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Crewe, Cheshire [613]

Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire [12]

Crewe Cheshire [9]

Sandbach, Crewe, Cheshire [5]

Willaston, Crewe, Cheshire [4]

Nantwich, Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Haslington, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Holmes Chapel, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

The Royal Hotel, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Wheelock, Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Alsager, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Bollington, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Crewe Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Crewe Green, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Crewe Hall, Farndon, Cheshire, [1]

Crewe Road Alsager Cheshire [1]

Crewe, Cheshire, England [1]

Hankelow, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

High Town, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Landbach near Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Nantwich,Crewe,Cheshire. [1]

Saint Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

St Mary's, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

St Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

St. Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Wheelock, Haslington, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Winsford, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [76]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [7]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Rifleman [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Senior Reserve Attendant [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Hon Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sailor [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

(The Prince Consort's Own) Rifle Brigade [1]

9th Overseas Canadian Mounted Rifle Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Coy [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bengal Ecclesciastical Department [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Force [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Corps Of Military Police [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208]

British Army [120]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [83]

H [76]

W [68]

C [49]

M [49]

S [48]

D [43]

P [37]

R [32]

L [28]

J [27]

E [26]

T [23]

G [22]

A [19]

F [15]

N [8]

O [7]

K [6]

Y [5]

V [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [660]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

India [1]

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Crewe, Cheshire [613] Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire [12] Crewe Cheshire [9] Sandbach, Crewe, Cheshire [5] Willaston, Crewe, Cheshire [4] Nantwich, Crewe, Cheshire [3] Congleton, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Haslington, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Holmes Chapel, Crewe, Cheshire [2] The Royal Hotel, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Wheelock, Crewe, Cheshire [2] Alsager, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Bollington, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Crewe Crewe, Cheshire [1] Crewe Green, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Crewe Hall, Farndon, Cheshire, [1] Crewe Road Alsager Cheshire [1] Crewe, Cheshire, England [1] Hankelow, Crewe, Cheshire [1] High Town, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Landbach near Crewe, Cheshire [1] Nantwich,Crewe,Cheshire. [1] Saint Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1] St Mary's, Crewe, Cheshire [1] St Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1] St. Paul's, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Wheelock, Haslington, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Winsford, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [76] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Gunner [7] Ordinary Seaman [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Driver [4] Rifleman [4] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Senior Reserve Attendant [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Sailor [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Hon Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sailor [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Signal Boy [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [24] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] (The Prince Consort's Own) Rifle Brigade [1] 9th Overseas Canadian Mounted Rifle Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Coy [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bengal Ecclesciastical Department [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Force [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Corps Of Military Police [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208] British Army [120] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [83] H [76] W [68] C [49] M [49] S [48] D [43] P [37] R [32] L [28] J [27] E [26] T [23] G [22] A [19] F [15] N [8] O [7] K [6] Y [5] V [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [660] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [77] India [1]

Joseph Henry Ferrington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17600 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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James Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2065 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion

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Edward Riley

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 3839 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Challinor

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 204407 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry challinor

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Samuel Walker

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12485 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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James Latham

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 8746 Private Rifle Brigade

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Gerald Pearson

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75151

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75751 2nd Lieutenant 45th Squadron RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Samuel Leonard Dunn

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18025 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Villiers Russell

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy M10985

Royal Navy M/10985 Senior Reserve Attendant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Francis Alfred Jones

Died 1915

British Army 3/7647 Private Acting Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7647 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Horace James

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Private 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

British Army 25841 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Batallion

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Albert Barber

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army T/312940 Driver Army Service Corps

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Jack Clifford Arrowsmith

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 163615 Private Acting Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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William Edward Burton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 11015 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Bradley

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J17604 Ordinary Signalman HMS Defence

Royal Navy J17604 Signal Boy HMS Defence

Royal Navy J17604 Signalman HMS Defence

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William Hilton Thomas

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 672 Private Army Cyclist Corps 21st Division Cyclist Corps

British Army 15400 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Mullock

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 4692 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 4692 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Cooke

Born 1895

British Army 13906 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 13906 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Dodd

Born 1886

British Army 14255 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John William Joynson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 281478 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/7th Battalion.

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