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Eccles, Lancashire [82]

Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [28]

Eccles Lancashire [16]

Eccles, Lancashire, England [5]

Eccles, Salford, Lancashire [5]

Eccles,Lancashire. [4]

Patricroft, Eccles, Lancashire [3]

Eccles Manchester Lancashire [2]

Winton, Eccles, Lancashire [2]

the Patricroft area of Eccles, Lancashire [2]

Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Barton, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Eccles , Lancashire [1]

Eccles Lancashire England [1]

Eccles Salford Lancashire [1]

Eccles, Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire [1]

Eccles, Swinton, Lancashire [1]

Ellenbrook, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Patorcroft, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Patricroft Eccles Lancashire. [1]

Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Peel Green, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Intelligence Officer [1]

Lance Corporal RMLI [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

The Reverend [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13]

Army Service Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Central Ontario Regiment [1]

1st Life Guards [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Friends Ambulance Unit [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hussars [1]

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

King’s (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Navy Air Service [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

British Army [49]

Royal Navy [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

C [16]

W [16]

H [14]

M [13]

P [12]

A [10]

G [7]

S [7]

J [6]

K [6]

E [5]

F [5]

L [5]

N [5]

R [5]

D [4]

U [3]

T [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Canada [1]

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People [161] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Eccles, Lancashire [82] Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [28] Eccles Lancashire [16] Eccles, Lancashire, England [5] Eccles, Salford, Lancashire [5] Eccles,Lancashire. [4] Patricroft, Eccles, Lancashire [3] Eccles Manchester Lancashire [2] Winton, Eccles, Lancashire [2] the Patricroft area of Eccles, Lancashire [2] Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Lancashire [1] Barton, Eccles, Lancashire [1] Eccles , Lancashire [1] Eccles Lancashire England [1] Eccles Salford Lancashire [1] Eccles, Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire [1] Eccles, Swinton, Lancashire [1] Ellenbrook, Eccles, Lancashire [1] Patorcroft, Eccles, Lancashire [1] Patricroft Eccles Lancashire. [1] Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Peel Green, Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Intelligence Officer [1] Lance Corporal RMLI [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] The Reverend [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13] Army Service Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Central Ontario Regiment [1] 1st Life Guards [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Friends Ambulance Unit [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hussars [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King’s (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Engineers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Navy Air Service [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] British Army [49] Royal Navy [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] C [16] W [16] H [14] M [13] P [12] A [10] G [7] S [7] J [6] K [6] E [5] F [5] L [5] N [5] R [5] D [4] U [3] T [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Canada [1]

William Nolan

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3794 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 281341 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Harry Rowlinson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319636

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Edward Brittain

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133229

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Stanley Pickup

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179911

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Herbert Fish

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 6866 Private Manchester Regiment "C" Coy. 16th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Allen

Born 1880

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Marine Engineers

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Richard W Garside

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army M2 105200 Private Army Service Corps

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Eric Lindsay Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 13th Battalion attended 17th Battalion.

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Richard Alexander Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10840 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10840 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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John Ellis

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168639

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Robert Ferguson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280653

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Rosslyn Curzon Evelegh

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Howard Knight Poppleton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10207

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Harold Alexander

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234855

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Arthur Herbert Burton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319737

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Stanley Rigby

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401358

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Hercules Ainscow

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163332

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Thomas Leslie Hulse

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181183

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C Oswin Firth

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311260

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Archibald Basil Underwood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39785

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