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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]

James Calverley

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 13623 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Harold Bountiff

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army L/17106 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 95th Brigade

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Victor Marquis

Born 1887

Died 1958

British Army 764902 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

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Edmund Wilkinson

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Ingham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 20931 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 132915 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1767 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240228 Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Reginald Julian Albany Bowles

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 114th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Blaylock

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 20169 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Henry Parker Bridge

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5791 Private Manchester Regiment 10th

British Army 5791 Sapper Manchester Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Henry Berry

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 84911 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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J J Lord

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11634 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th

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James Riley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 27162 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 15th

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James Atherton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 23143 Private East Lancashire Regiment 10th east Battalion

British Army 23143 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Daniel Kimm

Born 1886

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129847 Private 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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John Butterworth

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 2329 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2329 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Frances Brunt

Died 1918

British Army 700786 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Barber

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2176 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th east Battalion

British Army 2176 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Robert Bullock

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2330 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Phillip Burke

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 7707 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 614557 Private Labour Corps

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Wilfred Bailey

Born 1898

British Army 17467 Driver Royal Field Artillery D Battery

British Army L/17467 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Instructional Battery

British Army L/17467 Driver Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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