Nova Scotia [3]

Durham [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Hartlepool [3]

Northumberland [3]

South Shields, Durham [3]

Windsor New South Wales [3]

Amble, Northumberland [2]

Auckland [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Belfast [2]

Berwick, Northumberland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blackhill [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brisbane [2]

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Byker, Newcastle [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Coupar Angus, Perthshire [2]

Dalkeith [2]

Dundee [2]

Dunedin [2]

EDINBURGH [2]

EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1217]

Gunner [150]

Corporal [126]

Driver [100]

Serjeant [90]

Sapper [75]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lance Corporal [67]

Lieutenant [54]

Captain [29]

Acting Corporal [26]

Pioneer [21]

Major [16]

Bombardier [15]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Rifleman [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Trooper [5]

Worker [5]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

2nd Lt [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Forewoman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Captain/Temporary Major [2]

Cook [2]

Filter [2]

Fitter [2]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

L/CPL [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [176]

Royal Engineers [162]

Royal Field Artillery [158]

Labour Corps [132]

Durham Light Infantry [126]

Army Service Corps [112]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [99]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Royal Scots [81]

Highland Light Infantry [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [68]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [47]

London Regiment [47]

Royal Highlanders [39]

Cameron Highlanders [38]

Scottish Rifles [38]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [36]

Gordon Highlanders [34]

Seaforth Highlanders [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Border Regiment [16]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Royal Air Force [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Corps of Hussars [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Training Reserve Battalion [10]

Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1956]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [193]

Australian Imperial Force [178]

Royal Navy [158]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [2760]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2684]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [210]

Australia [11]

Canada [6]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

Isle of Man [1]

United States [1]

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Hawick [11] Gateshead [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Glasgow [8] Newcastle [8] Sunderland [8] Edinburgh [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Horsham Victoria [6] Alnwick [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Port Melbourne Victoria [4] West Hartlepool [4] Belford, Northumberland [3] Byron Bay New South Wales [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Deniliquin New South Wales [3] Digby, Nova Scotia [3] Durham [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Hartlepool [3] Northumberland [3] South Shields, Durham [3] Windsor New South Wales [3] Amble, Northumberland [2] Auckland [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Belfast [2] Berwick, Northumberland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blackhill [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brisbane [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Byker, Newcastle [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Camberwell, London [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Coupar Angus, Perthshire [2] Dalkeith [2] Dundee [2] Dunedin [2] EDINBURGH [2] EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Rank

Private [1217] Gunner [150] Corporal [126] Driver [100] Serjeant [90] Sapper [75] Second Lieutenant [68] Lance Corporal [67] Lieutenant [54] Captain [29] Acting Corporal [26] Pioneer [21] Major [16] Bombardier [15] Acting Serjeant [13] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Rifleman [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Able Seaman [7] Lance Serjeant [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Trooper [5] Worker [5] Sergeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Guardsman [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] 2nd Lt [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Forewoman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Captain/Temporary Major [2] Cook [2] Filter [2] Fitter [2] Fitter Staff Serjeant [2] Flying Officer [2] L/CPL [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2] Nurse [2]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [176] Royal Engineers [162] Royal Field Artillery [158] Labour Corps [132] Durham Light Infantry [126] Army Service Corps [112] King's Own Scottish Borderers [99] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Royal Scots [81] Highland Light Infantry [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [68] Machine Gun Corps [51] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [47] London Regiment [47] Royal Highlanders [39] Cameron Highlanders [38] Scottish Rifles [38] Royal Scots Fusiliers [36] Gordon Highlanders [34] Seaforth Highlanders [33] Yorkshire Regiment [33] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Naval Division [28] Royal Fusiliers [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Rifle Brigade [18] Border Regiment [16] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] West Riding Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [13] Royal Air Force [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Corps of Hussars [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Training Reserve Battalion [10] Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1956] Canadian Expeditionary Force [193] Australian Imperial Force [178] Royal Navy [158] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [63] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [2760] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2684] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [210] Australia [11] Canada [6] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] Isle of Man [1] United States [1]

Andrew Best Turnbull

Born 1891

British Army 7296 Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 7296 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 7296 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

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John Seymour Turnbull

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 682 Private Australian and New Zealand Division 13th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 682 Sergeant Australian and New Zealand Division 13th Infantry Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Imperial Flying Corps 41 Squadron

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Andrew Turnbull

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3301 RN Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Thomas George Turnbull

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3756 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3756 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy K28275 Stoker 1st Class HMS Eden

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Arthur Turnbull

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 9227 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9227 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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William Elliott Turnbull

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 567

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Frederick Isaac Turnbull

Born 1878

Died 1937

Australian Imperial Force 3486

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Arthur Turnbull

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 25016 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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George William Turnbull

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3/9141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/9141 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Turnbull

Born 1894

British Army 898 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 775105 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ralph John Turnbull

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33726

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George King Turnbull

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant R.N.V.R Nelson Battn

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Nelson Battalion

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James Turnbull

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 33051 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 33051 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Charles Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 82561 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 47th Brigade

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John Turnbull

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 1948 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 463196 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 463196 Corporal Royal Engineers (50TH DIV. SIGNAL COY., R.E.).

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George Turnbull

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 200165 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

Australian Imperial Force 397 Sergeant Australian Infantry 14th Battalion

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John William Turnbull

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 11422 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11422 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 9th Battalion

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Percy Douglas Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16353 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Love Turnbull

Born 1879

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177072

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