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Burnley, Lancashire [1280]

Burnley Victoria [116]

Burnley [88]

Burnley England [87]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [51]

Burnley, Lancs [28]

Burnley Lancashire [17]

Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire [10]

Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [9]

Burnley, Yorkshire [7]

Burnley,Lancashire. [7]

Burnley,Lancs [4]

Burnley Lancs [3]

Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Burnley Lancashire England [2]

Burnley, England [2]

Habergham, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Whalley, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

burnley [2]

62 Ardwick Street, Burnley [1]

69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Altham, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Barrowford, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Brierfield, Burnley [1]

Burnley Lancashire [1]

Burnley , Lancashire [1]

Burnley Engine street [1]

Burnley Heath, Hertfordshire [1]

Burnley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Burnley Lancs. [1]

Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burnley Melbourne Victoria [1]

Burnley New South Wales [1]

Burnley Tasmania [1]

Burnley, Gloucestershire [1]

Burnley, Lanashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England. [1]

Burnley, Lincolnshire [1]

Burnley, London [1]

Burnley,Lancashire [1]

Burnley. [1]

Burnley. Lancashire. England. [1]

Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Clivinger, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Colne, Burnley Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [343]

Gunner [30]

Lance Corporal [26]

Corporal [24]

Driver [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Serjeant [19]

Deck Hand [17]

Able Seaman [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Rifleman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

A/Captain [1]

Able Seaman. [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armoury Staff Sgt [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) [1]

Company Serjeant Master [1]

Corporal Gunner [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [135]

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

HMS LION [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [693]

British Army [447]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386]

Australian Imperial Force [208]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [303]

H [216]

S [191]

C [151]

W [150]

M [95]

P [84]

D [76]

L [76]

A [74]

R [74]

T [69]

F [46]

G [42]

E [32]

J [29]

K [26]

N [21]

I [11]

O [11]

U [7]

Y [6]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1714]

Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [118]

India [4]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [1280] Burnley Victoria [116] Burnley [88] Burnley England [87] Burnley, Lancashire, England [51] Burnley, Lancs [28] Burnley Lancashire [17] Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13] Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire [10] Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [9] Burnley, Yorkshire [7] Burnley,Lancashire. [7] Burnley,Lancs [4] Burnley Lancs [3] Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [3] Burnley Lancashire England [2] Burnley, England [2] Habergham, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Whalley, Burnley, Lancashire [2] burnley [2] 62 Ardwick Street, Burnley [1] 69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Altham, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Barrowford, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Brierfield, Burnley [1] Burnley Lancashire [1] Burnley , Lancashire [1] Burnley Engine street [1] Burnley Heath, Hertfordshire [1] Burnley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Burnley Lancs. [1] Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burnley Melbourne Victoria [1] Burnley New South Wales [1] Burnley Tasmania [1] Burnley, Gloucestershire [1] Burnley, Lanashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire, [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England. [1] Burnley, Lincolnshire [1] Burnley, London [1] Burnley,Lancashire [1] Burnley. [1] Burnley. Lancashire. England. [1] Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Clivinger, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Colne, Burnley Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [343] Gunner [30] Lance Corporal [26] Corporal [24] Driver [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Serjeant [19] Deck Hand [17] Able Seaman [14] Lieutenant [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Rifleman [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Bombardier [6] Captain [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Pioneer [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Worker [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] A/Captain [1] Able Seaman. [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armoury Staff Sgt [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bombadier [1] Boy [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) [1] Company Serjeant Master [1] Corporal Gunner [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [135] Royal Field Artillery [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Naval Reserve [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Labour Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] HMS LION [4] HMS Vivid I [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Australian Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [693] British Army [447] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [386] Australian Imperial Force [208] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [303] H [216] S [191] C [151] W [150] M [95] P [84] D [76] L [76] A [74] R [74] T [69] F [46] G [42] E [32] J [29] K [26] N [21] I [11] O [11] U [7] Y [6] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1714] Merchant Navy [51]

Country

United Kingdom [118] India [4] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas Atkinson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 206186 Private Tank Corps

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Herbert Edmondson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army L/17493 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/17493 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/17493 Bombadier R.F.A

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Arthur Bridge

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 3/1st Brigade E Lancs RFA

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1/2nd Brigade E Lancs RFA

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery C/211 Brigade

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John Newton

Died 1918

British Army 37426 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 102544 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 102544 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 49th Battalion

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Percy Adams

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 17175 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 17175 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

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Walter Astin

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 47692 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Joseph Bulcock

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 63064 Private Welch Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William Aspden

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27408 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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James Gilfillan

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 358133 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment Liverpool Scottish 2nd Battalion

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Robert Bell

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army 1634 Private 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1634 Serjeant 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 280192 Serjeant 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

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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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Edward Jackson

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 26966 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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