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Accrington, Lancashire [552]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [35]

Church, Accrington, Lancashire [8]

Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire [8]

Accrington Lancashire [6]

Accrington,Lancashire [4]

Haslingden, Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Altham, Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Accrington Lancashire England [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [1]

Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Accrington. Lancashire [1]

Clitheroe, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

High Brake, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Oswaldtwistle Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Simonstone, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Spring Hill, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Lance Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Gunner [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

AM3 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

S.Q.M.S. [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

29th Light Horse [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Grafton [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS Cordelia [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS HAWKE [1]

HMS Scimitar [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

Imperial Army [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry; HMS Erin [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Navy - HMS Clinit [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [349]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [196]

British Army [64]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [97]

B [69]

S [58]

W [56]

C [49]

R [43]

D [35]

P [30]

M [29]

T [26]

G [25]

L [25]

A [20]

F [17]

K [14]

E [13]

N [9]

I [7]

J [7]

O [7]

Y [4]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [604]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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People [643] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Accrington, Lancashire [552] Accrington, Lancashire, England [35] Church, Accrington, Lancashire [8] Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire [8] Accrington Lancashire [6] Accrington,Lancashire [4] Haslingden, Accrington, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Altham, Accrington, Lancashire [3] Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire [3] Clayton Le Moors, Accrington, Lancashire [3] Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2] Accrington Lancashire England [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Lancashire, England [1] Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Accrington. Lancashire [1] Clitheroe, Accrington, Lancashire [1] High Brake, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Oswaldtwistle Accrington, Lancashire [1] Simonstone, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Spring Hill, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [45] Lance Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Able Seaman [6] Deck Hand [5] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Gunner [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AM3 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Officer [1] Driver [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] S.Q.M.S. [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker First Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] HMS LION [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 29th Light Horse [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. Grafton [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS Cordelia [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS HAWKE [1] HMS Scimitar [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] Imperial Army [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry; HMS Erin [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Navy - HMS Clinit [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [349] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [196] British Army [64] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [97] B [69] S [58] W [56] C [49] R [43] D [35] P [30] M [29] T [26] G [25] L [25] A [20] F [17] K [14] E [13] N [9] I [7] J [7] O [7] Y [4] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [604] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Robert Hamer

Born 1894

British Army WR40856 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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Charles Douglas Haywood

Born 1894

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Lingard

Born 1865

Died 1918

British Army 25233 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Rowland Tattersall

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 28313 Private Hussars 10th

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Herbert Dobson

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 223645

Royal Navy 223645 Able Seaman Royal Navy - HMS Clinit

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Anthony Glover

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 54706 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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William Brown

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 36523 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Percy Peacock Law

Born 1890

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS2587 Able Seaman HMS HAWKE

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Thomas Edward Longstaffe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293008

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William Whittaker

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138534

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Albert Gorton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79049

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Albert Thomas Heyes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11846

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Jonathan Hargreaves

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30922

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Fred Lancaster

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 18099 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 85609 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 57448 Private Suffolk Reg. CWGC reference: XXI. H. 15.

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Alec Shaw Wildman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198931 Royal Air Force

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John English

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36300

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Fred Walsh

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269087

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Joseph Wolstenholme

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298324

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John William Lunn

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164717

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Richard Walker

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190039

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