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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]

Samuel Hurst

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167391

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John Smith

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179961

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Harry Bayley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182353

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Frank Horton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13853

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James Morris

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188476

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Harry Bratley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199910

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George Allenby Jones

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405028

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William Bagnall

Died 1916

British Army GS/7770 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 7770 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Charles Alexander Antrobus

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Lionel Johnson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275777

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Cecil Hugh Antrobus

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

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George Heath

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240782

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Francis Cornwall Williamson

Born 1896

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 441

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Isaac Wakelin

Born 1866

Died 1947

British Army 7760 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 19594 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Fred Lomas

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS113999 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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William Sisson Simms

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 13405 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Sergeant Lancashire Fusiliers 16th

British Army 13405 Sergeant

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William Parsons Reade

Born 1874

Died 1940

British Army Major Cheshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Bateman Cheetham

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy M1219 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS IRON DUKE

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Joshua Blackhurst

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290405

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Charles Edward Bailey

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306629

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