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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 Stewart

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202730

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Joseph Wannop

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78674

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Silas Anderson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 132787 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 132787 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Marston

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 7/1575 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion (Territorials)

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James Huddleston

Born 1896

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fourth Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fourth Engineer Officer Mercantile Marine - SS Tuscan Prince (Newcastle)

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George Hart

Died 1918

British Army 49822 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3rd

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William Henry Taylor

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218637

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Joseph Benson Barrow

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221720

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Alfred James Foss

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231994

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Frederick Bell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245564

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Richard Wrathall

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249836

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Richard Poultney

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46501

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Francis Joseph Terney

Born 1897

Died 1983

Royal Navy F/27308 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918

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Alfred Mason

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252433

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Richard Henry Bailey

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284968

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James Haslam Fenton

Born 1891

Died 1950

South African Services 722 Rifleman Natal Light Horse "C" Squadron

South African Services T1111 Conductor South African Service Corps - Transport & Remounts

South African Services T1111 Conductor SASC Animal Tranport - East Africa Exped Force

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John Thomas Rothwell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308794

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William Arrowsmith

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208931

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Arthur Martin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219016

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Reginald Stockdale Cookson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239436

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