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Blackpool, Lancashire [348]

Blackpool England [54]

Blackpool [31]

Blackpool, Lancs [8]

Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire [5]

Blackpool Lancashire [4]

Blackpool, England [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 Blackbrock, Dublin [1]

Blackpool ENGLAND [1]

Blackpool Lancs [1]

Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Cornwall [1]

Blackpool, Devon [1]

Blackpool, Essex [1]

Blackpool, Lanarkshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancaster [1]

Blackpool, Lancs. [1]

Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool,Lancs [1]

Christchurch, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Cleveleys, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Eccleston, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Fylde Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Fylde, Blackpool [1]

Fylde, Blackpool, Lancs [1]

Great Marton, Blackpool [1]

Kirkham, Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Layton, Blackpool [1]

Marton, Blackpool, Lancs [1]

Sacred Heart, Blackpool [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]

Thornton, Blackpool, Lancs [1]

blackpool [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Gunner [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2Lt 1917, Lt 1918 - 1920.. [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [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]

Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Ord Tel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sapper - CQMS [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sublieutenant [1]

Tel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/1 Highland Battalion Cyclist Company [1]

202nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1]

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

5th Light Infantry Indian Army [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]

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]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [215]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [137]

British Army [83]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [65]

B [64]

S [54]

C [46]

W [28]

M [26]

G [25]

T [25]

R [24]

P [21]

L [19]

A [17]

N [14]

D [13]

F [12]

E [11]

J [11]

K [7]

O [4]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [484]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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Place of birth

Blackpool, Lancashire [348] Blackpool England [54] Blackpool [31] Blackpool, Lancs [8] Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire [5] Blackpool Lancashire [4] Blackpool, England [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 Blackbrock, Dublin [1] Blackpool ENGLAND [1] Blackpool Lancs [1] Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Cornwall [1] Blackpool, Devon [1] Blackpool, Essex [1] Blackpool, Lanarkshire [1] Blackpool, Lancaster [1] Blackpool, Lancs. [1] Blackpool, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Preston, Lancashire [1] Blackpool,Lancs [1] Christchurch, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Cleveleys, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Eccleston, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Fylde Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Fylde, Blackpool [1] Fylde, Blackpool, Lancs [1] Great Marton, Blackpool [1] Kirkham, Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Layton, Blackpool [1] Marton, Blackpool, Lancs [1] Sacred Heart, Blackpool [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] Thornton, Blackpool, Lancs [1] blackpool [1]

Rank

Private [50] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Gunner [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2Lt 1917, Lt 1918 - 1920.. [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [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] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Ord Tel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Sapper - CQMS [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sublieutenant [1] Tel [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] HMS NEPTUNE [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS NEW ZEALAND [2] HMS Vernon [2] Labour Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/1 Highland Battalion Cyclist Company [1] 202nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 5th Light Infantry Indian Army [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] 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] Herefordshire Regiment [1] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [215] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [137] British Army [83] Australian Imperial Force [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [65] B [64] S [54] C [46] W [28] M [26] G [25] T [25] R [24] P [21] L [19] A [17] N [14] D [13] F [12] E [11] J [11] K [7] O [4] I [3] V [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [484] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1] Russian Federation [1]

Ernest Victor Todd

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army 94869 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army 94869 Sapper - CQMS Royal Engineers 153 Field Company

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Haslam Entwistle

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army 266029 The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt) 12 Bn

British Army 43721 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Battalion Depot

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Herbert W Lea

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 97012 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 97012 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 97012 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 190 Brigade Y41 Trench Mortar Battery

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William Henry Doran

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1124 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd West lancashire Brigade

British Army T5/1945 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5th battalion

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Henry Gerrard

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army S/5328 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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William Henry Cotgrave

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 27337 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Hugh B Helm

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 711054 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Battery, 156 Brigade

British Army 2054 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Stanley Doran

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3318 Private 8th (Irish Reserve) "The Kings" Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14043 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps XVII Corps Cyclist Battalion

British Army 14043 Private Army Cyclist Corps XVII Corps Cyclist Battalion

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George Croft

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 104915 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 104915 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery

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Albert Humberstone

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 22739 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 12th Battalion

British Army 22739 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 22739 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th (Service) Battalion

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William Edward Hall

Born 1897

Died 1922

British Army Acting Lance Corporal King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion

British Army Acting Corporal King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion

British Army 5340 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Thomas Hall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army P/1873 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army P/1873 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

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Frank Gustave Heap

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 49945 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps 4th Battalion

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Clarence Vere Hooton

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 235044 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Roskell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 13448 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13448 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13448 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Arthur Gerrard

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army R 3124 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

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Harlod James Turnbull

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119578

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Perceval Boyce

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Captain 5th Light Infantry Indian Army

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John Range Cartmell

Born 1890

Died 1979

British Army GS/82211 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

British Army TR/LON/68059 Training Reserve 106th Battalion

British Army GS/82211 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Harold Holden Newsome

Born 1887

Died 1929

British Army 57598 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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