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Horwich, Lancashire [122]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17]

Horwich Lancashire [11]

Horwich, Lancashire, England [7]

Horwich near Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Rivington Horwich Lancashire [2]

Bottom oth Moor, Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker I [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Electrical Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Marine [1]

Sapper Private [1]

Sergeant, Pilot [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Dragoons [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hms Mignonette [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regimenet [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) / The (Royal) Tank Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corp [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Lancashire (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment [1]

Tank Battalion [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Reg. [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

Royal Navy [56]

British Army [45]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

W [18]

A [17]

H [17]

M [12]

S [11]

F [10]

G [10]

L [10]

D [8]

P [8]

T [8]

C [7]

R [6]

K [5]

E [3]

J [3]

V [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [174]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

India [1]

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People [181] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Horwich, Lancashire [122] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [18] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [17] Horwich Lancashire [11] Horwich, Lancashire, England [7] Horwich near Bolton, Lancashire [3] Rivington Horwich Lancashire [2] Bottom oth Moor, Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Corporal [6] Gunner [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sapper [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker I [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Electrical Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Marine [1] Sapper Private [1] Sergeant, Pilot [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 5th Lancers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Dragoons [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hms Mignonette [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regimenet [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) / The (Royal) Tank Corps [1] Royal Flying Corp [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Lancashire (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment [1] Tank Battalion [1] Tank Corps [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment [1] Worcestershire Reg. [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] Royal Navy [56] British Army [45] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] W [18] A [17] H [17] M [12] S [11] F [10] G [10] L [10] D [8] P [8] T [8] C [7] R [6] K [5] E [3] J [3] V [2] Y [2] I [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [174] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [21] India [1]

Henry Walsh

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289201

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Joseph Allan Dixon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289200

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Charles Russell Lloyd

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289337

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William Henry Tyldsley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289176

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Christopher Austin Booth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291582

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Joseph Lambert

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292005

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William Livesey

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291781

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Charles Pimbley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294695

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Arthur Moore

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294346

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Ernest Watkins

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294476

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Sydney Simpson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295334

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Frank Pickup

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 7531 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry Kay

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243671

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Henry Alexander Pimbley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7630 Sapper Private Royal Engineers 2nd. Siege Company

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Frederick Wilson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284675

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Frank Wilcockson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23863

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Albert Fernihough

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286511

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Charles Richardson Fuller

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286520

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James Edward Hester

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289178

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Ernest Crankshaw

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289336

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