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Bolton, Lancashire [1855]

Bolton Lancashire [505]

Bolton England [204]

Bolton [113]

Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18]

Bolton, Lancashire, England [17]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17]

Bolton Lancs [16]

Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [14]

Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [13]

Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [13]

Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [10]

Bolton, Lancs [9]

Little Hulton, Bolton, Lancashire [9]

Turton Bolton Lancashire [9]

Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire [8]

Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [7]

Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Bolton, Lincolnshire [6]

Bolton,Lancs [6]

Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Little Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Egerton Bolton Lancashire [5]

Harwood Bolton Lancashire [5]

Bolton Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Bolton, England [4]

Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Westmorland [4]

Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Ainsworth, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Bolton ENGLAND [3]

Bolton Woods, Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bolton, Yorkshire [3]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Dunscar Bolton Lancashire [3]

Edgworth,Bolton,Lancs. [3]

414 Bolton Road Birmingham [2]

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]

Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [713]

Corporal [62]

Lance Corporal [50]

Gunner [43]

Serjeant [36]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Driver [23]

Lieutenant [22]

Sapper [21]

Captain [20]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Deck Hand [12]

Rifleman [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Major [7]

Sergeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Pioneer [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Trooper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Junior Reserve Attendant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Reverend [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner (Private) [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman (Private) [2]

Senior Reserve Attendant [2]

private [2]

(Guardsman) Private [1]

AM1 Fitter [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [380]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [170]

Lancashire Fusiliers [52]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [33]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [20]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Border Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9]

London Regiment [9]

North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS TIGER [5]

HMS Vivid I [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1244]

British Army [928]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [722]

Australian Imperial Force [213]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [400]

B [343]

W [263]

C [242]

M [226]

S [181]

L [176]

G [170]

T [147]

R [138]

P [132]

A [130]

F [124]

D [121]

K [80]

J [63]

E [62]

N [51]

O [30]

Y [24]

I [22]

V [14]

U [8]

Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3116]

Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [298]

Canada [6]

India [3]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Ghana [1]

Ireland [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [1855] Bolton Lancashire [505] Bolton England [204] Bolton [113] Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18] Bolton, Lancashire, England [17] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17] Bolton Lancs [16] Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [14] Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire [13] Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [13] Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [10] Bolton, Lancs [9] Little Hulton, Bolton, Lancashire [9] Turton Bolton Lancashire [9] Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire [8] Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [7] Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [7] Bolton, Lincolnshire [6] Bolton,Lancs [6] Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [6] Little Bolton, Lancashire [6] Egerton Bolton Lancashire [5] Harwood Bolton Lancashire [5] Bolton Lancashire [4] Bolton, Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Bolton, England [4] Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Westmorland [4] Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire [4] Ainsworth, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Bolton ENGLAND [3] Bolton Woods, Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bolton, Yorkshire [3] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [3] Dunscar Bolton Lancashire [3] Edgworth,Bolton,Lancs. [3] 414 Bolton Road Birmingham [2] 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] Egerton, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [713] Corporal [62] Lance Corporal [50] Gunner [43] Serjeant [36] Second Lieutenant [32] Driver [23] Lieutenant [22] Sapper [21] Captain [20] Stoker 1st Class [13] Able Seaman [12] Deck Hand [12] Rifleman [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Major [7] Sergeant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [6] Pioneer [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Trooper [4] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Junior Reserve Attendant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Petty Officer [3] Reverend [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner (Private) [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman (Private) [2] Senior Reserve Attendant [2] private [2] (Guardsman) Private [1] AM1 Fitter [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [380] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [170] Lancashire Fusiliers [52] Royal Field Artillery [51] Manchester Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [33] Machine Gun Corps [32] Royal Engineers [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [20] Canadian Infantry [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Border Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Labour Corps [15] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10] Royal Scots [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9] London Regiment [9] North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS TIGER [5] HMS Vivid I [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Training Reserve [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1244] British Army [928] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [722] Australian Imperial Force [213] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

H [400] B [343] W [263] C [242] M [226] S [181] L [176] G [170] T [147] R [138] P [132] A [130] F [124] D [121] K [80] J [63] E [62] N [51] O [30] Y [24] I [22] V [14] U [8] Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3116] Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [298] Canada [6] India [3] France [1] Germany [1] Ghana [1] Ireland [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Albert Roscoe

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 16903 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army 16903 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army 16903 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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John Hogg

Born 1880

Died 1936

British Army 1762 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion TF

British Army 200392 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion TF

British Army 10895 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Cunliffe

Born 1880

Died 1966

British Army 15459 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15459 Private Loyal North Lancashire

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Frederick Collinson

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2213 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2213 Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Robert Hurst

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 36940 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 36940 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 36940 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Depot

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Herbert Henry Bradshaw

Born 1886

Died 1955

British Army 30227 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 30227 Private Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) 8th

British Army 30227 Corpral Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) 8th

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Joseph Riley

Born 1881

Died 1971

British Army 3799 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Williams

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 458 (Incomplete) Warrant Officer Class 2 Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 4584 Company Serjeant Major Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Ashton

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 11114 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army A Coy

British Army 11114 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Stanley Withers

Born 1897

Died 1963

British Army 40340 Lance Serjeant Scottish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Homer

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 14447 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14447 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Jones

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1149 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Joseph Marsden

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 2361 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Harry Morris

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5358 Private The Royal Fusiliers 20th (Service) Battalion (3rd Public Schools)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army First Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Richard Breaks

Born 1881

Died 1954

British Army 49628 Private 13th Battalion Royal Defence Corps

British Army 6966 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army 6966 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Alexander Tyrer Copple

Born 1893

Died 1927

British Army 11007 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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Joseph Knowles

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 240895 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Carter

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15025 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15025 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15025 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Noel Finucane

Born 1890

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Steward Luisitania

Other Empire Force Seaman RMS Aquitania

British Army 7494 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/10 Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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Herbert Humphreys

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4891 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion TF

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