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Altrincham, Cheshire [216]

Altrincham Cheshire [29]

Altrincham Cheshire. [18]

Altrincham, Cheshire, England [13]

Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [5]

Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire [4]

Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire [2]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire. [1]

Altrincham,Cheshire. [1]

Ashton On Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ashton upon Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bowden,Altrincham,Cheshire. [1]

Bowdon,Altrincham,Cheshire [1]

Broadheath Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Carrington, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Dunham Massey Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Dunham Massey,Altrincham,Cheshire. [1]

Hale Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Hale Barns Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Oakfield Street Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Oldfield, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

St George's. Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

St George, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Timperley, Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [65]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [10]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battalion Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

23rd Motor Ambulance Company, Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

2nd Reinforcement [1]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps (MT) [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Cheshire Regiment. [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Grafton [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers/Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [109]

British Army [108]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [39]

M [33]

W [29]

H [25]

D [20]

C [18]

A [17]

L [17]

S [17]

G [16]

P [15]

J [10]

E [9]

R [9]

F [8]

O [7]

T [6]

Y [5]

N [4]

I [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [289]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [80]

Australia [1]

Brazil [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Altrincham, Cheshire [216] Altrincham Cheshire [29] Altrincham Cheshire. [18] Altrincham, Cheshire, England [13] Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [5] Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire [4] Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire [2] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire. [1] Altrincham,Cheshire. [1] Ashton On Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ashton upon Mersey, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bowden,Altrincham,Cheshire. [1] Bowdon,Altrincham,Cheshire [1] Broadheath Altrincham Cheshire [1] Carrington, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Dunham Massey Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Dunham Massey,Altrincham,Cheshire. [1] Hale Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Hale Barns Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Oakfield Street Altrincham Cheshire [1] Oldfield, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] St George's. Altrincham, Cheshire [1] St George, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Timperley, Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [65] Lieutenant [11] Captain [10] Corporal [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Driver [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Battalion Major [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [34] Manchester Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Border Regiment [2] HMS Vivid I [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 23rd Motor Ambulance Company, Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 2nd Reinforcement [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Service Corps (MT) [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Cheshire Regiment. [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Grafton [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Warrior [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers/Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [109] British Army [108] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [39] M [33] W [29] H [25] D [20] C [18] A [17] L [17] S [17] G [16] P [15] J [10] E [9] R [9] F [8] O [7] T [6] Y [5] N [4] I [2] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [289] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [80] Australia [1] Brazil [1] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Fred Thorpe

Born 1888

Died 1945

British Army M2/079409 Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Alfred Edward Watkin

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Robert Buchanan

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3611 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Anthony Reginald Welsh

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick William Dry

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 11892 Serjeant Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion.

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Thomas Connor

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163021

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Harry Devonport

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2851 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 240789 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Richard Arthur Maurice Lutener

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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George Forster

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 202841 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 202841 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Thomas Moodie

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2987

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Harry Noel Pollard

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165993

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Joseph Edwin Fearnley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267154

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Andrew White

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217110

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Dennis Handley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12477 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 12477 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Mchugh

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 3717 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 3717 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

British Army 571142 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Mawdsley

Died 1920

British Army 23959 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army 390604 Private Labour Corps 281st Area Employment Company

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Charles Edward V Brennan

Born 1891

Died 1956

British Army 4114225 Cheshire Regiment

British Army 4114225 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

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Herbert Jones

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 54963 King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 542278 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st/4th Kent Fortress Company

British Army 542278 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Watson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198177

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Ada Beatrice Brown

Born 1869

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment

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