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George Falkner and Sons Printers
George Falkner and Sons Printers
George Falkner and Sons, also known as the Deansgate Press, was a firm of printers founded in Manchester in 1843. From 1873 to 1941, their main printworks was at 170, Deansgate, Manchester. By the 1890s, they also had offices in London and Liverpool. During the First World War, they designed and printed recruiting posters and Christmas cards for the British forces. An unpublished history of the firm states that 36 members of staff served in the forces during the war, and four were killed. This community includes all those who can be identified from surviving records.
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Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army 17319 Private Training Reserve 61st Battalion
British Army 30053 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st
British Army 30053 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
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British Army T/328773 Driver Army Service Corps
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Born 1897
British Army 62253 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 76th Field Ambulance
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British Army 3781 Lancashire Fusiliers 7th Battalion
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British Army 29866 Private Army Reserve
British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 25th
British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd
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Born 1890
British Army 202265 Acting Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/5th Battalion
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Born 1895
British Army 1933 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7th Battalion
British Army 1933 Private 45th Provisional Battalion
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British Army 63067 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
British Army 13005 Private Training Reserve 51st Battalion
British Army 61778 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Garrison Battalion
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Born 1897
British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th
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British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st
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Born 1896
Died 1953
British Army 7400 Private Entrenching Battalion 2nd Entrenching Battalion
British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th
British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th
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Born 1867
British Army 11528 Private Royal Defence Corps 318th Protection Company
British Army 1411 Private Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army 11528 Private Royal Defence Corps 326 Protection Company
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British Army 252708 Private Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion
British Army 30699 Private Border Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army 12080 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion
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Born 1876
Died 1955
Royal Navy Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines Plymouth Division
Royal Navy Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines 5th Battalion
Royal Navy Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines Plymouth Division
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Born 1895
British Army 26825 Private Manchester Regiment
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126173 Private 3rd Balloon Wing
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Born 1888
British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Printing Company
British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd Field Survey Company
British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 6th Field Survey Company
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Born 1889
British Army 33393 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 15th
British Army Cadet Guards Officer Cadet Battalion
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 1/6th
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Born 1894
Died 1961
British Army 1635 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 5th London Brigade
British Army Driver Royal Field Artillery 1/2nd London Divisional Ammunition Column
British Army Driver Royal Field Artillery 3/2nd London Divisional Ammunition Column
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Born 1894
Died 1974
British Army 60602 Private South Lancashire Regiment
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