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Chester, Cheshire [561]

Chester, Cheshire, England [155]

Hoole, Chester, Cheshire [6]

Boughton, Chester, Cheshire [5]

Kelsall, Chester, Cheshire [4]

Stalybridge, Chester, Cheshire [4]

Tarporley, Chester, Cheshire [4]

Farndon, Chester, Cheshire [3]

Upton, Chester, Cheshire [3]

Bunbury, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Chester Le Street, Cheshire [2]

Chester,Cheshire [2]

Ellesmere Port, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Frodsham, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Huxley, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Hyde, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Malpas, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Newton, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Runcorn, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Saighton, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Sandbach, Chester, Cheshire [2]

Aldersey, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Aldford near Chester, Cheshire [1]

Backford, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Barrow, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Bollington, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Buglawton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Burton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Castle Chester, Cheshire [1]

Catherine Street, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Cheadle, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Cheshire, Chester [1]

Chester Castle, Cheshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

Chester, Cheshire. [1]

Chester, Heswall, Cheshire [1]

Chester, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Chester-le-Street, Cheshire [1]

Childer Thornton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Christleton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Delamere, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Doddleston, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Dodleston, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Eastham, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Ellesmere Port near Chester, Cheshire [1]

Guilden Sutton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Handforth, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Handley, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [49]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colonel [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lt [1]

Midshipman [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

2/6th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

3rd King's African Rifles [1]

56th Home Service Employment [1]

Army Gymnastic Staff attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Army Reserve [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry - Alberta Regiment [1]

Divisional Cyclists Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Yorks Regt [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Service Infantry - Army Reserve [1]

General Staff [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory " [1]

HM Coastal Motor Boat No. 22A [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Paragon [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296]

Royal Navy [293]

British Army [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [72]

W [71]

H [66]

M [65]

P [60]

C [59]

S [58]

D [54]

R [47]

G [45]

J [45]

L [33]

T [33]

E [32]

F [23]

A [15]

K [15]

N [14]

O [8]

V [7]

Y [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [662]

Merchant Navy [156]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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Place of birth

Chester, Cheshire [561] Chester, Cheshire, England [155] Hoole, Chester, Cheshire [6] Boughton, Chester, Cheshire [5] Kelsall, Chester, Cheshire [4] Stalybridge, Chester, Cheshire [4] Tarporley, Chester, Cheshire [4] Farndon, Chester, Cheshire [3] Upton, Chester, Cheshire [3] Bunbury, Chester, Cheshire [2] Chester Le Street, Cheshire [2] Chester,Cheshire [2] Ellesmere Port, Chester, Cheshire [2] Frodsham, Chester, Cheshire [2] Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire [2] Huxley, Chester, Cheshire [2] Hyde, Chester, Cheshire [2] Malpas, Chester, Cheshire [2] Newton, Chester, Cheshire [2] Runcorn, Chester, Cheshire [2] Saighton, Chester, Cheshire [2] Sandbach, Chester, Cheshire [2] Aldersey, Chester, Cheshire [1] Aldford near Chester, Cheshire [1] Backford, Chester, Cheshire [1] Barrow, Chester, Cheshire [1] Bollington, Chester, Cheshire [1] Buglawton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Burton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Castle Chester, Cheshire [1] Catherine Street, Chester, Cheshire [1] Cheadle, Chester, Cheshire [1] Cheshire, Chester [1] Chester Castle, Cheshire [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Chester, Cheshire. [1] Chester, Heswall, Cheshire [1] Chester, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Chester-le-Street, Cheshire [1] Childer Thornton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Christleton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Delamere, Chester, Cheshire [1] Doddleston, Chester, Cheshire [1] Dodleston, Chester, Cheshire [1] Eastham, Chester, Cheshire [1] Ellesmere Port near Chester, Cheshire [1] Guilden Sutton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Handforth, Chester, Cheshire [1] Handley, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [49] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colonel [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] First Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lt [1] Midshipman [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 2/6th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 3rd King's African Rifles [1] 56th Home Service Employment [1] Army Gymnastic Staff attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Army Reserve [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry - Alberta Regiment [1] Divisional Cyclists Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Yorks Regt [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Service Infantry - Army Reserve [1] General Staff [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory " [1] HM Coastal Motor Boat No. 22A [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Paragon [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296] Royal Navy [293] British Army [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [72] W [71] H [66] M [65] P [60] C [59] S [58] D [54] R [47] G [45] J [45] L [33] T [33] E [32] F [23] A [15] K [15] N [14] O [8] V [7] Y [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [662] Merchant Navy [156]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [2] Egypt [1] India [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

Henry Bowling

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162100

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Frank Bibby

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194752

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Alfred Tarbuck

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284170

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Robert Hinds

Born 1890

British Army 1274 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Frederick Vickers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57177

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William Hughes

Born 1900

Died 1930

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306783

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Thomas Gilbert Davies

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239197

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George Herbert Russell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242599

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Richard Povey

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242889

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Charles Edge

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243697

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Frederick Sheriff Roberts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Herbert Lupton Jackson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234827

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Willie Edmond Beckitt

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39719

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William Thomas Turner

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211463

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Alfred Edward Barker

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288440

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Walter Peters

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261343

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Leonard Snelson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S 3033 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/3033 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army S/3033 Private The Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Riley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311087

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Albert Jones

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166850

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Benjamin J Field

Born 1874

British Army 111470 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 290290 Private Labour Corps

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