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Accrington, Lancashire [552]

Accrington [38]

Accrington England [36]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [35]

Church, Accrington, Lancashire [8]

Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire [8]

Accrington Lancashire [6]

Accrington, Lancs [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]

Accrington, Lanarkshire [2]

Accrington, London [2]

Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Accrington Lancashire England [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Berkshire [1]

Accrington, England [1]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [1]

Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Staffordshire [1]

Accrington. Lancashire [1]

Church Accrington, Lincolnshire [1]

Clayton-Le-Moors,Accrington [1]

Clitheroe, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Haslingden, Accrington [1]

High Brake, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Oswaldtwistle Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Simonstone, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Spring Hill, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Wood Nook, Accrington, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Lance Corporal [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Sapper [4]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

AM3 [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

S.Q.M.S. [1]

Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer Observer) [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [41]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

218 Squadron [1]

29th Light Horse [1]

55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire [1]

East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery [1]

East Lancs. Regt. [1]

East Surrey Regiment [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]

Service

Royal Navy [358]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197]

British Army [109]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [107]

B [85]

W [67]

S [64]

C [52]

R [49]

D [37]

P [35]

M [34]

G [28]

T [28]

L [27]

A [26]

K [20]

F [17]

E [14]

N [11]

J [9]

O [9]

I [8]

Y [4]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [692]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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Place of birth

Accrington, Lancashire [552] Accrington [38] Accrington England [36] Accrington, Lancashire, England [35] Church, Accrington, Lancashire [8] Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire [8] Accrington Lancashire [6] Accrington, Lancs [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] Accrington, Lanarkshire [2] Accrington, London [2] Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2] Accrington Lancashire England [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Berkshire [1] Accrington, England [1] Accrington, Lancashire, England [1] Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Staffordshire [1] Accrington. Lancashire [1] Church Accrington, Lincolnshire [1] Clayton-Le-Moors,Accrington [1] Clitheroe, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Haslingden, Accrington [1] High Brake, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Oswaldtwistle Accrington, Lancashire [1] Simonstone, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Spring Hill, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Wood Nook, Accrington, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [78] Lance Corporal [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [5] Sapper [4] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AM3 [1] Cadet [1] Chief Officer [1] Driver [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pte [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] S.Q.M.S. [1] Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer Observer) [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker First Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [41] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] HMS LION [2] HMS Monmouth [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 218 Squadron [1] 29th Light Horse [1] 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Light Horse [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire [1] East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery [1] East Lancs. Regt. [1] East Surrey Regiment [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]

Service

Royal Navy [358] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197] British Army [109] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [107] B [85] W [67] S [64] C [52] R [49] D [37] P [35] M [34] G [28] T [28] L [27] A [26] K [20] F [17] E [14] N [11] J [9] O [9] I [8] Y [4] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [692] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Harry Chapman

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 15005 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Hey Chapples

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 1881 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 1881 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

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Ephraim Duxbury

Born 1886

Died 1972

British Army 3234 Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 406875 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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George Mulhall

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army 15133 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1 Battalion

British Army 31294 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1 Battalion

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Edwin Wilcock

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 6325 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Francis Known As Frank Brennan

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 6379 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th east Battalion

British Army 6379 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 7th east Battalion

British Army 6379 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Albert Spencer

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 14497 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Geoffrey George Hargreaves Bolton.

Born 1894

Died 1983

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment 5 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 5 Battalion

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Joseph Henry Astin

Died 1918

British Army 27831 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 56490 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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James Kenyon

Born 1885

British Army 8153 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 125647 Private Labour Corps

British Army 78373 Private Royal Defence Corps

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David Beaghan

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15316 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Roland Fielden Priestley

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 106884 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 106884 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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John Bury

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Henry Atkinson

Died 1917

British Army 203233 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6518 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Bethell Robinson

Died 1917

British Army 6781 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 533495 Acting Corporal London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Stirzaker

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 458069 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 24458 Sapper East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 188296 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Muir

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11069 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11069 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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William Dewhurst

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38993 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 60564 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 31417 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Joseph Francis Brothwood

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 55018 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23586 King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 55018 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 193rd

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Daniel Dugdale

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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