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New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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M [53]

J [3]

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Military Service [52]

Merchant Navy [2]

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United Kingdom [8]

France [1]

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Deal, Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Gloucester [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Llanmorlais, Glamorgan [1] Llansaint, Carmarthenshire [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Monmouth [1] Mortlake Victoria [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reigate, Surrey, England [1] Rosewater South Australia [1] South Hackney, London [1] South Hackney, Middlesex [1] Southland [1] Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Talston England [1] Warren Common, Pembrokeshire [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

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Private [15] Lieutenant [2] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1]

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Labour Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: RN Depot, Crystal Palace [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Training Reserve [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

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British Army [20] Royal Navy [17] Australian Imperial Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [53] J [3]

Contribution

Military Service [52] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8] France [1]

Life of John Boggitt

John Boggitt was born September 8, 1881 and baptiz...

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Early Years

Louis James Lipsett was raised in Merthyr Tydfil, ...

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His brothers-in-law

Cecil's sister Violet married Charlie Sole who ser...

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Service and Family Story

Francis Parsons and his wife Mary Elizabeth Parson...

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Service and Family Life

Francis Parsons and his wife Mary Elizabeth Parson...

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Familysearch 1911 census

Name: Ernest James Tancock Event Type: Census Even...

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Bolton Remembers

Arcus, William Alphonso – Loyal North Lancashire R...

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Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War in Irish Archives Resources

CONTENTS OF LINK PAGE Irish Jesuit Archives: Print...

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OWEN ALLAN HARDWICK

OWEN HAD TWO BROTHERS, MORRIS, AND JAMES WILLIAM, ...

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Lancashire on Line Marriage

Marriage: 22 Nov 1919 St Michael, Great Lever, Lan...

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Maurice George Allisons family

Maurice George Allison was the sixth son of Willai...

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Report on death and funeral of Walter Poole

Northwich Guardian Friday November 17, 1916 MARST...

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Inscription on the war memorial at Newtongrange

The inscription on the left-hand plaque reads: "W...

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