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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]

Frank Myerscough

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407887

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Joseph Stafford

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268544

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James Henry Rowe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235384

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Joseph Jackson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139926

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Edgar Lees

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98543

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James Elborough

Born 1892

British Army 85649 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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John Thomas Rothwell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308794

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Ernest Redpath

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212865

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William Charles Dodd

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253945

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John Backhouse

Died 1917

British Army 3/2292 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Bartholomew Bradshaw

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 368 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Harold Blamire

Died 1917

British Army 534886 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 534886 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Robert Johnston

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 9047 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 9047 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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James Kenneth Hunter

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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William Lewis

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/11193 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas Ashton

Died 1914

British Army 9189 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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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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Norman White

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 32769 Private Border Regiment

British Army Private Border Regiment 6th

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