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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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People [663] Stories Communities

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]

William Muirhead

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3145 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army D/15551 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

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William Thomas Forshaw

Born 1890

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Punjabis

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Joseph Frederick Grosvenor

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53116

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53116 Sergeant Western Ontario Regiment Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion

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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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John Thomas Drinkall

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 17767 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17767 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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James Michael Dove

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 18448 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas William Wickham

Born 1878

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235001

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John T Richardson

Died 1918

British Army 4176 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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George Christopher Prickett

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13439 Private Border Regiment

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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 Postlethwaite

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 19198 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 19198 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment Attached to 15th Battalion

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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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Richard Melling Woodhouse

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 24992 Private Cheshire Regiment

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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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Andrew Hornby Philipson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3563 Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 39293 Private Border Regiment 8th Battalion

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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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