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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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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]

Alfred Holden

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 81506 Private Machine Gun Corps 5th Battalion

British Army 6473 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Mulhall

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15817 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Yates Hargreaves

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 19181 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division Royal Marines Cyclist Company

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William Richardson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11021 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11021 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Richard Henry Addison

Born 1892

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 3016 Lance Corporal 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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James Barnes

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 15788 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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James Stephen Wigglesworth

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 9411 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Walter Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 10761 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 15507 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10761 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Robert Calvert Haworth

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 201110 Acting Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201110 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Astin

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 19883 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 11th

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Samuel Beckett

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256311

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256311 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Thomas Whittingdale

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 19292 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19292 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 11th Battalion

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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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John William Barnes

Born 1875

Died 1914

Royal Navy CH/7252 (RMR B967) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Cressy

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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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