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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]

Thomas Vivian Northcote

Born 1893

Died 1991

British Army 1370 Private Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Swindells

Born 1873

Died 1957

British Army M2 104231 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2 104231 Army Service Corps

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Charles Lees Bedale

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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John Charles Close-Brooks

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army 34748 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Norman Vaudrey

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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Alexander Herbert Bell

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 1st Central Ontario Regiment 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

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Edward Pickstone

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 2161 Private Hussars

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Mabel Dymond Peel

Born 1879

Died 1938

British Army Intelligence Officer Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Fred Ward Sumner

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 213425 Driver Royal Field Artillery 112th Battery, 24th Brigade.

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James Pickles

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 256 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

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Percy White

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army B/23005 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Charles Moss

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Taggart Mcburney

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96886

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Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Chilcott

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 11835 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John Henry Burton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11014 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11014 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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John James

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35520

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Fred Hayman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45787

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Amy Beatrice Follows

Born 1878

Died 1960

Other Empire Force 2635 Nursing Sister Friends Ambulance Unit Unit No.221

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Charles William Burgess

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220359

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