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Droylsden, Lancashire [18]

Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [14]

Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Droylsden Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Droylsden, Lancashire, England [2]

Droylsden Lancashire [1]

Droylsden Nr Manchester Lancashire. [1]

Droylsden, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Forewoman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

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

Machine Gun Guards [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Territorial Force [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [15]

Royal Navy [6]

Last name first letter

F [7]

W [7]

B [6]

S [5]

H [3]

P [3]

D [2]

R [2]

T [2]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

M [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [40]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [42] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Droylsden, Lancashire [18] Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [14] Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Droylsden Manchester, Lancashire [2] Droylsden, Lancashire, England [2] Droylsden Lancashire [1] Droylsden Nr Manchester Lancashire. [1] Droylsden, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [9] Corporal [3] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Forewoman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Machine Gun Guards [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Tank Corps [1] Territorial Force [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [15] Royal Navy [6]

Last name first letter

F [7] W [7] B [6] S [5] H [3] P [3] D [2] R [2] T [2] J [1] K [1] L [1] M [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [40] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Arnold Pearson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 351087 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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Henry Fellows

Born 1895

Died 1945

British Army 74224 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Albert Twitchett

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 26116 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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John Robert Jones

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405647

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Arthur Brooks

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 31395 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50622 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3145 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Joseph Frith

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195627

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James Fielding

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15324 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15324 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Frith

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/18728 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/18728 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Territorial Force 6th Battalion

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James Holt

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 31028 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Edward Garside Whitehead

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21718 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 385 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 385 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Thomas Standring

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 103557 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 103557 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 35th Coy

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George Frederick Ward

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Ernest Furber

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 285186 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Bantoft

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160589

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Wilfred Taylor

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283017

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Leonard Knowles

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 205140 Private Tank Corps

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Samuel Haughton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230890

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Robert Prestwich

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21538

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Richard Sharples

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281689

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John Samuel Hilton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169540

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