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Blackpool, Lancashire [348]

Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire [5]

Blackpool Lancashire [4]

Blackpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

(probably) Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

11 Dean Street, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

All Saints Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Christchurch, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Cleveleys, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Eccleston, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Fylde Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Kirkham, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Saint Johns, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

South Shore Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

St John, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Thornton, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Boy Tel [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain and Lieutenant [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ord Tel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sublieutenant [1]

Tel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/1 Highland Battalion Cyclist Company [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

8th (Irish Reserve) "The Kings" Liverpool Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Labour Corps. [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Transport [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Military Police Corps [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [206]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135]

British Army [36]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [50]

B [48]

S [41]

C [27]

W [24]

R [21]

P [20]

M [19]

T [18]

A [15]

G [15]

L [15]

N [13]

F [11]

D [10]

J [10]

E [6]

K [6]

O [4]

I [3]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [371]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Australia [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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People [378] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackpool, Lancashire [348] Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire [5] Blackpool Lancashire [4] Blackpool, Lancashire, England [2] Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2] (probably) Blackpool, Lancashire [1] 11 Dean Street, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] All Saints Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Preston, Lancashire [1] Christchurch, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Cleveleys, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Eccleston, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Fylde Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Kirkham, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Saint Johns, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] South Shore Blackpool, Lancashire [1] South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] St John, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Thornton, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [25] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Leading Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 2 [1] Boy Tel [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain and Lieutenant [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Ord Tel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sublieutenant [1] Tel [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS NEW ZEALAND [2] HMS Vernon [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/1 Highland Battalion Cyclist Company [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 8th (Irish Reserve) "The Kings" Liverpool Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Warspite [1] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Labour Corps. [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Transport [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Military Police Corps [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [206] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [135] British Army [36] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [50] B [48] S [41] C [27] W [24] R [21] P [20] M [19] T [18] A [15] G [15] L [15] N [13] F [11] D [10] J [10] E [6] K [6] O [4] I [3] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [371] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Australia [1] Russian Federation [1]

Samuel Tandy

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS119550

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Charles George Belsey

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS120242

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Charles Albert Whiteside

Born 1884

Royal Navy 212114

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Joseph Melling

Born 1885

Royal Navy 219437

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Leslie Beattie

Born 1886

Royal Navy 224262

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Albert Thomas

Born 1885

Royal Navy 224467

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John Robert Hardie

Born 1876

British Army 3799 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Transport

British Army 201339 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 429778 Private Royal Engineers

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John Bamber

Born 1893

Royal Navy M19109 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M19109 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Erin

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James Firth

Born 1888

Royal Navy 226564 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE

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George Walmsley

Born 1881

Royal Navy 344920 Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

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John Ernest Bailey

Born 1892

Royal Navy K22971 Leading Stoker HMS NEW ZEALAND

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Fred Leslie Myles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407746

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John Harrison

Born 1894

Royal Navy 15839 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Harold Taylor

Born 1900

Royal Navy J49167

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William Edward Young

Born 1899

Royal Navy J62847

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Henry Roscoe

Born 1893

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Mary Elizabeth Cain

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Harold Miller

Born 1900

Royal Navy J54605

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