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Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [176]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [162]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, [3]

Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Stalmine, Fleetwood, Lancashire [2]

10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1]

2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

20 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

25 Flag St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

28 Warren Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

6 Garfield Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Fleetwood Lancashire [1]

Kent Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Knott End, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Preesall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Upper Dock St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Deck Hand [9]

Second Hand [4]

Corporal [3]

Engineman [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Yeoman Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

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

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Europa II - M 33 [1]

General List and Royal Flying Corps [1]

HM Trawler Triton [1]

HMS Blanche [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS ROYAL OAK [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Coleus." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Erillus [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Flicker [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Eagle [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Drifter "Ocean Harvest" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [90]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

British Army [42]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [43]

C [42]

B [40]

W [40]

R [25]

H [23]

M [22]

A [16]

G [16]

L [16]

D [14]

F [14]

P [14]

T [10]

E [8]

J [8]

N [3]

K [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [176]

Military Service [165]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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Place of birth

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [176] Fleetwood, Lancashire [162] Fleetwood, Lancashire, [3] Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Stalmine, Fleetwood, Lancashire [2] 10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1] 2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 20 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 25 Flag St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 28 Warren Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 6 Garfield Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Fleetwood Lancashire [1] Kent Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Knott End, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Preesall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Upper Dock St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [29] Deck Hand [9] Second Hand [4] Corporal [3] Engineman [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trimmer [2] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Leading Signalman [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Skipper [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Yeoman Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Engineers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Europa II - M 33 [1] General List and Royal Flying Corps [1] HM Trawler Triton [1] HMS Blanche [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS ROYAL OAK [1] HMS Victory I [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Coleus." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Erillus [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Flicker [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Eagle [1] Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Drifter "Ocean Harvest" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [90] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] British Army [42] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [43] C [42] B [40] W [40] R [25] H [23] M [22] A [16] G [16] L [16] D [14] F [14] P [14] T [10] E [8] J [8] N [3] K [2] Q [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [176] Military Service [165]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Henry Mulligan

Born 1888

Died 1967

Royal Navy 233704 Leading Signalman Vivid II - M 33

Royal Navy 233704 Leading Signalman Europa II - M 33

Royal Navy 233704 Yeoman Signalman Europa II - M 33

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John Wright

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15901 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15901 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Robert Green

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 07858 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 38859 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Joseph Squire

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army D/745 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/745 Private Corps of Dragoons

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John Aughton Snape Porter

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41197 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Phillips Davies

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 4354 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4354DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Cleethorpes

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Allan Grimshaw Ryder

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247215

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John Gradwell Davies

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281171 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force No 5 Aeroplane repair depot

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William Herbert Leach

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 63183 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Henry Postlethwaite

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292569

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Hugh Parker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288192

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John Green

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321154

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William Gregg

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190891

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James Critchley

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 241188 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 1/5th (T.F.) Battalion

British Army 241188 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1/5th (T.F.) Battalion

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James Porter

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402888

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Richard Grenville Caton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4621 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1st Battalion

British Army 49122 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ambrose Lynch

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 55605 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Ronksley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 8th (Service} Battalion

British Army 16044 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Samuel Edward Henry Perryman

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235194

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John Jackson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy TS 5591 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5591TS Engineman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Ristango

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