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Blackburn, Lancashire [1377]

Blackburn Lancashire [23]

Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4]

Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn,Lancashire [3]

Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3]

Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancashire England [2]

Blackburn Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2]

Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn ,Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1]

Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Castle Street, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Cavendish Street, Darwen near Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Cherry Tree ,Blackburn ,Lancashire [1]

Cherry Tree, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Clayton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Colne near Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Darwen,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1]

Darwin Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Guide, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Haslingden, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Haverthwaite, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Langho, Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Langho,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1]

Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Moorside, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Oswaldthistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1]

Ramsbottom Blackburn Lancashire [1]

South Shore, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

St Anns, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

St Francis, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

St Paul's, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

St Pauls, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

St Thomas, Blackburn , Lancashire [1]

Trinity, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Whalley Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [174]

Serjeant [18]

Gunner [16]

Able Seaman [14]

Corporal [12]

Deck Hand [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Driver [7]

Sergeant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Infantryman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Pte [1]

Shoeing Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [43]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

HMS Vivid I [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

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

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [777]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [470]

British Army [239]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [193]

H [160]

S [131]

C [125]

W [124]

M [84]

A [76]

T [74]

R [73]

L [69]

P [64]

G [54]

D [51]

E [40]

F [39]

K [38]

N [32]

J [23]

O [21]

Y [11]

I [7]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1466]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [119]

India [3]

Canada [1]

France [1]

United States [1]

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Blackburn, Lancashire [1377] Blackburn Lancashire [23] Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4] Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn,Lancashire [3] Clayton le Moors,Blackburn,Lancashire. [3] Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Livesey, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Mill Hill, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancashire England [2] Blackburn Lancashire. [2] Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2] Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackburn ,Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1] Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Castle Street, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Cavendish Street, Darwen near Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Cherry Tree ,Blackburn ,Lancashire [1] Cherry Tree, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Clayton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Colne near Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Darwen,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1] Darwin Blackburn Lancashire [1] Guide, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Haslingden, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Haverthwaite, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Langho, Blackburn Lancashire [1] Langho,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1] Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Moorside, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Oswaldthistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1] Ramsbottom Blackburn Lancashire [1] South Shore, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] St Anns, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] St Francis, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] St Paul's, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] St Pauls, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] St Thomas, Blackburn , Lancashire [1] Trinity, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Whalley Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [174] Serjeant [18] Gunner [16] Able Seaman [14] Corporal [12] Deck Hand [11] Lance Corporal [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Driver [7] Sergeant [5] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Leading Stoker [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Cook [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Infantryman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Pte [1] Shoeing Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [43] Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Border Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] HMS Vivid I [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] HMS Vivid [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS LION [2] HMS TIGER [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [777] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [470] British Army [239] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [193] H [160] S [131] C [125] W [124] M [84] A [76] T [74] R [73] L [69] P [64] G [54] D [51] E [40] F [39] K [38] N [32] J [23] O [21] Y [11] I [7] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1466] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [119] India [3] Canada [1] France [1] United States [1]

John Almond

Born 1875

Died 1939

British Army 42617 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 70211 Private Labour Corps

British Army 90927 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1865

Died 1936

British Army 363 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 8th (Irish) Battalion

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George William Clegg

Born 1898

British Army London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101299 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101299 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RAF

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Frederick Haworth

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army S/3210 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Richard Edward Strother

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army 27956 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 281268 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 281268 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Henry Swindlehurst

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 6804 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6804 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Harry Pope

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7179 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Smith

Born 1892

British Army 6284 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 6284 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Herbert Wolstenholme

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 2101 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 236063 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Private

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Richard Hunt

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 700863 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Rostron

Born 1882

Died 1962

Royal Navy K39297

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Henry Partington

Died 1918

British Army P/7977 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police 15th Division

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William Bradbury

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4034 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4034 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Smith

Died 1917

British Army 8889 Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 8889 Lance Serjeant Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 8889 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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William Parkinson

Born 1871

British Army 401946 Private Labour Corps 852nd Area Employment Coy

British Army 16518 Private Border Regiment

British Army 108385 Private Royal Fusiliers 43rd Battalion

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James Howarth Nussey

Born 1885

Died 1940

British Army 200545 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Edward Gordon De-La-Touche Etherington

Born 1881

Died 1931

British Army 9027 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 52023 Acting Bombardier Worcestershire Regiment

British Army L/9027 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Ward

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 7700 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 307679 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Samuel Bleasdale

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army T/25896 Driver Army Service Corps 6th Unit

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John W Welsby

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 243781 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army East Lancashire Regiment 5th east Battalion

British Army 243781 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancs Regt

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