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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]

Charles Alfred Gwilliam

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS115129

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Thomas Makin

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS116095

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Frank Shaw

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS117292

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Arnold Turner

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS119152

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Charles Barnes Whittaker

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS121503

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Harold Augustus Kelly

Born 1884

Royal Navy 211263

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James Little

Born 1886

Royal Navy 215646

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John Mason

Born 1884

Royal Navy 216925

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Rupert Mason

Born 1883

Royal Navy 216924

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Ernest Hibbert

Born 1885

Royal Navy 223222

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Alfred White

Born 1886

Royal Navy 223824

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Gladys Ashton

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Adelaide Diana Atkins

Born 1895

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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James Edward Thompson

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS113855 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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George Albert Bradshaw

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS115853 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS115853 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Reginald Garner

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26390

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Guy Storey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4078

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George Harry Turner

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 990 Sergeant 41 Battalion

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Wilfred Hyde

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251655

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Frank Lees

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293974

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