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Bootle, Lancashire [443]

Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [58]

Bootle, Lancashire, England [33]

Bootle, Liverpool [30]

Bootle England [28]

Bootle [27]

Bootle Liverpool [7]

Bootle, Cumberland [7]

Bootle, Lancs [6]

Bootle Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Bootle, Cumberland, England [2]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2]

Saint James Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bootle Cumberland [1]

Bootle Kirkdale Liverpool Lancashire [1]

Bootle Lancashire [1]

Bootle Lancashire England [1]

Bootle Lancs [1]

Bootle Liverpool England [1]

Bootle New South Wales [1]

Bootle West Derby [1]

Bootle, Cork [1]

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Bootle, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Bootle, Liverpool, England [1]

Bootle, Liverpool. [1]

Bootle, Merseyside [1]

Bootle, Sefton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Wales [1]

Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1]

Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Litherland, Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Millom, Bootle, Cumberland [1]

South Millom Bootle, Cumberland [1]

St Marys, Bootle, Lancs [1]

litherland bootle lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Corporal [6]

Stoker [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lt [1]

3rd Class Waiter [1]

4th Engineer Officer [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanics, 3rd Grade [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Motor Despatch Rider [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Greaser [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance/Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Major [1]

Major and Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

PNR (Pioneer) [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [25]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS LION [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

10th Kings Regiment Liverpool Scottish [2]

10th Kings Regiment, Liverpool Scottish [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Liverpool Scottish Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

ALIAS [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Vanguard." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

H.M.S. "Vivien." [1]

HM Submarine C33 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [376]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111]

British Army [108]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [79]

H [60]

W [52]

D [47]

C [46]

B [44]

R [43]

S [43]

P [36]

T [34]

J [30]

G [29]

F [27]

A [26]

L [24]

O [16]

E [13]

K [10]

N [8]

Q [2]

V [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [604]

Merchant Navy [43]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Bootle, Lancashire [443] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [58] Bootle, Lancashire, England [33] Bootle, Liverpool [30] Bootle England [28] Bootle [27] Bootle Liverpool [7] Bootle, Cumberland [7] Bootle, Lancs [6] Bootle Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Bootle, Cumberland, England [2] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2] Saint James Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bootle Cumberland [1] Bootle Kirkdale Liverpool Lancashire [1] Bootle Lancashire [1] Bootle Lancashire England [1] Bootle Lancs [1] Bootle Liverpool England [1] Bootle New South Wales [1] Bootle West Derby [1] Bootle, Cork [1] Bootle, Lancashire. [1] Bootle, Lincolnshire, England [1] Bootle, Liverpool, England [1] Bootle, Liverpool. [1] Bootle, Merseyside [1] Bootle, Sefton, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Wales [1] Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1] Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Litherland, Bootle, Lancashire [1] Millom, Bootle, Cumberland [1] South Millom Bootle, Cumberland [1] St Marys, Bootle, Lancs [1] litherland bootle lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [69] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [6] Stoker [6] Able Seaman [5] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lt [1] 3rd Class Waiter [1] 4th Engineer Officer [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanics, 3rd Grade [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Motor Despatch Rider [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Greaser [1] Guardsman [1] Lance/Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Major [1] Major and Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Musician [1] PNR (Pioneer) [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [25] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14] Royal Naval Reserve [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS LION [3] Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] 10th Kings Regiment Liverpool Scottish [2] 10th Kings Regiment, Liverpool Scottish [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Liverpool Scottish Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1] ALIAS [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. "Vivien." [1] HM Submarine C33 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [376] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111] British Army [108] Australian Imperial Force [30] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [79] H [60] W [52] D [47] C [46] B [44] R [43] S [43] P [36] T [34] J [30] G [29] F [27] A [26] L [24] O [16] E [13] K [10] N [8] Q [2] V [2] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [604] Merchant Navy [43]

Country

United Kingdom [50] France [1]

Arthur Herbert Procter

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army 3156 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

British Army 200996 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3/5th Battalion

British Army 200996 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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George Moore

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 3591 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 355638 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 355638 & 3591 Private Scottish Kings Liverpool Regiment 10th Batt

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George Jones

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 80006 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 80006 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors) Armoured Car Battery attached Dunster Force

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James Ewart Jackson

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 356687 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment

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Douglas Crabb

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3952 Private Liverpool Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3952 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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William George Rogerson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3830 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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Frederick William Lancaster

Born 1894

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319596

British Army 2937 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Btn. Liverpool Scottish

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Joseph Baird

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 67668 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Alfred Hardman

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13817 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13817 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Catherine Irvine

Born 1885

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)

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James A L Hunter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5443 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Edward Davies

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 358931 Private Liverpool Regiment

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May Wylie

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 6306 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Attached 10th Reserve Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Henry Taylor

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army C/241 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Henry Walker

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army T1039 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 438300 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1039 Sapper Royal Engineers. T.F

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Harry Gray

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2815 Private Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 2815 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/10th Battalion

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Robert Denman

Died 1918

British Army 13274 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 489207 Private Labour Corps

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John Stephen Mills

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15429 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15429 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Norman Domville

Born 1897

Died 1984

British Army 85943 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Albert James Haddock

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18987 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Royal Fusiliers 32 Battery

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