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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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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]

Herbert Howarth

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 8658 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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Walter Antrobus

Died 1915

British Army 1107 (Incomplete) Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Tom Walker Hardman

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Dorning

Born 1897

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47483 Rigger Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Rigger Aero Royal Air Force

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William Henry Ellis

Born 1877

British Army 9457 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 5244 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 9457 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Kay

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 8928 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd

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Harry Crompton Smith

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/19676 Private Royal Fusileers

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Harold Yates

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48272

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James Henry Lowe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305801

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George Rickerby

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164128

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Lawrence Whittaker

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289785

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Thomas Driver

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285031

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Robert Edward Cheetham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1639

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Fred Whitworth

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35949

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Fred Warburton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163330

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Fred Openshaw

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army 97483 Sapper Royal Engineers 466th Field Company

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John Edward Brown Clerk

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193897

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Thomas Stewart

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294745

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John James Slattery

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407512

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John Tyson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133543

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