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Bolton, Lancashire [1855]

Bolton Lancashire [505]

Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18]

Bolton, Lancashire, England [17]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17]

Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [14]

Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [13]

Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [13]

Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [10]

Little Hulton, Bolton, Lancashire [9]

Turton Bolton Lancashire [9]

Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire [8]

Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [7]

Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Little Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Egerton Bolton Lancashire [5]

Harwood Bolton Lancashire [5]

Bolton Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Ainsworth, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Dunscar Bolton Lancashire [3]

Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [3]

Great Lever Bolton Lancashire [3]

Horwich near Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Little Lever Bolton Lancashire [3]

Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [2]

Belmont Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire. [2]

Bolton,Lancashire. [2]

Bradshaw Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bromiley Cross Bolton Lancashire [2]

Darcy Lever Bolton Lancashire [2]

Eagley Bolton Lancashire [2]

Eagley, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Great Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Sharples, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

St George's, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Turton, Bolton Lancashire [2]

Walkden, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Walmsley Bolton Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [581]

Corporal [54]

Lance Corporal [44]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [29]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Driver [21]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [15]

Sapper [14]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Deck Hand [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Rifleman [10]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Sergeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Major [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Junior Reserve Attendant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner (Private) [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman (Private) [2]

Senior Reserve Attendant [2]

private [2]

(Guardsman) Private [1]

AM1 Fitter [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Craftman II [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [336]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [156]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [42]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Scots [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS Vivid I [5]

Royal Engineers Transport [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [5]

HMS TIGER [4]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [4]

King's Liverpool Regiment [4]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1205]

British Army [757]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [710]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [345]

B [290]

W [222]

C [213]

M [197]

L [151]

G [148]

S [145]

T [127]

R [120]

A [114]

F [112]

P [109]

D [98]

K [73]

J [56]

E [49]

N [38]

O [23]

Y [23]

I [20]

V [12]

Q [6]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2671]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [225]

India [3]

Canada [2]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [1855] Bolton Lancashire [505] Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18] Bolton, Lancashire, England [17] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17] Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [14] Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [13] Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [13] Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [10] Little Hulton, Bolton, Lancashire [9] Turton Bolton Lancashire [9] Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire [8] Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [7] Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [7] Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [7] Little Bolton, Lancashire [6] Egerton Bolton Lancashire [5] Harwood Bolton Lancashire [5] Bolton Lancashire [4] Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire [4] Ainsworth, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Dunscar Bolton Lancashire [3] Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [3] Great Lever Bolton Lancashire [3] Horwich near Bolton, Lancashire [3] Little Lever Bolton Lancashire [3] Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [2] Belmont Bolton Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire. [2] Bolton,Lancashire. [2] Bradshaw Bolton Lancashire [2] Bromiley Cross Bolton Lancashire [2] Darcy Lever Bolton Lancashire [2] Eagley Bolton Lancashire [2] Eagley, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Great Bolton, Lancashire [2] Heaton, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Lostock, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Sharples, Bolton, Lancashire [2] St George's, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Turton, Bolton Lancashire [2] Walkden, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Walmsley Bolton Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [581] Corporal [54] Lance Corporal [44] Gunner [33] Serjeant [29] Second Lieutenant [26] Driver [21] Lieutenant [19] Captain [15] Sapper [14] Stoker 1st Class [13] Deck Hand [11] Able Seaman [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Rifleman [10] Boy 1st Class [6] Sergeant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Major [4] Acting Corporal [3] Junior Reserve Attendant [3] Petty Officer [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner (Private) [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman (Private) [2] Senior Reserve Attendant [2] private [2] (Guardsman) Private [1] AM1 Fitter [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Craftman II [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [336] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [156] Royal Field Artillery [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [42] Manchester Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Royal Engineers [22] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Royal Naval Reserve [13] Border Regiment [12] Labour Corps [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Scots [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS Vivid I [5] Royal Engineers Transport [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [5] HMS TIGER [4] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [4] King's Liverpool Regiment [4] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1205] British Army [757] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [710] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [345] B [290] W [222] C [213] M [197] L [151] G [148] S [145] T [127] R [120] A [114] F [112] P [109] D [98] K [73] J [56] E [49] N [38] O [23] Y [23] I [20] V [12] Q [6] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2671] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [225] India [3] Canada [2] France [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

Robert Horridge

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Oxford Medical Alumini Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn

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Patrick Hagan

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 641 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd east Battalion

British Army 641 Private East Lancashire Regiment "B" Company, 2nd Battalion.

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Harry Fitzroy Norris

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 12028 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

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George Cawfield

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 243480 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Stephen Knowles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Battalion

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William Weston

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267688

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Albert Eatough

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14356 Acting Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 14356 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ernest Edward Jones

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280311

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Harry Rigby

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292478

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Ernest Critchley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247969

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Arthur Boardman

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 18395 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Reuben Lonsdale Caldwell

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 3793 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 3793 Private Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

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Samuel Kay

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105361

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Harold Flitcroft

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 32030 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Albert Haynes

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127712

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James Wild Vickers

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 226943 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/24815 Pioneer Royal Engineers 334th. Road Construction Company

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Thomas Russell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4696 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4696 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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William Laithwaite

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305188

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Richmond Bradley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4035

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John Grundy Vickers

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260816

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