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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]

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 Turner

Born 1890

Died 1942

British Army 1732 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 270822 Private Corps of 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 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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Charles Loftus Bates

Born 1863

Died 1951

British Army Honorary Colonel Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army Brigadier General Northumberland Yeomanry

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Frederick Peere Barnett

Born 1867

Died 1939

British Army Captain Northumberland Yeomanry

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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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Robert Brewis Stephenson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 704 Acting Lance Corporal Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Hinman

Died 1918

British Army 270437 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235694 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Stott

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 270426 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry. 2nd./1st. Battalion.

British Army 235726 Private Northumberland Fusiliers. 9th. Battalion.

British Army 235726 Private Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st./7th. Battalion.

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Arthur Edward Bennett

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 32302 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army 55281 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur Frowde Dickinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1175 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold William Pickett

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 78980 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3266 Lance Sergeant Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 78980 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Robinson Ridley Milner

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 270460 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235836 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 235836 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Douglas Campbell Aikman

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 235553 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 270634 Trooper Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 235553 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th (Northumberland Hussars) Battalion

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Arthur J Leonard

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 170789 Trooper Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 237060 Trooper Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter Lamb

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1029 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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