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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 England [21]

Barrow in Furness [18]

Barrow-in-Furness [13]

Barrow-in-Furness England [6]

Barrow in Furness England [5]

BArrow in Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [3]

Barrow-In-Furness England [3]

Barrow in Furness,Lancashire [2]

Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire [2]

Barrow-In-Furness, Lancs [2]

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

Barrow In Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness Lancashire England [1]

Barrow in Furness, England [1]

Barrow in Furness,Lancashire. [1]

Barrow- in-Furness, England [1]

Barrow-In-Furness [1]

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

Barrow-in-Furness, Cambridgeshire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Hampshire [1]

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

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

Hindpool, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

St Mark's Vicarage, Barrow-in-Furness [1]

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

Rank

Private [40]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Rifleman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [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]

Civilian [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Mech [1]

Corporal RMA [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Mech (Elec) K.B [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Mech (El) [1]

Mechanician [1]

Orderly [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [2]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cadet Flying School (Upavon) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [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]

Service

Royal Navy [326]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113]

British Army [61]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [68]

B [66]

W [64]

M [55]

S [48]

C [47]

R [40]

T [39]

G [30]

D [26]

K [24]

F [23]

L [23]

P [23]

E [22]

A [21]

J [15]

N [13]

O [9]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [532]

Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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 England [21] Barrow in Furness [18] Barrow-in-Furness [13] Barrow-in-Furness England [6] Barrow in Furness England [5] BArrow in Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [3] Barrow-In-Furness England [3] Barrow in Furness,Lancashire [2] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire [2] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancs [2] Barrow-in-Furness, England [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 Scotland [1] Barrow In Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness Lancashire England [1] Barrow in Furness, England [1] Barrow in Furness,Lancashire. [1] Barrow- in-Furness, England [1] Barrow-In-Furness [1] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Cambridgeshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Hampshire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Dalton-In-Furness, Barrow, Lancashire [1] Hindpool, BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] St Mark's Vicarage, Barrow-in-Furness [1] Workington or Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [40] Second Lieutenant [10] Able Seaman [7] Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Rifleman [4] Serjeant [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [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] Civilian [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Mech [1] Corporal RMA [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Mech (Elec) K.B [1] Leading Stoker [1] Mech (El) [1] Mechanician [1] Orderly [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS SHARK [2] HMS TIGER [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [2] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cadet Flying School (Upavon) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Lightning" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [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]

Service

Royal Navy [326] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113] British Army [61] Australian Imperial Force [40] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [68] B [66] W [64] M [55] S [48] C [47] R [40] T [39] G [30] D [26] K [24] F [23] L [23] P [23] E [22] A [21] J [15] N [13] O [9] Y [2] I [1] Q [1] U [1] V [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [532] Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

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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Duncan Deakin

Died 1915

British Army 368 Drummer Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 368 Drummer Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Parkinson Bannister

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9823 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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John Sullivan

Died 1914

British Army 10195 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10195 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Robert Alphin Franklin

Born 1884

British Army 8847 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8847 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8847 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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James Rogan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144126

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William Henry Bright Gross

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army PS/2733 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Wickham

Born 1878

Died 1943

Royal Navy F35001

Royal Navy F35001 Mech (El) Royal Navy Air Service

Royal Navy F35001 Leading Mech (Elec) K.B RNAS

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Fredrick Septimus Knagg

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 18275 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion.

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Henry Grant

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299119

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Alfred Casson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218245

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