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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]

James Tracey

Died 1918

British Army 61235 Private South Lancashire Regiment 15th

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William Walmsley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405968

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Charles Harold Foster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26132

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James William Bradshaw

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14940

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James Hall

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163023

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Thomas Barnes Cowpe

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 35816 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Roger Ainsworth

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 04510 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Hall Cowell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227017

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Edward Brown

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 9431 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 9431DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Erillus

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Charles Lawrence Marquand

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277630

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William Strickland

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2709 King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

British Army 2709 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Rose

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 58544 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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David Longworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 44570 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 49698 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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James Hargreaves Bagshaw

Born 1899

Royal Navy J78041

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Frederick Sandham

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K15439 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Archibald Clatworthy

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228489

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Richard Tasker Sibly

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230478

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George Fowler

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238928

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James Colebourne

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250541

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Richard Bryning

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281937

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