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Borough of Rawtenstall: Served in/with Dominion Armed Forces or other Allied/Empire Armed Forces/Units during the Great War
Borough of Rawtenstall: Served in/with Dominion Armed Forces or other Allied/Empire Armed Forces/Units during the Great War
Those individuals with a local connection known to have emigrated and/or served in/with Dominion Armed Forces of Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa (or those who returned from these parts to join the British Army), or served with other British Empire Armed Forces/Units, during the Great War. FURTHER RESEARCH: Still to be identified within CWGC Records: Frederick R(oscoe) Holden (Brother of Israel Holden and b.1897 - Rossendale Free Press 5 Aug 1916 "His (Israel Holden's) death recalls the fact that shortly before the outbreak of war his younger brother, Mr. Fred Holden, emigrated to Australia. Soon after the war began his sister, Miss Mary Alice Holden, of Springside, Cowpe, received a letter from him saying that he had joined the colours and that he was in Egypt. Since then nothing has been heard of him.")
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Died 1918
Australian Imperial Force 4540 Private 17th Infantry Battalion
Australian Imperial Force 4540 Private 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry 17th Infantry Battalion
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Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force 1294 Private 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry
More about William Lambert -
Born 1888
Australian Imperial Force 1901 Private 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
More about Richard Allen -
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 134
Australian Imperial Force 134 Lance Corporal 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade 12th Light Horse Regiment
More about John Henry Fielding -
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army 434314 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion
British Army 434314 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Bn.
More about Arthur Waller -
Born 1889
Died 1915
Australian Imperial Force 1496 Private 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
More about Edward Carmalt -
Born 1880
Died 1945
British Army Colour Serjeant Manchester Regiment
British Army 8072 Private Manchester Regiment 6th (Militia) Battalion
British Army 6879 Private Manchester Regiment Depot to 3rd Battalion
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More about John Mannion -
Born 1881
Australian Imperial Force 2583 Private 29th Battalion, Australian Infantry
More about John James Tuffs -
Born 1886
Died 1915
Canadian Expeditionary Force 81325
Canadian Expeditionary Force 81325 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2893 Private Australian Infantry 44th Battalion
More about James Henry Tattersall -
Born 1882
Died 1915
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3345 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Walter Thomas Smart -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 219904
Canadian Expeditionary Force 219904 Private Canadian Infantry
More about Edwin Booth -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 434692
Canadian Expeditionary Force 434692 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Bn.
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Born 1879
Died 1918
British Army 3389 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) attd. British Military Mission USA
British Army 31922 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment)
British Army 3389 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 46th Company
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Born 1882
Australian Imperial Force 19151 Sapper 10th Fld Coy Eng
More about Herbert Tattersall -
Born 1893
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26407 Sapper New Zealand Engineers
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26407 Private New Zealand Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion
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Born 1878
Died 1919
British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) and Indian Labour Corps
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Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force City Forces 66 and 55 Infantry
Australian Imperial Force 1111 Lance Serjeant Australian Flying Corps
Australian Imperial Force 1111 Private 37th Australian Infantry Battalion
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More about Thomas William Bartle