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Burnley, Lancashire [1280]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [51]

Burnley Lancashire [17]

Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire [10]

Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [9]

Burnley,Lancashire. [7]

Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Burnley Lancashire England [2]

Habergham, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Whalley, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Altham, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Barrowford, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burnley Lancashire [1]

Burnley , Lancashire [1]

Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England. [1]

Burnley,Lancashire [1]

Burnley. Lancashire. England. [1]

Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Clivinger, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Colne, Burnley Lancashire [1]

Colne,Burnley,Lancashire. [1]

Fence, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Foulridge near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Great Harwood, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Holme, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Lowerhouse, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Padiham Burnley Lancashire [1]

Padiham Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Padiham,Burnley,Lancashire. [1]

Trawden Burnley Lancashire [1]

Walefoot Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Wheatley,Lane,Burnley,Lancashire. [1]

Worsthorne, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [240]

Gunner [21]

Lance Corporal [21]

Driver [19]

Deck Hand [16]

Corporal [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Bombardier [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman. [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Boy [1]

Corporal Gunner [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance/Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Marine [1]

Nurse [1]

Probationary Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

S PO [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [101]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [16]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

HMS LION [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [674]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [384]

British Army [313]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [254]

H [186]

S [152]

C [126]

W [124]

P [68]

M [65]

L [63]

T [62]

R [60]

D [56]

A [47]

F [31]

G [30]

J [24]

K [20]

E [18]

N [13]

I [9]

O [9]

Y [5]

U [4]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1357]

Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [88]

India [4]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [1280] Burnley, Lancashire, England [51] Burnley Lancashire [17] Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13] Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire [10] Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [9] Burnley,Lancashire. [7] Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [3] Burnley Lancashire England [2] Habergham, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Whalley, Burnley, Lancashire [2] 69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Altham, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Barrowford, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burnley Lancashire [1] Burnley , Lancashire [1] Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire, [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England. [1] Burnley,Lancashire [1] Burnley. Lancashire. England. [1] Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Clivinger, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Colne, Burnley Lancashire [1] Colne,Burnley,Lancashire. [1] Fence, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Foulridge near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Great Harwood, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Holme, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Lowerhouse, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Oswaldtwistle, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Padiham Burnley Lancashire [1] Padiham Burnley, Lancashire [1] Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Padiham,Burnley,Lancashire. [1] Trawden Burnley Lancashire [1] Walefoot Burnley, Lancashire [1] Wheatley,Lane,Burnley,Lancashire. [1] Worsthorne, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [240] Gunner [21] Lance Corporal [21] Driver [19] Deck Hand [16] Corporal [15] Able Seaman [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Ordinary Seaman [11] Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [9] Stoker 1st Class [7] Bombardier [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Pioneer [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Sapper [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman. [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Boy [1] Corporal Gunner [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance/Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Marine [1] Nurse [1] Probationary Flight Officer / Second Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] S PO [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [101] Royal Field Artillery [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Reserve [16] Cheshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Labour Corps [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] HMS LION [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] South Wales Borderers [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [674] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [384] British Army [313] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [254] H [186] S [152] C [126] W [124] P [68] M [65] L [63] T [62] R [60] D [56] A [47] F [31] G [30] J [24] K [20] E [18] N [13] I [9] O [9] Y [5] U [4] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1357] Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [88] India [4] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Edwin Towler

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army L/18093 Corporal Royal Field Artillery C Battery

British Army L/18093 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery C Battery

British Army L/18093 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery C battery

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Benjamin Halstead

Born 1888

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114822

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114822 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114822 Private 8th Infantry Brigade

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Thomas Atkinson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 206186 Private Tank Corps

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Alfred Bernard Jinks

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 700204 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700204 Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Attached to 361 (Horse Transportation) Company, Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 872 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 6th Lancashire Battery

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John Thomas Akker

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37240 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 291608 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Stanley Broughton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 373 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 352178 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2/2 east Battalion

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Norman Bell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2418 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 2418 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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John Henry Bullock

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 83 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th

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Harry Tarren

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 3636 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Swift

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 241859 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Hugh Colvin

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 2919 Lance Corporal 8th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Brooks

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 3859 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edgar Halstead

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 19140 Private Highland Light Infantry 10th highland Battalion

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Herbert Harold Heyworth

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4184 Private London Regiment

British Army 551494 Private London Regiment

British Army 4184 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Emmerson Tarren

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 20900 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 61623 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 61623 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harry Chadwick

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 202860 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Hubert Hitchen

Born 1889

Died 1928

Royal Navy SS109501 S PO Various HM Ships and Establishments

Royal Navy SS109501 Stoker 1st Class HMS Marlborough

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James David Bradley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Stanley Hey

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 34939 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army TR/9/32205 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Henry Pellow

Born 1894

Died 1991

British Army 700872 Driver East Lancashire Regiment 3/1st Battalion

British Army 700872 Driver Royal Field Artillery 5th Battery

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