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Birkenhead, Cheshire [2145]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1629]

Birkenhead England [181]

Birkenhead [153]

Birkenhead South Australia [49]

Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [37]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [18]

Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [17]

New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [12]

Birkenhead, Lancashire [10]

St Mary's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9]

Tranmere, Birkenhead [8]

Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire [8]

Birkenhead Cheshire [7]

St Peter's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [7]

Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [6]

Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

St Anne's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

St John's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Birkenhead, England [4]

Birkenhead,Cheshire [4]

Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Liscard, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Oxton, Birkenhead [4]

St Catherine's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

St Paul's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Birkenhead, Liverpool [3]

Birkenhead,Cheshire, England. [3]

Egremont, Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

St Andrew's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birkenhead, Ches. [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire England [2]

Birkenhead, South Australia [2]

Birkenhead, Wirral [2]

Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire [2]

Bromborough, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Claughton, Birkenhead [2]

Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Lower Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

North Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Prenton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Seacombe, Birkenhead [2]

St Mary's, Birkenhead [2]

St Paul's, Birkenhead [2]

St. Paul's, Birkenhead [2]

Upton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [672]

Lance Corporal [73]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Corporal [52]

Lieutenant [51]

Gunner [45]

Captain [41]

Stoker 1st Class [38]

Serjeant [37]

Able Seaman [32]

Sapper [32]

Driver [18]

Sergeant [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Major [14]

Deck Hand [13]

Boy 1st Class [10]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Rifleman [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Bombardier [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker [4]

Trimmer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Drummer [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Donkeyman [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

General Servant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [325]

Liverpool Regiment [124]

Royal Engineers [57]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Royal Field Artillery [49]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [34]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

South Wales Borderers [24]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Welsh Regiment [17]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16]

King's Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal Air Force [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [15]

Labour Corps [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

London Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Air Service [8]

Denbigh Yeomanry [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

HMS VALIANT [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

HMS Goliath [5]

The Cheshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Cheshire Yeomanry [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1276]

British Army [959]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [383]

Australian Imperial Force [240]

Other Empire Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [451]

B [421]

H [357]

W [356]

C [349]

S [302]

D [273]

J [239]

P [239]

R [234]

G [198]

L [177]

F [160]

T [158]

A [121]

E [120]

K [109]

O [96]

N [49]

Y [22]

Q [20]

V [19]

I [15]

U [6]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2786]

Merchant Navy [1633]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [640]

India [4]

Ireland [4]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Guyana [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2145] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1629] Birkenhead England [181] Birkenhead [153] Birkenhead South Australia [49] Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [37] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [18] Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [17] New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [12] Birkenhead, Lancashire [10] St Mary's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9] Tranmere, Birkenhead [8] Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire [8] Birkenhead Cheshire [7] St Peter's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [7] Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [6] Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] St Anne's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] St John's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Birkenhead, England [4] Birkenhead,Cheshire [4] Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Liscard, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Oxton, Birkenhead [4] St Catherine's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] St Paul's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Birkenhead, Liverpool [3] Birkenhead,Cheshire, England. [3] Egremont, Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] St Andrew's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birkenhead, Ches. [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire England [2] Birkenhead, South Australia [2] Birkenhead, Wirral [2] Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire [2] Bromborough, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Claughton, Birkenhead [2] Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Lower Bebington, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] North Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Prenton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Seacombe, Birkenhead [2] St Mary's, Birkenhead [2] St Paul's, Birkenhead [2] St. Paul's, Birkenhead [2] Upton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [672] Lance Corporal [73] Second Lieutenant [70] Corporal [52] Lieutenant [51] Gunner [45] Captain [41] Stoker 1st Class [38] Serjeant [37] Able Seaman [32] Sapper [32] Driver [18] Sergeant [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Acting Corporal [15] Major [14] Deck Hand [13] Boy 1st Class [10] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Leading Seaman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Rifleman [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Temporary Captain [5] Bombardier [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Petty Officer [4] Stoker [4] Trimmer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Drummer [3] Leading Signalman [3] Leading Stoker [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Donkeyman [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] General Servant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Nurse [2]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [325] Liverpool Regiment [124] Royal Engineers [57] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Royal Field Artillery [49] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [34] South Lancashire Regiment [33] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [28] Royal Naval Reserve [26] Machine Gun Corps [24] South Wales Borderers [24] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] Manchester Regiment [20] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Welsh Regiment [17] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16] King's Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal Air Force [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [15] Labour Corps [14] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] London Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Air Service [8] Denbigh Yeomanry [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Grenadier Guards [6] HMS VALIANT [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Mercantile Marine Reserve [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] HMS Goliath [5] The Cheshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Cheshire Yeomanry [4] HMS Ajax [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1276] British Army [959] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [383] Australian Imperial Force [240] Other Empire Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [451] B [421] H [357] W [356] C [349] S [302] D [273] J [239] P [239] R [234] G [198] L [177] F [160] T [158] A [121] E [120] K [109] O [96] N [49] Y [22] Q [20] V [19] I [15] U [6] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2786] Merchant Navy [1633] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [640] India [4] Ireland [4] Canada [3] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Guyana [1] New Zealand [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Dennis Poland

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 22568 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 22568 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 11th Battalion

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Eric Breadalbane Annesley

Born 1883

Died 1944

British Army 2599 Serjeant Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Chinese Labour Corps

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John Hamilton Harrison Smith

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 28716 Corporal Royal Engineers 6th Signal Troop

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Evelyn Fairfax Meadows Frost

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 5th Battlaion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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George Walker Watson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1503 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieuteant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2/7th Battalion T.F.

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion

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Llewelyn Owens

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army 37211 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24th Battalion

British Army 345587 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24th Battalion

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John Burkhill

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 315490 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army 5154 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 47th Provisional Battalion

British Army 315490 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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William Chrimes Ashbrook

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 10900 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Philip Edward Marrack, O.b.e.

Born 1882

Died 1952

Other Empire Force Assistant Principal, Secretary's Department Admiralty

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Frederick Jackson Camm

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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William Shields

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10113 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment Depot

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Haslewood Foster

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 63726 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 179 Tunnelling Company

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Campbell Robertson Fraser

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 23366 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Eason

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 260 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 260 Sapper Cheshire 4/1 Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers

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James Jones

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 25076 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 31002 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203904 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Samuel Hope

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 45236 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 19343 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Birkenhead Battalion

British Army 9530 Private Army Cyclist Corps 11th Cyclist Corps

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Joshua Daly

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 12148 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 943 Denbighshire Yeomanry

British Army 55604 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Gordon

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 6996 Private Irish Guards

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Frederick Jones

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4629 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 26390 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Donald Mcculloch Brown

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1394 Lancashire Regiment 57th Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 695840 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 286th Bde

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