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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]

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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]

John James Grime

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2410 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th reserve east Battalion

British Army 200617 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th reserve east Battalion

British Army 200617 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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John Thomas Aspden

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 4826 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202061 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Fred Baron

Born 1877

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 775437

Canadian Expeditionary Force 775437 Private Canadian Forestry Corps

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Charles Holden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 24061 East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 130626 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Peter Farley

Died 1916

British Army 3/6297 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/6297 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Oakden

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army R/8328 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ralph Fish

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454953

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454953 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Haslam

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200792

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S F Holden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138723

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Clifford Garsden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4945

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Tom Duxbury

Died 1916

British Army 10051 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd/4th

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Edward Abbott

Born 1885

British Army T4/042181 Driver Army Service Corps No.4 Company, 31st Division Train.

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Henry Kay

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127429

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John William Stowcroft

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299488

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William Walsh

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303610

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Samuel Robert Riley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291922

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William Henry Smith

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307662

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Bedford Ainsworth

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296531

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Richard Dawson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 38250 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 38250 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Frank Almond

Died 1916

British Army 17172 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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