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Congleton, Cheshire [123]

Congleton, Cheshire, England [11]

Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [4]

Congleton Cheshire [4]

Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Eaton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Congleton District, Cheshire [1]

Congleton district, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Kermincham, near Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Mossley, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Odd Rode, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Scholar Green, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

St Stephens, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Stoke,Congleton,Cheshire. [1]

Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

28th Artists Rifles [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Service Infantry [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Cockchafer [1]

HMS Glory [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery, [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

British Army [49]

Royal Navy [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26]

W [18]

C [15]

S [15]

H [14]

M [12]

D [8]

L [7]

P [7]

A [6]

F [6]

G [6]

R [6]

T [6]

K [4]

J [3]

E [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [2]

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People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Congleton, Cheshire [123] Congleton, Cheshire, England [11] Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [4] Congleton Cheshire [4] Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire [2] Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Eaton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire [2] Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Congleton District, Cheshire [1] Congleton district, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Alsager, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Kermincham, near Congleton, Cheshire [1] Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Mossley, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Odd Rode, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Scholar Green, Congleton, Cheshire [1] St Stephens, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Stoke,Congleton,Cheshire. [1] Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [34] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Officer Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 28th Artists Rifles [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Service Infantry [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Cockchafer [1] HMS Glory [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Thunderer [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery, [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] British Army [49] Royal Navy [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26] W [18] C [15] S [15] H [14] M [12] D [8] L [7] P [7] A [6] F [6] G [6] R [6] T [6] K [4] J [3] E [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [2]

Vernon William Goss

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army 1989 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Fanshawe Walker

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Robert Conway Greenall

Born 1894

Died 1957

Royal Navy J11236

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Thomas Mountford

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 7317 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Wadsworth

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 202346 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 202346 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Charles Percy Ashley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 133498 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 133498 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 47th Battalion

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Noah Kennerley

Born 1853

Died 1927

British Army 12336 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Cliffe

Born 1893

British Army 35252 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 35252 Driver Royal Engineers Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers

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George Duckworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 11179 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11179 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Dorothy Muriel Goss

Born 1894

Died 1972

Other Empire Force Nurse Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross) Royaumont Abbey

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Joseph Higgins

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2672 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Percy Reddish

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 18985 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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William Harold Swain

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 12980 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12980 Sergeant Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 12980 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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James Winkle

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1848 Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230986 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Arthur Cumberbatch

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 26500 Private Coldstream Guards

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Sydney Guy Billington

Born 1888

Died 1934

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Emmanuel Blease

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 14524 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred Herbert Burgess

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 19745 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/1064 Rifle Brigade

British Army 19745 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14th Coy

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Charles Stapleton

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 14496 Colour Sergeant King's Shropshire Light infantry Depot (Shrewsbury)

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James Frederick Bratby

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/3145 (RMR B247) Private HMS Goliath Royal Marine Reserve

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