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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]

Arthur Lancaster

Born 1895

Royal Navy J13407 Able Seaman HMS BENBOW

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Joseph Ernest Leech

Born 1871

Royal Navy 268146

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Gilbert Benjamin Renshaw

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10854 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 10854 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Brice Englefield

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403548

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Tom Painter

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235582

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William Ewart Taylor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243721

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Fred Jack Wileman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247382

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George Painter

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238142

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Harry Richardson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277128

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Arthur Frederick Murdoch

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295850

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Frank Noel Turner

Born 1891

British Army 52579 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 52579 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Gunner Royal Horse Artillery, O Battery

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Arthur Sumner

Born 1894

Royal Navy 13236 Royal Marine Artillery

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William Sanderson

Born 1890

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John Bass Bullock

Born 1867

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Thomas Archibald Rawlings

Born 1872

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William Clare Arstall Hopwood

Born 1874

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William Bradley

Born 1892

British Army 243584 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 56264 Private Essex Regiment

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Percy Stewart Smith

Born 1886

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Victor Hansen

Born 1891

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Arthur Sydney Farrall

Born 1895

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