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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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Place of birth

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]

Thomas Neville

Born 1899

Died 1953

British Army 142435 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harry Watson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 12670 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Stanley Naylor Yardley

Born 1889

Died 1974

British Army 266403 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Ernest William Beddow

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 174721 Private Royal Field Artillery labour corps 361st Battalion

British Army 192128 Private Royal Field Artillery labour corps 361st Battalion

British Army 192128 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Ainsworth

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 6174 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6174 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6174 Acting Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Christopher Jenkinson

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army 28746 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Hacking

Born 1898

Died 1942

British Army 251155 Private Lancashire Hussars 2nd/1st

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William Hy Bradley

Born 1867

Died 1920

British Army 6217 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7217 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

Born 1880

Died 1952

British Army 1712 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

British Army 1712 Warrant Officer Class 2 County of London Yeomanry

British Army 261589 Warrant Officer Class 2 Corps of Hussars

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Cecil Harold Brewer

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Gilbert Rostron

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army GS/57590 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Daniel Kay

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army 12258 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles O'malley

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Henry Bertwistle

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17195 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 7th Battalion

British Army 17195 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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Percy Hall

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/1697 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy R/1697 Able Seaman Hawke

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Lawrence Haworth Entwistle

Born 1879

Died 1946

British Army 46053 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 385596 Private Labour Corps

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Percy Thompson Dean

Born 1877

Died 1939

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Motor Launch 282

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Fred Leaver

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 36234 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36234 Private East Lancashire Regiment Sixth Battalion

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Edgar Counsell

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army 66231 Private Royal Scots

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Tom Bradshaw

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 33235 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 36 Brigade

British Army 33235 Gunner/Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 36 Brigade

British Army 33235 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade

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