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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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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]

Joseph Howarth

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 41453 Private Manchester Regiment

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Henry Lewis

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1853 Private Manchester Regiment 9th

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James William Penny

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 17661 Private South Lancashire Regiment "A" Coy. 2nd Battalion

British Army 6848 Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edward Wilson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 203428 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4358 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Reginald Brearley

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4423 Private Manchester Regiment 3/9 Battalion

British Army 4423 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 8th Reserve Battalion

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John Edgar Bolsover Ellison

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 10372 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10372 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 28th (Reserve) Battallion

British Army 10372 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 8th (S) Battalion

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Charles William Bailey

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9302 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 9302 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9302 acting Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horatio Ganson

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 6519 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6519 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Lees Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1962

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119986

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Albert Lydiate

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army SE/23234 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Harold Sugden

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion.

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James Fowler

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5153 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Edward Bates

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 30043 Manchester Regiment

British Army 5127 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 37708 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/10th Bn.

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Albert Edward Stringer B. Sc.

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion Territorial

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John Joseph Wilde

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 42221 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 61391 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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James Speddings

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 2742 Private Manchester Regiment

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Henry Bradbury

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 25971 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Bennett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 4053 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army 4053 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Enoch Wildblood

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 28253 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 28253 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Garside

Died 1916

British Army 21226 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 43156 Private Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

British Army 43156 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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