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Blackburn, Lancashire [1377]

Blackburn England [121]

Blackburn [93]

Blackburn Victoria [32]

Blackburn, Lancs [25]

Blackburn Lancashire [23]

Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4]

Blackburn, Yorkshire [4]

Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn Lancs [3]

Blackburn Scotland [3]

Blackburn, England [3]

Blackburn,Lancashire [3]

Blackburn,Lancs [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, London [2]

Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2]

Darwen, Blackburn [2]

Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2]

Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Wilpshire, Blackburn [2]

148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1]

Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1]

Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn ,Lancashire [1]

Blackburn Livingstone [1]

Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Dublin [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1]

Blackburn, Lancashre [1]

Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1]

Blackburn, Linlithgow [1]

Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Blackburn, lancs [1]

Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256]

Serjeant [24]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [20]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Driver [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Leutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant Commander [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]

Flt Sub Lt [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Infantryman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Lieut-Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Border Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474]

British Army [359]

Australian Imperial Force [160]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234]

H [205]

S [163]

C [151]

W [143]

M [98]

R [96]

A [88]

T [85]

P [76]

L [73]

G [71]

D [67]

E [48]

F [48]

K [45]

N [37]

J [27]

O [24]

Y [16]

I [8]

Q [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

United States [1]

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Blackburn, Lancashire [1377] Blackburn England [121] Blackburn [93] Blackburn Victoria [32] Blackburn, Lancs [25] Blackburn Lancashire [23] Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire [15] Blackburn, Lancashire, England [4] Blackburn, Yorkshire [4] Clitheroe, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackburn Lancs [3] Blackburn Scotland [3] Blackburn, England [3] Blackburn,Lancashire [3] Blackburn,Lancs [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, London [2] Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2] Darwen, Blackburn [2] Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle,Blackburn,Lancashire. [2] Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Wilpshire, Blackburn [2] 148 Blackburn Street Govan Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] 20 Belgrave St, Witton, Blackburn, Lancs [1] 55 Peter St, Blackburn, [1] Audley, Blackburn, Lancs [1] Billington, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackburn ,Lancashire [1] Blackburn Livingstone [1] Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Dublin [1] Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [1] Blackburn, Lancashre [1] Blackburn, Lincolnshire [1] Blackburn, Linlithgow [1] Blackburn, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Blackburn, lancs [1] Blackburn,Lancs. [1]

Rank

Private [256] Serjeant [24] Gunner [23] Corporal [20] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Able Seaman [14] Driver [13] Deck Hand [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Stoker 1st Class [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Sergeant [7] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Leutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant Commander [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] Flt Sub Lt [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Infantryman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Lieut-Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Nursing Member [1] Nursing Sister [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [68] Royal Field Artillery [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Labour Corps [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Army Service Corps [10] Border Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Wales Borderers [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] HMS Vivid I [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Vivid [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Scots [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [807] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [474] British Army [359] Australian Imperial Force [160] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [234] H [205] S [163] C [151] W [143] M [98] R [96] A [88] T [85] P [76] L [73] G [71] D [67] E [48] F [48] K [45] N [37] J [27] O [24] Y [16] I [8] Q [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1775] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [167] India [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] United States [1]

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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Sidney Howard Fish

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/180 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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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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George Wood

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 37976 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50285 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th 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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Isaac Greenbank

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2966 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36562 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Joseph Stuart

Born 1879

Died 1965

British Army 34853 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Salford)

British Army 34853 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fussliers

British Army

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William Kennedy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 86561 Driver Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 67th Brigade

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