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Darwen, Lancashire [210]

Darwen, Lancashire, England [15]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Darwen Lancashire [3]

Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Cavendish Street, Darwen near Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Darwen Lancashire England [1]

Darwen, Blckburn, Lancashire [1]

Darwen, Lancashire, England [1]

Darwen,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1]

Darwen,Lancashire [1]

Darwen,Lancashire. [1]

Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Lower Darwen, Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1]

Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Master Mariner [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

119th Infantry (The Mootan Regiment) [1]

11th Hussars [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Canadian Garrison Regiment [1]

Canadian Military Police Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS DEFIANCE [1]

HMS Endymion [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS MARLBOROUGH [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS Opal [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS VIVID I [1]

Infantry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Service

Royal Navy [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

British Army [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [37]

B [28]

W [24]

S [22]

A [17]

L [17]

G [14]

D [11]

K [11]

M [9]

T [9]

C [8]

P [8]

E [7]

F [7]

R [6]

N [3]

I [2]

J [2]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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People [244] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Darwen, Lancashire [210] Darwen, Lancashire, England [15] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Darwen Lancashire [3] Darwen, near Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Cavendish Street, Darwen near Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Darwen Lancashire England [1] Darwen, Blckburn, Lancashire [1] Darwen, Lancashire, England [1] Darwen,Blackburn,Lancashire. [1] Darwen,Lancashire [1] Darwen,Lancashire. [1] Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Lower Darwen, Darwen, Lancashire [1] Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [37] Stoker 1st Class [3] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1] Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Master Mariner [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 119th Infantry (The Mootan Regiment) [1] 11th Hussars [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Canadian Garrison Regiment [1] Canadian Military Police Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS DEFIANCE [1] HMS Endymion [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS MARLBOROUGH [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS Opal [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS VIVID I [1] Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1]

Service

Royal Navy [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] British Army [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [37] B [28] W [24] S [22] A [17] L [17] G [14] D [11] K [11] M [9] T [9] C [8] P [8] E [7] F [7] R [6] N [3] I [2] J [2] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [225] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1] Germany [1]

Altham Turner

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277934

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Joseph Burke

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 18309 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 18309 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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James Henry Pendleton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295016

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Verner Lingard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4352

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James Shorrock

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303607

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Michael Mcglynn

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292739

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Andrew Duerden Eccles

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402088

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Richard James Livesey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284460

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William Thompson Gamble

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269807

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William Thomas Marsden

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303606

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Marshall Hill

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269482

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Harry Galloway

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162910

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Andrew Bury Isherwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6548

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Walter Ainsworth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161510

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William Duxbury

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260020

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Ronald Whalley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182450

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Walter Lightbrown

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232734

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Oswald Hundle

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234018

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Robert Taylor

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246062

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Ernest Jones

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 809 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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