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Carlisle, Cumberland [725]

Carlisle England [106]

Carlisle [101]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98]

Carlisle Cumberland [10]

Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6]

Carlisle, Cumbria [6]

Carlisle New South Wales [4]

Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Carlisle, Lanarkshire [3]

Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Carlisle, Cambridgeshire [2]

Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2]

Carlisle, England [2]

Currock, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Wreay, Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Alston, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Brampton, Carlisle [1]

Bulcher Gate Carlisle [1]

Caldergate, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Calthwaite, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carleton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle Cumberland England [1]

Carlisle Fields, Shropshire [1]

Carlisle ON [1]

Carlisle Registration District [1]

Carlisle Street, Marylebone [1]

Carlisle Sunderland [1]

Carlisle Western Australia [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, Cumford [1]

Carlisle, Edinburgh [1]

Carlisle, Northumberland [1]

Carlisle, ON [1]

Carlisle, Ontario [1]

Carlisle, cumberland [1]

Carlisle,Cumbria. [1]

Carlisle. Cumberland. [1]

Coathill, Carlisle [1]

Cotehill, Carlisle [1]

Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Cumwhinton, Carlisle [1]

Dalston Carlisle [1]

Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Gunner [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Driver [5]

Sapper [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Signalman [3]

Able Seaman RNVR [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1]

Hon. Captain [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [48]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Australian Tunnelling Company [1]

1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1]

1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1]

24th Punjabis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [459]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [306]

British Army [161]

Australian Imperial Force [114]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [141]

M [123]

S [113]

H [96]

C [84]

W [77]

T [57]

R [55]

G [51]

P [47]

D [44]

L [40]

A [38]

J [38]

F [33]

N [33]

E [21]

K [20]

I [17]

O [11]

Q [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024]

Merchant Navy [97]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

New Zealand [2]

India [1]

Nigeria [1]

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Carlisle, Cumberland [725] Carlisle England [106] Carlisle [101] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [98] Carlisle Cumberland [10] Carlisle registration district, Cumberland [6] Carlisle, Cumbria [6] Carlisle New South Wales [4] Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Carlisle, Lanarkshire [3] Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Brampton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Carlisle, Cambridgeshire [2] Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2] Carlisle, England [2] Currock, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Wigton, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Wreay, Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Alston, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Bewcastle, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Brampton, Carlisle [1] Bulcher Gate Carlisle [1] Caldergate, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Calthwaite, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cargo, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carleton, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle Cumberland England [1] Carlisle Fields, Shropshire [1] Carlisle ON [1] Carlisle Registration District [1] Carlisle Street, Marylebone [1] Carlisle Sunderland [1] Carlisle Western Australia [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumford [1] Carlisle, Edinburgh [1] Carlisle, Northumberland [1] Carlisle, ON [1] Carlisle, Ontario [1] Carlisle, cumberland [1] Carlisle,Cumbria. [1] Carlisle. Cumberland. [1] Coathill, Carlisle [1] Cotehill, Carlisle [1] Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Cumwhinton, Carlisle [1] Dalston Carlisle [1] Farlam, Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Garrigill, Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [105] Lieutenant [15] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Gunner [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Driver [5] Sapper [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Signalman [3] Able Seaman RNVR [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Fireman [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] General [1] General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1] Hon. Captain [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] L/Cpl [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [48] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Labour Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Australian Tunnelling Company [1] 1st Cumberland Volunteer Artillery [1] 1st West Hussars Yoemanry [1] 24th Punjabis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [459] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [306] British Army [161] Australian Imperial Force [114] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [141] M [123] S [113] H [96] C [84] W [77] T [57] R [55] G [51] P [47] D [44] L [40] A [38] J [38] F [33] N [33] E [21] K [20] I [17] O [11] Q [3] Y [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024] Merchant Navy [97] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77] New Zealand [2] India [1] Nigeria [1]

Arthur Boustead

Born 1871

British Army 17824 Private 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Shannon

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15456 Private Border Regiment

British Army 15456 Serjeant Border Regiment Lonsdale Battalion

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Bernard Arthur Johnson

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2360 Private London Regiment

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Joseph Armstrong

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1148 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 1148 Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Christopher Edward Parker

Died 1917

British Army 144471 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.1 Depot

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Samuel Jackson

Born 1890

Died 1927

British Army 2471 Private Border Regiment 2/4 Battalion (att't 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I)

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Robert Richardson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 3640 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Richard Mcgough

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 62759 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 102nd Siege Battery

British Army 62759 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 102nd Siege Battery

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Chambers Barton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13310 Private Border Regiment 11th bord Battalion

British Army 13310 Private Border Regiment

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Herbert Armstrong Culling

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 535204 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 535204 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Edwin Newbold

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2021 Private Border Regiment 1/4 battalion (att'd 1st Oxford & Bucks L.I.)

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Thomas William Sanderson

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5011 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

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William Smith

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 250598 Private Labour Corps 376th Home Service Coy.

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Joseph Henry Skelton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 292519 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Francis Henderson

Born 1895

Died 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3014 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 11th Squadron

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Arthur Edward Basil Dixon

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Norman Douglas White

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 10093 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Joseph Bell

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 9498 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Richard Ward Butterworth

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 963761 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Chambers Gardiner

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

British Army 200771 Private Border Regiment

British Army 2097 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

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