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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]

Clifford Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 203281 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7054 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Henry Kendall

Born 1883

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169949

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John James Briggs

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6009 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Culbert Almond

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 14116 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Henry Grimbaldeston

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 13531 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 13531 Acting Colour Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th king's own scottish bord Battalion

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John Houghton

Born 1877

Died 1937

British Army 1919 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Parker

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277026

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Robert Glassbrook

Died 1918

British Army 202085 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Herbert Stillwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S367 Private Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion

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Harry Livesey

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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James Hartley

Born 1896

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15741

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William Ashworth

Born 1894

British Army 404895 Private Labour Corps

British Army 13144 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James Marsden

Born 1882

British Army 288070 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 6814 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6814 Private South Wales Borderers

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Mary Jennette Robins

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service

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Walter Dewhurst

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 293069 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 481362 Private Labour Corps

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Waring Brandwood

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 500 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th

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William Arthur Rowe Carter

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Draine

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 30715 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Bolton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194348

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William Duckworth

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8025

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