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Heywood, Lancashire [126]

Heywood, Manchester, Lancashire [13]

Heywood, Bury, Lancashire [8]

Heywood Lancashire [7]

Heywood, Lancashire, England [4]

Birtle cum Bamford Heywood Lancashire [1]

Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Heywood. Lancashire. [1]

Manchester, Heywood, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Corporal [2]

AM1 Rigger Aero [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Inventor [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Private, Musician [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Heywood Auxiliary Hospital (Red Cross Order of St. John) [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Expedionary Force [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry. [1]

Manufacturer: Pocket periscope [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

T.R. Battalion [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Royal Navy [55]

British Army [32]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [21]

C [18]

W [18]

S [15]

D [14]

B [11]

A [10]

L [9]

J [7]

F [6]

G [6]

P [6]

M [5]

N [5]

K [3]

O [2]

R [2]

T [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Heywood, Lancashire [126] Heywood, Manchester, Lancashire [13] Heywood, Bury, Lancashire [8] Heywood Lancashire [7] Heywood, Lancashire, England [4] Birtle cum Bamford Heywood Lancashire [1] Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Heywood. Lancashire. [1] Manchester, Heywood, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [24] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Corporal [2] AM1 Rigger Aero [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Inventor [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Private, Musician [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Heywood Auxiliary Hospital (Red Cross Order of St. John) [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Expedionary Force [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry. [1] Manufacturer: Pocket periscope [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers [1] T.R. Battalion [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Royal Navy [55] British Army [32] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [21] C [18] W [18] S [15] D [14] B [11] A [10] L [9] J [7] F [6] G [6] P [6] M [5] N [5] K [3] O [2] R [2] T [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Mary Elizabeth Duckworth

Born 1876

Other Empire Force Heywood Auxiliary Hospital (Red Cross Order of St. John)

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Percy Stoppard Dawson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36548 AM1 Rigger Aero 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Tom Heathcote Holden

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 60114 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank Porter

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194980

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Richard Brooks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402518

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Walter Schofield

Born 1889

Died 1958

Royal Navy F21841

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Harry Randall Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253756

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Cyril Hargreaves Coupe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264277

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Harry Coates

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26068 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Cleary

Died 1918

British Army 59318 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55527 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Christopher Winchester

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284083

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Kenneth Simpkin

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293181

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Joseph Rothwell Partington

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299058

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Charles William Ramsbottom

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36225

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James Lee

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39449

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Alfred Smith

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166658

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Fred Fairbrother

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175053

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John Chadwick

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183219

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Granville Gee

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118900

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John William Carter

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77746

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