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Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [156]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [138]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [111]

Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [10]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [10]

Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [10]

Hurst, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [8]

Ashton Under Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [5]

Audenshaw, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Waterloo, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Ashton under Lyne Lancashire [2]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Hurst Ashton Under Lyne Lancashire [2]

Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Waterloo Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Ashton - Under - Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne,Lancashire. [1]

Ashton under Lyne near Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

Ashton under lyne lancashire [1]

Ashton-under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne,Lancashire. [1]

Bardsley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bardsley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Baresby, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Chadderton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Denton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Denton,Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Denton,Ashton under Lyne,Lancashire [1]

Droylsden, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Haughton Ashton - Under Lyne Lancashire [1]

Hooley Hill, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Morsley Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Mossley Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1]

Smallshaw, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

St Peters, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

St. James, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

St. Michaels, Ashton under lyne, Lancashire [1]

Taunton, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Waterloo Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Waterloo, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

[probably] Dukinfield near Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [97]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Driver [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class (Fitter) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain 1st Class Territorial Force [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [66]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS LION [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR/CH/B/10899). R.N. H.M.S. "Platypus." [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

19th Hussars and Royal Flying Corps [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

9th (Service) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Cheshire [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regimen [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

Service

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143]

British Army [128]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70]

H [63]

S [48]

M [37]

C [34]

W [34]

T [26]

G [23]

L [21]

R [21]

P [20]

D [19]

F [19]

A [17]

K [17]

N [10]

E [9]

J [9]

O [5]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [491]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [93]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [156] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [138] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [111] Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [10] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [10] Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [10] Hurst, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [8] Ashton Under Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire [6] Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [5] Audenshaw, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Waterloo, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Ashton under Lyne Lancashire [2] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Hurst Ashton Under Lyne Lancashire [2] Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Waterloo Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Ashton - Under - Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyne,Lancashire. [1] Ashton under Lyne near Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] Ashton under lyne lancashire [1] Ashton-under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] Ashton-under-Lyne,Lancashire. [1] Bardsley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bardsley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Baresby, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Chadderton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Denton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Denton,Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Denton,Ashton under Lyne,Lancashire [1] Droylsden, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Haughton Ashton - Under Lyne Lancashire [1] Hooley Hill, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Morsley Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Mossley Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1] Smallshaw, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] St Peters, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] St. James, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] St. Michaels, Ashton under lyne, Lancashire [1] Taunton, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Waterloo Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Waterloo, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] [probably] Dukinfield near Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [97] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Captain [4] Gunner [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Driver [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class (Fitter) [1] Bombardier [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain 1st Class Territorial Force [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Officer Cadet [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [66] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Field Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] HMS TIGER [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS LION [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR/CH/B/10899). R.N. H.M.S. "Platypus." [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 19th Hussars and Royal Flying Corps [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 9th (Service) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Cheshire [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regimen [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS TURBULENT [1]

Service

Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143] British Army [128] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70] H [63] S [48] M [37] C [34] W [34] T [26] G [23] L [21] R [21] P [20] D [19] F [19] A [17] K [17] N [10] E [9] J [9] O [5] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [491] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [93] Germany [1] India [1]

William Buckley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 16246 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 16246 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 16246 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

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Knight Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army W/5674 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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David Green

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3126 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

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Alfred Walter Smith

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 30121 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 30121 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Walter Gibson Marsden

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Stansfield Mather

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army L/34411 Staff Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Wilfred Matthews

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1734 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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John Edmunds

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 25593 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Bn.

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Harold Graham

Born 1888

British Army 8547 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Reuben Bates

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1242 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 31126 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 235784 Acting Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Percy Higginbottom

Died 1918

British Army 171612 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 285th Siege Battery

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George Harry Potts

Died 1918

British Army 31149 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 153921 Private Machine Gun Corps 46th Batallion

British Army 153921 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Dundavon

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army 1404 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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James Nield

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 351019 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st 8 Battalion

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Squire Bridge

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 25130 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Arnold Matthews

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 47745 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion

British Army 5022 Manchester Regiment

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Samuel Schofield

Died 1917

British Army 57989 Private Machine Gun Corps 227th Company

British Army 5608 Liverpool Regiment

British Army 57989 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Robert Higham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 268887 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Dan Hardy

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 56026 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Richard Newsam

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 47498 Private Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

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