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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]

Ernest Briggs

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99245

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Thomas Dean

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46875

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James Barnes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402366

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Fred Billington

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287085

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William Hayhurst

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120371

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Thomas Walker

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306394

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Henry Thompson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261187

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Philip Almond

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305299

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Alfred Leigh

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295375

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Thomas Starr

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168630

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John James Beardsworth Aspden

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268707

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Richard Counsell Sharples

Born 1897

British Army 715819 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1615 Royal Field Artillery 4th East Lancashire Brigade

British Army 149322 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leslie Pilkington

Born 1901

British Army 96122 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army 96286 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Albert Holden

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 203931 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 203931 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3337 Private 4th (2nd reserve) battalion East Lanashire Regiment 4th (2nd reserve) battalion East La

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Frank Hindle

Born 1887

British Army 47750 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 37480 Private Labour Corps

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James Stirrup

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298121

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George Dawson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305619

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John Walmsley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308005

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Robert Warriner

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289454

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Richard Walsh

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288002

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