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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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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]

Abraham Bromiley

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1001 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

British Army 12708 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 15808 North Lancashire 8th battalion

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Anthony Brahney

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 32976 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 32976 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Bn

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Walter Raymond Clark Haworth

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 23439 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Loveless

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7588 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Douglas Wardleworth

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Shorrock

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 24888 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 44658 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Abraham Brierley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 127453 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 127453 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 127453 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Queenan

Born 1897

British Army 482143 Private Labour Corps Southern Command ex Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Adolph Muller

Born 1894

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 69592 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 69592 Private 26th Battalion

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Edward Makin

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 22408 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 299434 Private Labour Corps

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George Washington Cisco

Born 1887

Died 1935

British Army 37631 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Jabez Britton

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 22408 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 16239 Private Royal North Lancashire

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Alfred Alexander Hardie

Born 1896

Died 1951

British Army 350151 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 321 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Battalion

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J W Howarth

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 432146 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 432146 Sapper Royal Engineers 57th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 432146 Pilot

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Harold Lord

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards C Squadron, 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper 1st. Life Guards

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Thomas Hardman Bradley

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 14/795 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley)

British Army 112658 Sapper Royal Engineers 174 Tunnelling Company

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Ernest Nicholson Cunliffe, Obe

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edmund Stott

Died 1916

British Army 13691 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th. Battalion

British Army 13691 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 7th. Battalion

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Anthony Kelly

Born 1877

British Army 6813 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 6813 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Philip Joseph Crook

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 42nd Divisional Artillery Column Canadian Infantry Yeomanry Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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