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Great Harwood, Lancashire [38]

Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [6]

Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Great Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Great Harwood, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

great harwood, lancashire. [1]

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Private [4]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Reserves [Enlisted but not yet mobilised] [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

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Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

British Army [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

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B [9]

H [7]

S [5]

C [4]

G [4]

M [3]

W [3]

A [2]

D [2]

L [2]

N [2]

R [2]

E [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Canada [1]

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Great Harwood, Lancashire [38] Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [6] Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Great Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Great Harwood, Burnley, Lancashire [1] great harwood, lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [4] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Major [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Reserves [Enlisted but not yet mobilised] [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] British Army [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] H [7] S [5] C [4] G [4] M [3] W [3] A [2] D [2] L [2] N [2] R [2] E [1] K [1] O [1] Q [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Canada [1]

David Hopwood

Born 1896

Royal Navy F26076

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George Smith

Born 1895

Royal Navy F54446

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James Edward Greenwood

Born 1896

Royal Navy K45199

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William Beardsworth

Born 1890

Royal Navy K45450

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William Henry Monk

Born 1899

Royal Navy K58460

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Fred Johnson Sutton

Born 1900

Royal Navy M34144

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William Kear

Born 1885

Royal Navy 307637

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William Cowell

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS110918

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Fred Stevenson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J71972

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Thomas Lowe

Born 1887

Royal Navy 223606

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