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Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [176]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [162]

Fleetwood [38]

Fleetwood England [10]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, [3]

Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Fleetwood, Lancs [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]

Euston Barracks Fleetwood [1]

FLEETWOOD, LANCS [1]

Fleetwood Lancashire [1]

Fleetwood, England [1]

Fleetwood, Hampshire, England [1]

Fleetwood, Lanarkshire [1]

Kent Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Knot End, Fleetwood [1]

Knott End, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Preesall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Upper Dock St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Deck Hand [11]

Corporal [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Hand [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Engineman [3]

Gunner [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Skipper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Seaman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Worker [1]

Yeoman Signalman [1]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [24]

Royal Naval Reserve [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

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

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

107th Squadron [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [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]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [95]

British Army [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [50]

C [49]

B [46]

W [43]

M [32]

R [28]

H [27]

A [19]

L [19]

G [18]

D [17]

F [15]

P [15]

T [11]

J [9]

E [8]

N [3]

K [2]

Q [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Merchant Navy [177]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [176] Fleetwood, Lancashire [162] Fleetwood [38] Fleetwood England [10] Fleetwood, Lancashire, [3] Fleetwood, Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Fleetwood, Lancs [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] Euston Barracks Fleetwood [1] FLEETWOOD, LANCS [1] Fleetwood Lancashire [1] Fleetwood, England [1] Fleetwood, Hampshire, England [1] Fleetwood, Lanarkshire [1] Kent Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Knot End, Fleetwood [1] Knott End, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Preesall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Upper Dock St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [56] Deck Hand [11] Corporal [7] Sapper [6] Second Hand [5] Lance Corporal [4] Engineman [3] Gunner [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Skipper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trimmer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Leading Signalman [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Seaman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Worker [1] Yeoman Signalman [1]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [24] Royal Naval Reserve [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 107th Squadron [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [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] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [95] British Army [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [50] C [49] B [46] W [43] M [32] R [28] H [27] A [19] L [19] G [18] D [17] F [15] P [15] T [11] J [9] E [8] N [3] K [2] Q [2] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217] Merchant Navy [177]

Country

United Kingdom [75] Canada [1]

John James Mckenna

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 38767 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 38767 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Thomas Walsh Wilson

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 30037 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Sheard Salthouse

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army T5/1990 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army T5/1990 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

British Army 1990 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Henry Wilson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 1st Battalion

British Army 35296 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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David Victor Grove

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57147 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 57147 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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William Charnley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 243060 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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Lawrence Mullaney

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 240440 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240440 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Henry Leadbetter Meadows

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4125 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 73349 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 73349 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 166th Company

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John Mcgreevy

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T5/1958 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1958 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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Allan Grimshaw Ryder

Born 1885

Died 1958

Royal Navy F47215

Royal Navy F47215 Air Mechanic 2 Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247215 Air Mechanic 3 Royal Air Force

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Rowland Bleasdale Cleator

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 112990 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Grimshaw Ryder

Born 1880

Died 1949

British Army 150083 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Transport Section, British Salonica Force

British Army WR550025 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Inland Waterways & Docks, British Salonica Force

British Army WR550025 Corporal Royal Engineers Inland Waterways & Docks

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George Henry Whiteside

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4139 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 27453 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Bennett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29985 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Edward Burton Yates

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 10593 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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John Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 243865 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/6th Battalion

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Cyril Cholmeley Humphreys

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 6443 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 357451 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Richard Mason Gornall

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 16036 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Joseph Forrest

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 108993 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Hall Sheard Salthouse

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1995 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Bn.

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