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Atherton, Lancashire [60]

Atherton Queensland [10]

Atherton England [7]

Atherton [6]

Atherton Lancashire [5]

Atherton, Lancashire, England [4]

Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Hindsford, Atherton, Lancashire [3]

Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Atherton Bolton [1]

Atherton Victoria [1]

Atherton, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Atherton, Cheshire [1]

Atherton, Lancashire, England. [1]

Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Atherton, Staffordshire [1]

Atherton,Manchester,Lancs [1]

Atherton. Lancashire. England. [1]

Hindsford, Atherton, Manchester [1]

Howe Bridge, Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Tyldesley, Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Driver [3]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stiker [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance-Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer (Private) [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

71 Brigade [1]

Border Regiment [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Ministry of Munitions - White Lund, Morecambe [1]

Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment [1]

RFA [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39]

British Army [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [15]

H [15]

W [14]

S [10]

C [8]

L [7]

P [7]

G [6]

M [5]

T [5]

A [4]

R [4]

E [3]

F [2]

I [2]

K [2]

D [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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People [113] Stories Communities

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Atherton, Lancashire [60] Atherton Queensland [10] Atherton England [7] Atherton [6] Atherton Lancashire [5] Atherton, Lancashire, England [4] Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Hindsford, Atherton, Lancashire [3] Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2] Atherton Bolton [1] Atherton Victoria [1] Atherton, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Atherton, Cheshire [1] Atherton, Lancashire, England. [1] Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Atherton, Staffordshire [1] Atherton,Manchester,Lancs [1] Atherton. Lancashire. England. [1] Hindsford, Atherton, Manchester [1] Howe Bridge, Atherton, Lancashire [1] Tyldesley, Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [23] Driver [3] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stiker [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance-Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer (Private) [1] Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 71 Brigade [1] Border Regiment [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS Victory I [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Ministry of Munitions - White Lund, Morecambe [1] Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment [1] RFA [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39] British Army [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [18] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [15] H [15] W [14] S [10] C [8] L [7] P [7] G [6] M [5] T [5] A [4] R [4] E [3] F [2] I [2] K [2] D [1] N [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Frank Edge

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3010 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241089 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Lawrence Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17547 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17547 Acting Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion.

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Richard Skitt

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 725897 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Barrow Bell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10303

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Herbert Burton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190268

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Fred Bailey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 48855 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Francis William Varley

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 240240 Pioneer (Private) Royal Engineers 335th Railway Construction Company.

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Joseph Morris

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2319 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2319 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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John Martin Cowsill

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 27255 Private South Lancashire Regiment 3rd. Battalion

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Thomas Henry Winter

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162247

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William Peacock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285322

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Joseph Birt

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141313

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Ernest Ivers

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 30381 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 30381 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Pierrie

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10188

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Frederick Wilkinson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165100

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Clifford Adam Hodkinson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179509

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Bertha Mcintosh

Born 1894

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions - White Lund, Morecambe

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John Woolley

Died 1915

British Army 10239 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Gibbons

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122160

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Peter Harrison

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213827

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