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Bury, Lancashire [705]

Bury Lancashire [21]

Elton, Bury, Lancashire [18]

Bury, Lancashire, England [15]

Heywood, Bury, Lancashire [8]

Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire [8]

Tottington, Bury, Lancashire [8]

Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire [6]

Bury, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire [2]

Woolfold, Bury, Lancashire [2]

Ainsworth, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Beechwood, Tottington nr Bury Lancashire [1]

Birtle, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Blackford Bridge, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Bury Lancashire [1]

Bury In Lancashire England [1]

Bury Lancashire England [1]

Bury Registration District, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Walmersley, Lancashire [1]

Bury,Lancashire [1]

Bury,Lancashire. [1]

Bury,Prestwitch,Lancashire. [1]

Cecil Street, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chapelfield, near Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chesham, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Edenfield, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Elton Bury, Lancashire [1]

Ewood Bridge, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Gigg, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Greemount, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Hawkshaw, near Bury, Lancashire [1]

Haywood near Bury, Lancashire [1]

Heap Bury Lancashire. [1]

Helmshore, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Holcombe, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Hollins, Bury, Lancashire [1]

New Bury, Lancashire [1]

Newtown, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Radcliffe ,Bury, Lancashire [1]

Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire [1]

Ramsbottom,Bury,Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Shuttleworth, Bury, Lancashire [1]

St Mary's Bury, Lancashire [1]

St. John, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Torrington, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Tottington Bury Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [116]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Driver [6]

Gunner [6]

Captain [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

AC2 (Storeman) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rigger [1]

Rigger Aero [1]

Second Leiutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [40]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Officer Training Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

18th Hussars [1]

1st/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

3/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [1]

3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

ALIAS [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [388]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [268]

British Army [169]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [116]

B [92]

W [77]

S [76]

C [64]

M [51]

R [41]

D [37]

L [35]

P [32]

G [31]

T [31]

K [25]

N [25]

J [23]

A [22]

F [21]

O [17]

E [13]

I [6]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [807]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Canada [1]

China [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire [705] Bury Lancashire [21] Elton, Bury, Lancashire [18] Bury, Lancashire, England [15] Heywood, Bury, Lancashire [8] Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire [8] Tottington, Bury, Lancashire [8] Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire [6] Bury, Manchester, Lancashire [2] New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire [2] Woolfold, Bury, Lancashire [2] Ainsworth, Bury, Lancashire [1] Beechwood, Tottington nr Bury Lancashire [1] Birtle, Bury, Lancashire [1] Blackford Bridge, Bury, Lancashire [1] Bury Lancashire [1] Bury In Lancashire England [1] Bury Lancashire England [1] Bury Registration District, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bury, Walmersley, Lancashire [1] Bury,Lancashire [1] Bury,Lancashire. [1] Bury,Prestwitch,Lancashire. [1] Cecil Street, Bury, Lancashire [1] Chapelfield, near Bury, Lancashire [1] Chesham, Bury, Lancashire [1] Edenfield, Bury, Lancashire [1] Elton Bury, Lancashire [1] Ewood Bridge, Bury, Lancashire [1] Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire [1] Gigg, Bury, Lancashire [1] Greemount, Bury, Lancashire [1] Hawkshaw, near Bury, Lancashire [1] Haywood near Bury, Lancashire [1] Heap Bury Lancashire. [1] Helmshore, Bury, Lancashire [1] Holcombe, Bury, Lancashire [1] Hollins, Bury, Lancashire [1] New Bury, Lancashire [1] Newtown, Bury, Lancashire [1] Radcliffe ,Bury, Lancashire [1] Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire [1] Ramsbottom,Bury,Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1] Shuttleworth, Bury, Lancashire [1] St Mary's Bury, Lancashire [1] St. John, Bury, Lancashire [1] Torrington, Bury, Lancashire [1] Tottington Bury Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [116] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [13] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [9] Driver [6] Gunner [6] Captain [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] AC2 (Storeman) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fitter [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rigger [1] Rigger Aero [1] Second Leiutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [40] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dragoon Guards [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Officer Training Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 18th Hussars [1] 1st/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 3/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [1] 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] 5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] ALIAS [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [388] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [268] British Army [169] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [116] B [92] W [77] S [76] C [64] M [51] R [41] D [37] L [35] P [32] G [31] T [31] K [25] N [25] J [23] A [22] F [21] O [17] E [13] I [6] Y [3] Q [2] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [807] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [90] Canada [1] China [1] India [1]

William Gates

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4/7977 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 5/7241 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 242421 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Percy Walmsley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army P/1112 Acting Corporal Military Police Corps Traffic Control Company

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William Grundy

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 22751 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 46650 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Charles Butterworth

Born 1874

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287257 Private Royal Air Force E Sect. Reserve Depot

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Levi Brierley

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 18439 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 18439 Private 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers C Coy

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William Rodgers

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army B/23237 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 7th Battalion

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George Peachment

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army R11941 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Henry Hall

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4831 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 202152 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Albert Fletcher

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army GS/21801 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16897 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 16897 Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Abraham Nuttall

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 215932 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 215932 Driver Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery, 317th Brigade

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Squire Riley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 242669 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army 242669 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/6th Battalion

British Army 34428 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Goulding

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 5055 Company Serjeant Major Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5055 Warrant Officer Class 1 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5055 Regimental Serjeant Major Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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John Whittam

Died 1915

British Army 2079 Private Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) 4th Battalion

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Cyril Crompton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 11th Battalion

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William Ward Sleigh

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5642 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 18th Battalion

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Stanley Smethurst

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 201034 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion

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Albert Ellison

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 2367 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army WR/341507 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Henry Lonsdale

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army 2652 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Aldersley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 4123 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 5th

British Army 204613 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/6th

British Army 204613 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 9th

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Gilbert Victor Buxton

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2209 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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