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Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [83]

West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [32]

Gorton, Manchester [26]

Gorton Manchester [8]

West Gorton, Manchester [7]

Gorton Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Gorton Manchester Lancashire [1]

Gorton Manchester, England [1]

Gorton, South Manchester [1]

Gorton. Manchester. [1]

Manchester, Gorton, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, West Gorton, Lancashire [1]

Newton Street Gorton Manchester [1]

West Gorton Manchester [1]

West Gorton Manchester, Lancashire [1]

West Gorton. Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Lance Corporal [3]

Corporal [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

69th T Reserve Regt [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Cavalry Field Ambulance [1]

Cheshire [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

Kings(Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment. [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve) [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [115]

British Army [36]

Royal Navy [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

S [18]

H [17]

W [17]

M [16]

C [14]

T [10]

J [9]

A [8]

R [7]

G [6]

D [5]

F [4]

L [4]

P [4]

K [3]

E [2]

U [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [169]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

India [1]

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People [169] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [83] West Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [32] Gorton, Manchester [26] Gorton Manchester [8] West Gorton, Manchester [7] Gorton Manchester, Lancashire [3] Gorton Manchester Lancashire [1] Gorton Manchester, England [1] Gorton, South Manchester [1] Gorton. Manchester. [1] Manchester, Gorton, Lancashire [1] Manchester, West Gorton, Lancashire [1] Newton Street Gorton Manchester [1] West Gorton Manchester [1] West Gorton Manchester, Lancashire [1] West Gorton. Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [26] Lance Corporal [3] Corporal [2] Acting Captain [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Stoker [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] 69th T Reserve Regt [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Cavalry Field Ambulance [1] Cheshire [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Nomad [1] Kings(Liverpool) Regiment [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment. [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve) [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [115] British Army [36] Royal Navy [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] S [18] H [17] W [17] M [16] C [14] T [10] J [9] A [8] R [7] G [6] D [5] F [4] L [4] P [4] K [3] E [2] U [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [169]

Country

United Kingdom [12] India [1]

John Birch

Born 1863

British Army 849 South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3367 South Wales Borderers

British Army 3252 South Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Shingler

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213015

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John Henry Blackburn

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233994

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David Arthur Andrew Tait

Born 1892

Died 1950

British Army 12956 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Richard Teal

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278699

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John Henry Martin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162734

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Frank Worsley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3596

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Harry Tomlinson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402500

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Thomas Sargent

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299554

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John Bromley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305802

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James Arthur Cooper

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139881

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Joseph Booth

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3653

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Thomas Urmaston

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161119

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Albert William Andrews

Born 1891

Died 1952

British Army 11731 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 164815 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred Baker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221631

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Joseph Edmunds

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286123

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William Thaw

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13343

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John Deakin

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303205

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John Mercer

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161587

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George Herbert Thornhill

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159576

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