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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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People [416] Stories Communities

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]

Richard Simmons

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army T5/1261 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Hannah Margaret Lawrenson

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 17747 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Norman Leadbetter

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy DA 9073 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 9073DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Crownsin

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Ambrose Lynch

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 55605 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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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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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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William Wade Sheader

Died 1917

British Army 38031 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50277 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th Battalion

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Allan Grimshaw Ryder

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247215

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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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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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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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John Rose

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 58544 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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