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Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [186]

Hulme, Manchester [36]

Hulme Manchester [31]

Hulme Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Hulme Manchester Lancashire [3]

Hulme Manchester Lancashire. [2]

Hulme Manchester. [2]

Hulme,Manchester [2]

1 Bewley Street, Hulme, Manchester. [1]

Hulme Manchester, England [1]

Hulme near Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Hulme, Chorlton, Manchester [1]

Hulme, Greater Manchester [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, ENGLAND [1]

Hulme, Manchester, United Kingdom [1]

Hulme, South Manchester [1]

Leaf Street, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Hulme [1]

Manchester, Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Saint Stephen's Hulme Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Serjeant [4]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HMS Devonshire [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Mombasa Defence Force [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

Royal Scots [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179]

British Army [67]

Royal Navy [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [33]

C [32]

S [32]

B [26]

H [21]

L [20]

M [16]

D [14]

P [14]

R [12]

F [11]

G [10]

T [10]

A [9]

J [8]

K [4]

V [3]

E [2]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [279]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

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People [284] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [186] Hulme, Manchester [36] Hulme Manchester [31] Hulme Manchester, Lancashire [10] Hulme Manchester Lancashire [3] Hulme Manchester Lancashire. [2] Hulme Manchester. [2] Hulme,Manchester [2] 1 Bewley Street, Hulme, Manchester. [1] Hulme Manchester, England [1] Hulme near Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hulme, Chorlton, Manchester [1] Hulme, Greater Manchester [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, ENGLAND [1] Hulme, Manchester, United Kingdom [1] Hulme, South Manchester [1] Leaf Street, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Hulme [1] Manchester, Hulme, Lancashire [1] Saint Stephen's Hulme Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53] Serjeant [4] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Band Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS Devonshire [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Impregnable [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Mombasa Defence Force [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] Royal Scots [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179] British Army [67] Royal Navy [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [33] C [32] S [32] B [26] H [21] L [20] M [16] D [14] P [14] R [12] F [11] G [10] T [10] A [9] J [8] K [4] V [3] E [2] I [2] O [2] Y [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [279]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1]

Matthew Ridley Richardson

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 2263 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Fred Skilbeck

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 6409 Army Reserve

British Army 6409 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6409 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Bn.

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John Rigby

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 16842 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Henry Walker

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 19287 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Albert Healey

Born 1885

Died 1970

British Army 28751 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Winston

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 21189 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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George Albert Littler

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9173 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Sergeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army Sergeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Warwick

Born 1880

Died 1963

British Army A/257494 Private Army Service Corps EFC

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William H Swettenham

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 17499 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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George Edward Fleming

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 17370 Private Royal Scots

British Army 17370 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Thomas Broyden

Died 1914

British Army 9055 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 9055 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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John William Turner

Born 1880

Died 1931

British Army 3763 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 606603 Private Labour Corps

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William Lawton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10675 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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John James O'brien

Died 1914

British Army 439 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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James Angus Davidson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 352582 Private Manchester Regiment 2/9th Battalion

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Henry Valentine

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 251339 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Harry Valentine

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10905 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion 1st Salford Pals

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William G Wright

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 19719 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Matthew Smallshaw

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 9292 Private Mombasa Defence Force

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William Arthur Collins

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army 17427 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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