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Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171]

Douglas, Isle Of Man [54]

Douglas, Isle of Man [40]

Douglas Isle of Man [4]

St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3]

Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2]

St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2]

Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Douglas Isle Of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man. [1]

Douglas, The Isle of Man [1]

Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Lonan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Marnon, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Onchan Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Onchan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Onchan, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Oneham, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Oneham, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Onehan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Port St Mary, Nr Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

St Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

St Thomas, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Corporal [6]

Seaman [6]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HMS Coastguard [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Isle of Man Volunteer Corps [1]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King;s Liverpool Regiment [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine: SS Lusitania (Liverpool) [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - Submarine L18 [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Trawler "Star of Freedom" [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

British Army [30]

Royal Navy [15]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [77]

K [39]

M [24]

B [23]

H [20]

S [15]

T [13]

W [13]

R [11]

G [10]

Q [9]

D [8]

L [8]

A [5]

F [5]

E [4]

O [3]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

P [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [171]

Military Service [115]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Isle of Man [1]

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Place of birth

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171] Douglas, Isle Of Man [54] Douglas, Isle of Man [40] Douglas Isle of Man [4] St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3] Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2] St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2] Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Douglas Isle Of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man. [1] Douglas, The Isle of Man [1] Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Lonan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Marnon, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Onchan Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Onchan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Onchan, Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Oneham, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Oneham, Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Onehan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Port St Mary, Nr Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] St Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] St Thomas, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Rank

Private [23] Corporal [6] Seaman [6] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Naval Division [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS Goliath [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corp [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HMS Coastguard [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Isle of Man Volunteer Corps [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King;s Liverpool Regiment [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine: SS Lusitania (Liverpool) [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve - Submarine L18 [1] Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Trawler "Star of Freedom" [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] British Army [30] Royal Navy [15] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [77] K [39] M [24] B [23] H [20] S [15] T [13] W [13] R [11] G [10] Q [9] D [8] L [8] A [5] F [5] E [4] O [3] J [2] N [2] I [1] P [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [171] Military Service [115] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Isle of Man [1]

Leslie Douglas Taylor

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167714

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Arthur Fisher Cowin

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189286

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William Percy Hardman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195174

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James Cunningham

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51582

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John Duncan Corkill

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57134

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Harold Frederick Kelly

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141684

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Clarence William Thomas

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3744

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Joseph Kewley

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy B 4726 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4726 B Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion

Royal Navy 4726B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."

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Joseph Robert Taggart

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 11808 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Joseph Corkill

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37093

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John Joseph Crowe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279376

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Alfred Callister

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308226

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Charles Henry Teare

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 28686 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 48822 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Wilfred H White

Born 1895

British Army 15564 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 39367 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Rowland Wilson

Born 1889

British Army 8410 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8410 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Vincent Roughley

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army 33198 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

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George Edward Braide

Born 1886

Royal Navy M14440 Carpenter's Crew HMS LION

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William Edward Quirk

Born 1881

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine: SS Lusitania (Liverpool)

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John Edward Cain

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 166015 Leading Boatman HMS Coastguard R.N. War Signal Station (Cushendall)

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Robert Alfred Quaye

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2996

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