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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]

Reginald Simister

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4049 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1/6th Battalion attached 9th Battalion

British Army 4049 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 3/6th Regiment

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John Demaine

Died 1917

British Army 20626 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

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Walter Wright

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 128046 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 128046 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Entwistle

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 97703 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 97703 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Horridge

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army L/24021 Royal Field Artillery C Battery

British Army L/24021 Driver Royal Field Artillery 170th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Blackburn

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 102194 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Orrell

Born 1884

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73956

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Herbert Mushens

Born 1895

Died 1956

British Army 2637 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240826 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2637, 240826 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Broughall

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 372886 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5799 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Richard Rudd

Born 1884

Died 1965

Royal Navy L8873

Royal Navy L/8873 Cook Pembroke 1

Royal Navy L/8873 Cook Africa

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Stanley Cunliffe

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army 1076 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 710302 Driver Royal Field Artillery 211 Brigade

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Harold Burgess

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy Mate HMS Fearless

Royal Navy Acting Gunner HMS Furious

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William Henry Abbott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21858 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion (Bantams)

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Robert Dawson Greenhalgh

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 221466 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 88th Battery

British Army 221466 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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James Arthur Lord

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 64506 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 57684 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 64506 Private South Wales Borderers Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Abraham Brierley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 127453 Private Machine Gun Corps 19th Battalion

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Jesse D Boxwell

Died 1918

British Army 6860 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5811 Manchester Regiment

British Army 277455 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Berry

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 71334 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 74831 Private Training Reserve 107th Battalion

British Army 71334 Private Training Reserve 106th Battalion

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Austyn Lewis Hughes

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 555476 Private London Regiment

British Army 555476 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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George Herbert Preston

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army S/11189 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/11189 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade

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