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Benfieldside, County Durham [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Brockley, Kent [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Bywell, Northumberland [1]

Connemara, Donegal [1]

Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Durham [1]

Gateshead [1]

Harton, Durham [1]

Hexham, Northumberland [1]

Huddersfield,Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London [1]

Madeley, Shropshire [1]

Melksham Registration District, Wiltshire, England [1]

Meopham, Kent [1]

Minsterworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Newchurch, Lancashire [1]

North Shields [1]

Prestwick,Northumberland [1]

Springfield, Cupar, Fife [1]

The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Wrekenton. Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [642]

Trooper [110]

Serjeant [81]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Corporal [56]

Lieutenant [42]

Captain [28]

Sapper [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Acting Corporal [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Squadron Master Serjeant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2 Second Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Principal [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [402]

Northumberland Yeomanry [391]

Corps of Hussars [360]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [227]

Northumberland Hussars [200]

Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [151]

Sussex Yeomanry [30]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Engineers [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers Yeomanry [19]

Military Mounted Police [14]

Northumberland Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [10]

Norfolk Yeomanry [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [9]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [7]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6]

Corps of Lancers [5]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [5]

West Kent Yeomanry [5]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [5]

Bedford Yeomanry [4]

County of London Yeomanry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Denbigh Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [3]

Hussars [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [944]

Last name first letter

S [98]

B [83]

H [79]

C [78]

W [76]

M [75]

P [56]

D [55]

R [53]

T [50]

F [39]

G [39]

L [38]

A [27]

J [24]

E [23]

O [15]

K [14]

N [13]

Y [4]

I [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [943]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Benfieldside, County Durham [1] Bermondsey [1] Brockley, Kent [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Bywell, Northumberland [1] Connemara, Donegal [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1] Durham [1] Gateshead [1] Harton, Durham [1] Hexham, Northumberland [1] Huddersfield,Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] London [1] Madeley, Shropshire [1] Melksham Registration District, Wiltshire, England [1] Meopham, Kent [1] Minsterworth, Gloucestershire [1] Mow Cop, Staffordshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Newchurch, Lancashire [1] North Shields [1] Prestwick,Northumberland [1] Springfield, Cupar, Fife [1] The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Wrekenton. Durham. [1]

Rank

Private [642] Trooper [110] Serjeant [81] Second Lieutenant [66] Corporal [56] Lieutenant [42] Captain [28] Sapper [20] Lance Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [12] Acting Corporal [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Shoeing Smith [7] Major [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Squadron Master Serjeant [2] Trumpeter [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2 Second Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Principal [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [402] Northumberland Yeomanry [391] Corps of Hussars [360] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [227] Northumberland Hussars [200] Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [151] Sussex Yeomanry [30] Labour Corps [28] Royal Engineers [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Northumberland Fusiliers Yeomanry [19] Military Mounted Police [14] Northumberland Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [10] Norfolk Yeomanry [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] Worcestershire Yeomanry [9] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [7] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6] Corps of Lancers [5] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [5] West Kent Yeomanry [5] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [5] Bedford Yeomanry [4] County of London Yeomanry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Warwickshire Yeomanry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Denbigh Yeomanry [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [3] Hussars [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Essex Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [944]

Last name first letter

S [98] B [83] H [79] C [78] W [76] M [75] P [56] D [55] R [53] T [50] F [39] G [39] L [38] A [27] J [24] E [23] O [15] K [14] N [13] Y [4] I [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [943]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1]

James Stott

British Army 33294 Private Northumberland Yeomanry.

British Army 33294 Private Northumberland Hussars.

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William Albert Bell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1994 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 271015 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 271015 Private Northumberland Hussars

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Roger Stephenson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1849 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270902 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 270902 Private Northumberland Hussars

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Robert R Kidd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1734 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270814 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 270814 Private Northumberland Hussars

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John Frederick Routledge

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3453 Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Seddon

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 35440 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 35440 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 35440 Private Northumberland Hussars

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William Brown

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1292 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 271179 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 271179 Private Northumberland Hussars

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Errington Hall

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1627 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270747 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 270747 Private Northumberland Hussars

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John R Minshull

Died 1918

British Army 35834 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 35834 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 35834 Private Northumberland Hussars

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Harry Hutchinson Thwaites

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 763 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army 763 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 763 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Tomlinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1551 Serjeant Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270692 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 270692 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars

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Henry George Michie

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 475 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 475 Corporal Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Alfred Leonard Jones

Born 1899

British Army 320689 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 320689 Private Corps of Hussars

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James Hope

British Army 270632 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235964 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1477 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

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Theo J Brown

Died 1920

British Army 1854 Private Northumberland Hussars

British Army 1854 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270906 Private Corps of Hussars

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Paul Elliot Whitehurst

Born 1877

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Railway Transport Officer

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Percy Gerald Lambert

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1810 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Weightman

British Army 1416 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 31270 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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William Kellett

British Army 270959 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 59848 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward G Crossling

British Army 165 Corporal Northumberland Hussars

British Army 165 Corporal Northumberland Yeomanry

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