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Place of birth

Benfieldside, County Durham [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Blaydon [1]

Broxley, Shropshire [1]

Bywell, Northumberland [1]

Chester-le-street ,Durham [1]

Cullercoats [1]

Darlington [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Durham [1]

Gateshead [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Hexham, Northumberland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Madeley, Shropshire [1]

Melksham Registration District, Wiltshire, England [1]

Miltons, Dulverton, Somerset [1]

Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

North Shields [1]

Prestwich, Lancashire [1]

Prestwick,Northumberland [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Wellborn [1]

Witton Park, nr Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Wrekenton. Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [1051]

Second Lieutenant [154]

Serjeant [136]

Trooper [115]

Corporal [94]

Lieutenant [91]

Captain [44]

Lance Corporal [37]

Sapper [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Major [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Driver [4]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Saddler [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

1st Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Commissary [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Private/ Trooper [2]

Squadron Master Serjeant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2 Second Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A R A [1]

A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Hussars [814]

Corps of Hussars [675]

Northumberland Fusiliers [554]

Northumberland Yeomanry [258]

Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [151]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [139]

Hussars [70]

Royal Engineers [35]

Northumberland Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Imperial Camel Corps [19]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Army Service Corps [15]

South Irish Horse [15]

20th Hussars [14]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Yorkshire Hussars [11]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [10]

Royal Irish Regiment [10]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Hussars Territorial Force [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [7]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6]

Norfolk Yeomanry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [4]

Tank Corps [4]

18th Hussars [3]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Hussars/ Northumberland Hussars [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

10th Hussars [2]

14th Hussars [2]

3rd Hussars [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1511]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149]

S [146]

H [129]

W [121]

C [117]

M [117]

P [103]

R [88]

D [77]

T [76]

G [64]

L [64]

A [61]

F [50]

J [34]

E [33]

K [24]

N [22]

O [18]

I [5]

Y [5]

V [4]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1509]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [1511] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Benfieldside, County Durham [1] Bermondsey [1] Blaydon [1] Broxley, Shropshire [1] Bywell, Northumberland [1] Chester-le-street ,Durham [1] Cullercoats [1] Darlington [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Durham [1] Gateshead [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Hexham, Northumberland [1] Kensington, London [1] Madeley, Shropshire [1] Melksham Registration District, Wiltshire, England [1] Miltons, Dulverton, Somerset [1] Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] North Shields [1] Prestwich, Lancashire [1] Prestwick,Northumberland [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Wellborn [1] Witton Park, nr Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Wrekenton. Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [1051] Second Lieutenant [154] Serjeant [136] Trooper [115] Corporal [94] Lieutenant [91] Captain [44] Lance Corporal [37] Sapper [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Major [12] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [10] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Shoeing Smith [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Driver [4] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Saddler [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] 1st Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Commissary [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Private/ Trooper [2] Squadron Master Serjeant [2] Trumpeter [2] 2 Second Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A R A [1] A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Cadet [1] Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Hussars [814] Corps of Hussars [675] Northumberland Fusiliers [554] Northumberland Yeomanry [258] Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [151] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [139] Hussars [70] Royal Engineers [35] Northumberland Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] Imperial Camel Corps [19] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] Army Service Corps [15] South Irish Horse [15] 20th Hussars [14] Labour Corps [14] Royal Air Force [14] Military Mounted Police [12] Yorkshire Hussars [11] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [10] Royal Irish Regiment [10] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Hussars Territorial Force [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Worcestershire Yeomanry [7] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6] Norfolk Yeomanry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [4] Tank Corps [4] 18th Hussars [3] Corps of Lancers [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Hussars/ Northumberland Hussars [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Warwickshire Yeomanry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 10th Hussars [2] 14th Hussars [2] 3rd Hussars [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Corps Of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1511] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149] S [146] H [129] W [121] C [117] M [117] P [103] R [88] D [77] T [76] G [64] L [64] A [61] F [50] J [34] E [33] K [24] N [22] O [18] I [5] Y [5] V [4] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1509]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

William Lindsey Scott

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 270832 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235526 Acting Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Norman Henry Carlyon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1012 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army 1012 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

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Denys Leighton Selby Bigge

Born 1864

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Northumberland Hussars

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John Greensitt

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 438 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army 438 Private Northumberland Hussars 7th Division British Expeditionary Force

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Charles Noel Ridley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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Joseph Ivison Greensitt

Born 1880

British Army 16 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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John Turner

Born 1890

Died 1942

British Army 1732 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270822 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Macfarlan Charlton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1111 Private Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Victor Pinnington

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1149 Sapper Northumberland Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 33rd. (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Richard Howey Greensitt

Born 1878

British Army 270329 Northumberland Hussars

British Army 235522 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 3rd battalion west Battalion

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John George Grey Rea

Born 1886

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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Hugh Sutherland

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 207 Lance Corporal Northumberland Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial

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Edward Raylton Joicey

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

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Edward George Barnett

Born 1864

Died 1934

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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Arthur Hilton Ridley

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

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William John Robson

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 822 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Hussars

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Oscar Earnshaw

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 482 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Jonathan Simpson

Died 1918

British Army 270191 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235725 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Christopher Stephenson

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army 590 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Melton Astley

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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