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Bacup, Lancashire [191]

Bacup, Lancs [21]

Bacup [10]

Bacup England [10]

Bacup, Lancashire, England [7]

Bacup Lancashire [4]

Stacksteads, Bacup [4]

Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire [4]

Britannia, Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancs [2]

Waterfoot, Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Bacup, Lancashire. [1]

Bacup, Lancashre [1]

Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Whitworth, Lancashire [1]

Bacup. Lancashire. [1]

Brittania Bacup Lancs [1]

Hareholme Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Bacup near Hasligden [1]

Newchurch, Bacup, Lancs [1]

Rawtenstall, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Rossendale, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire [1]

Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire. [1]

Union Square, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [59]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Senior Reserve Attendant [2]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

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

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment. [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Mon Reg [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

New Zealand Infantry [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

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

RN Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - HMS CALLIOPE [1]

Red Cross [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS LAURENTIC [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123]

British Army [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [39]

C [30]

S [29]

M [23]

L [20]

B [19]

W [16]

A [15]

G [15]

P [14]

T [10]

R [8]

F [7]

O [7]

J [6]

E [4]

D [3]

K [2]

N [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [259]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Bacup, Lancashire [191] Bacup, Lancs [21] Bacup [10] Bacup England [10] Bacup, Lancashire, England [7] Bacup Lancashire [4] Stacksteads, Bacup [4] Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire [4] Britannia, Bacup, Lancashire [2] Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancs [2] Waterfoot, Bacup, Lancashire [2] Bacup, Lancashire. [1] Bacup, Lancashre [1] Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Whitworth, Lancashire [1] Bacup. Lancashire. [1] Brittania Bacup Lancs [1] Hareholme Bacup, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Bacup near Hasligden [1] Newchurch, Bacup, Lancs [1] Rawtenstall, Bacup, Lancashire [1] Rossendale, Bacup, Lancashire [1] Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire [1] Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire. [1] Union Square, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [59] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Senior Reserve Attendant [2] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment. [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Vivid I [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Military Foot Police [1] Mon Reg [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] New Zealand Infantry [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [1] RN Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - HMS CALLIOPE [1] Red Cross [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS LAURENTIC [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123] British Army [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [39] C [30] S [29] M [23] L [20] B [19] W [16] A [15] G [15] P [14] T [10] R [8] F [7] O [7] J [6] E [4] D [3] K [2] N [2] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [259] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [34] New Zealand [1]

William Ernest Jackson

Died 1918

British Army R/11410 Acting Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Walter Tattersall

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 102227 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joshua Craven Hoyle

Born 1867

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Jesse Hargreaves Temperley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army GS/47443 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 92nd Company

British Army 5795 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Frank Warley Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army TR4/30818 Private Training Reserve Battalion 64th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Samuel Rivett

Born 1889

Died 1948

British Army 23733 Sergeant Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Pollard

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 302373 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Robert Duff Mcnicol

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 55475 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 28178 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Thomas Stott

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6338 East Lancashire Regiment. 4th. Reserve Battalion

British Army 37069 Private East Lancashire Regiment. 8th. Battalion

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Enoch Butterworth

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 18727 Private Border Regiment 6th bord Battalion

British Army 18727 Private Border Regiment 8th Battalion

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Percival Ashworth

Died 1916

British Army 27869 Private Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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George Edward Harrison

Died 1918

British Army 23629 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edward Martin Wright

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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James Greenwood Collinge

Died 1918

British Army WR/355238 Royal Engineers

British Army L/18031 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery (County Palatine) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

British Army 252021 Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 33rd Light Railway Operating Coy.

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Richard Henry Hamer

Born 1883

Died 1970

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Arthur Bagshaw

Died 1915

British Army R/8104 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8104 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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John James Savory

Died 1917

British Army 141266 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 234th Siege Bty.

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Walter Rushton

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 5/243683 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Sidney Worswick Ashworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 33150 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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George H Yeadon

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 69743 Private Royal Army Medical Corps River Sick Convoy Unit

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