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Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [193]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [150]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [116]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [101]

BArrow in Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [3]

Barrow in Furness,Lancashire [2]

Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire [2]

Ulverston, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [2]

39 Coulson Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Askam in Furness, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Barrow - in - Furness Lancashire [1]

Barrow -In -Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow In Furness Lancashire [1]

Barrow In Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness Lancashire England [1]

Barrow in Furness,Lancashire. [1]

Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Dalton-In-Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Hindpool, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Workington or Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Able Seaman [5]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Act. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Mech [1]

Corporal RMA [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Mech (Elec) K.B [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Mech (El) [1]

Mechanician [1]

Orderly [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cadet Flying School (Upavon) [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Lightning" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Cordelia [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Tuscan Prince (Newcastle) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Zent" [1]

Natal Light Horse [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1]

RNAS [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [319]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113]

British Army [31]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [62]

B [55]

W [55]

M [47]

C [44]

S [44]

R [36]

T [33]

G [25]

D [23]

L [23]

K [21]

F [20]

A [19]

E [18]

P [17]

J [15]

N [13]

O [8]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [457]

Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [193] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [150] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [116] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [101] BArrow in Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [3] Barrow in Furness,Lancashire [2] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire [2] Ulverston, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [2] 39 Coulson Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Askam in Furness, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Barrow - in - Furness Lancashire [1] Barrow -In -Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow In Furness Lancashire [1] Barrow In Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness Lancashire England [1] Barrow in Furness,Lancashire. [1] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Dalton-In-Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [1] Hindpool, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Workington or Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [23] Able Seaman [5] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Act. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Armourer's Mate [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Mech [1] Corporal RMA [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Gunner [1] Gunner RMA [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Mech (Elec) K.B [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Mech (El) [1] Mechanician [1] Orderly [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS SHARK [2] HMS TIGER [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] 2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cadet Flying School (Upavon) [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Lightning" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Cordelia [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Tuscan Prince (Newcastle) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Zent" [1] Natal Light Horse [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1] RNAS [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [319] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113] British Army [31] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [62] B [55] W [55] M [47] C [44] S [44] R [36] T [33] G [25] D [23] L [23] K [21] F [20] A [19] E [18] P [17] J [15] N [13] O [8] Y [2] I [1] Q [1] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [457] Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

William Bernard Whitmore

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army 133 Private Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Kayes

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army 6759 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6759 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 6759 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Wickham

Born 1878

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235001

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Percy Lawrence Thackeray

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy M11736 Act. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class H.M.S. "Lightning"

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William Leonard Happold

Born 1893

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220760

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Robert Wilson Balfour

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 95th Siege Artillery

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James Hargreaves

Born 1887

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28088

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28088 Corporal

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William Cunliffe

Born 1871

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39323 Cadet Flying School (Upavon)

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John Chesworth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135953

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William Davies Gratton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261084

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James Arthur Roberts

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295860

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Arthur Mcdonald

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101146

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Tom Cross Boocock

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94487

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John Brockbank

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263121

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John Henry Edge

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308789

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John Hocking

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162578

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John Davies

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298654

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James Boucher

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179503

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Francis Harrison Harley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 622

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Thomas Billingham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146981

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