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Sunderland, Durham [2]

Andover Hampshire. [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedburn [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1]

Blyth [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Gateshead, Co. Durham [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND [1]

Halton, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Lochgilphead, Argyll [1]

London [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Raby, Durham [1]

Roxburgh [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Seaton Sluice [1]

Skelton, Yorkshire [1]

Spennymoor [1]

Sunderland [1]

Tynemouth [1]

Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]

Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [338]

Cyclist [44]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lieutenant [36]

Sapper [35]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [30]

Captain [25]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Pi [1]

Pr [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

RIFLEMAN [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Orderly Room [1]

Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Serjeant Bugler [1]

Serjeant/ Corporal Mechanic [1]

Signalman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

private [1]

r [1]

Unit

Northern Cyclist Battalion [529]

Northumberland Fusiliers [182]

Durham Light Infantry [89]

Royal Engineers [78]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Labour Corps [28]

Army Cyclist Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

2/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers Northern Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force [2]

Northern Cyclist Battalion attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Northern Cyclist Battalion [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

1/2nd Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

1/6th Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

48 Squadron [1]

Service

British Army [571]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [62]

B [53]

S [51]

W [51]

M [42]

R [42]

T [42]

C [41]

G [29]

D [25]

P [21]

L [20]

A [15]

K [14]

E [13]

F [13]

J [12]

N [12]

O [6]

Y [3]

V [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [565]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [571] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [2] Andover Hampshire. [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedburn [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1] Blyth [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Gateshead, Co. Durham [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND [1] Halton, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Lochgilphead, Argyll [1] London [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Raby, Durham [1] Roxburgh [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Seaton Sluice [1] Skelton, Yorkshire [1] Spennymoor [1] Sunderland [1] Tynemouth [1] Tynemouth,Northumberland. [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1] Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [338] Cyclist [44] Second Lieutenant [40] Lieutenant [36] Sapper [35] Serjeant [33] Corporal [30] Captain [25] Colour Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bugler [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Pi [1] Pr [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] RIFLEMAN [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Orderly Room [1] Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Serjeant Bugler [1] Serjeant/ Corporal Mechanic [1] Signalman [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] private [1] r [1]

Unit

Northern Cyclist Battalion [529] Northumberland Fusiliers [182] Durham Light Infantry [89] Royal Engineers [78] Machine Gun Corps [29] Labour Corps [28] Army Cyclist Corps [22] Army Service Corps [11] London Regiment [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Tank Corps [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] 2/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers Northern Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northern Cyclist Battalion Territorial Force [2] Northern Cyclist Battalion attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Northern Cyclist Battalion [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 1/2nd Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] 1/6th Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] 48 Squadron [1]

Service

British Army [571] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [62] B [53] S [51] W [51] M [42] R [42] T [42] C [41] G [29] D [25] P [21] L [20] A [15] K [14] E [13] F [13] J [12] N [12] O [6] Y [3] V [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [565]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Frederick Newby

British Army 1935 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 365553 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 206963 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Frederick John Martin

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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John Kelly

British Army 8198 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 61072 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 47770 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Gillborn

British Army 276099 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 52477 Sapper Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2389 Sapper Northern Cyclist Battalion

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Ralph Hedley

British Army 831 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion Attached Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Boden

British Army 367335 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 248099 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 5099342 Private Royal Engineers

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Archie J Longstaff

British Army 43738 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 3042 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army D/21386 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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Alfred Lewin

British Army 366686 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 235423 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army T/450512 Private Army Service Corps

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Isaac Treece

British Army WR/203381 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 36048 Sapper Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 366272 Sapper Northern Cyclist Battalion

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Thomas Bryan

British Army 774 Private 1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion

British Army 57933 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 56659 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Houlden

British Army 348275 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 25952 Pioneer East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36692 Pioneer Durham Light Infantry

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