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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]

William Haworth

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army M2/021969 Private Army Service Corps No. 1 M.T. Embarkation Depot (Avonmouth)

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James Edward Todd

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50326

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Robert Ambrose Mckinnel

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283750

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Walter Parkinson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305682

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Timothy Southworth

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38815

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Robert Porter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299820

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Harold Thompson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309322

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John William Parker

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292434

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Walter Shaw

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160113

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John Grimshaw

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30868

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James Stirzaker

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198446

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Joseph Nickson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198819

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Thomas Vasey

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186398

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Thomas Ashbridge

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20446 Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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Frederick Herbert Brown

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213548

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Herbert Armistead

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231952

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Cyril Norman Nuttall

Born 1896

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13074

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13074 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Whelpton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 17651 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17651 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17651 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 10th

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Robert Challoner

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Service Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Gardner

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144375

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