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Farnworth, Lancashire [75]

Farnworth Lancashire [40]

Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36]

Farnworth [9]

Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [6]

Farnworth England [4]

Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [3]

Farnworth Bolton [2]

New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire [2]

FARNWORTH, LANCS [1]

Farnworth Bolton Lancashire. [1]

Farnworth Lancs [1]

Farnworth, Bolton [1]

Farnworth, Bolton Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, England [1]

Farnworth, England [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire. [1]

Farnworth, Lancaster [1]

Farnworth, Lancs [1]

Farnworth, Nr Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Staffordshire [1]

Farnworth, Warwickshire [1]

Farnworth,Lancs [1]

Farnworth. Lancashire. England. [1]

Moses Gate Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Moses Gate, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire [1]

St. Pauls. Farnworth. Lancashire. [1]

St. Peter's, Farnworth, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [68]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [2]

A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant-Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

12th Royal Scots [1]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chairman of the Imperial War Museum [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

RAF [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Flying Corps. [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [84]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Royal Navy [46]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29]

H [20]

C [18]

W [17]

L [15]

S [15]

M [14]

A [11]

T [11]

G [10]

R [9]

E [6]

D [5]

P [4]

J [3]

K [3]

F [2]

N [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [193]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

India [1]

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People [197] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Farnworth, Lancashire [75] Farnworth Lancashire [40] Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [36] Farnworth [9] Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [6] Farnworth England [4] Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [3] Farnworth Bolton [2] New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire [2] FARNWORTH, LANCS [1] Farnworth Bolton Lancashire. [1] Farnworth Lancs [1] Farnworth, Bolton [1] Farnworth, Bolton Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, England [1] Farnworth, England [1] Farnworth, Lancashire. [1] Farnworth, Lancaster [1] Farnworth, Lancs [1] Farnworth, Nr Bolton, Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Prescot, Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Staffordshire [1] Farnworth, Warwickshire [1] Farnworth,Lancs [1] Farnworth. Lancashire. England. [1] Moses Gate Farnworth Lancashire [1] Moses Gate, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire [1] St. Pauls. Farnworth. Lancashire. [1] St. Peter's, Farnworth, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [68] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [2] A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) [1] Able Seaman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant-Major [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Labour Corps [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 12th Royal Scots [1] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chairman of the Imperial War Museum [1] Connaught Rangers [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Majestic [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] RAF [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Flying Corps. [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INDOMITABLE [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [84] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Royal Navy [46] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29] H [20] C [18] W [17] L [15] S [15] M [14] A [11] T [11] G [10] R [9] E [6] D [5] P [4] J [3] K [3] F [2] N [2] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [193] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] India [1]

William Watson

Born 1887

Died 1923

British Army 202 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 202 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Highlanders

British Army 202 Sergeant-Major Black Watch 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Flitcroft

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 1664 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Herbert Cook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 108620 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Green

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 203604 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203604 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Short

Born 1900

Died 1989

British Army 10833 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202398 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert Blease

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 24683 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24683 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Miller Stott

Born 1889

British Army 24488 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd. Battalion (Reserve)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122184 A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) Royal Flying Corps.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122184 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Kite Balloon Section (BP)

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John Oakes

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2511 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment "C" Company,1st/5th Battalion.

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John Grierson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 205104 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 205104 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion.

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William Best

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 19755 Lance Serjeant Border Regiment 3rd

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John Jennings

Born 1886

British Army 5626 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1534 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 6th

British Army 5626 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn

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Albert Lightbown

Died 1917

British Army 33921 Private Welsh Regiment

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Alfred Moritz Mond

Born 1868

Died 1930

Other Empire Force Chairman of the Imperial War Museum

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Joseph Heywood

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 39609 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Edmund Mcwilliams

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10188 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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James Edward Bromwich

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 23852 Private Grenadier Guards

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John Edwards

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 20917 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 21113 Private Royal Defence Corps 336th Protection Coy.

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Ernest Yates

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42171 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Herbert Hodgkiss

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 260017 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion.

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George Ashurst

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 22939 Private 12th Royal Scots

British Army 22939 Private Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion.

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