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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]

Morley Twisse

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 991 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

British Army 236082 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 249th Field Co

British Army 236082 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

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John Warburton

Died 1918

British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps XIX

British Army 203 West Lancashire Divisional Cycling Company

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Albert Ernest Davies

Born 1886

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41369

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William Mushens

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 240812 Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 240812 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Matthew Savage

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 32560 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Arthur Adams

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army 16730 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16730 Corporal 2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Thompson

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 279741 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 95th Company

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William Tillotson

Born 1884

Died 1956

British Army 5242 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 56652 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 5242 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Clark

Born 1881

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4773 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Cuthbert Simpson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 1773 Company Quarter Master Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 1773 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 1773 Company Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Arthur Costello

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 4596 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4596 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Bradley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4036 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/13089 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army 4036 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 54th Company

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George Mallon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311217

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Herbert Hamnett

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281371

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Frank Taylor

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289188

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Abraham Gregory

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 16082 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16082 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Robert Harold Dawson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2519 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2519 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2519 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5 Battalion Territorial Force

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Elisha Wilcockson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14235 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles Parkinson

Died 1916

British Army 17347 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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James Morris

Died 1915

British Army 18544 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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