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Knutsford [203]

Knutsford, Cheshire [111]

Knutsford, Cheshire, England [9]

Toft, Knutsford, Cheshire [5]

Knutsford England [4]

Tabley, Knutsford [3]

Cross Town, Knutsford [2]

Knutsford Cheshire [2]

Lower Peover, Knutsford [2]

Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [2]

Over Peover, Knutsford [2]

Rostherne, Knutsford, Cheshire [2]

Tabley Inferior Knutsford [2]

Toft, Knutsford [2]

Chelford, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Hall Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

High Legh Knutsford [1]

Hollingford House, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Knutsford Workhouse, Cheshire [1]

Knutsford, Altincham, Cheshire [1]

Knutsford, Lancashire [1]

Knutsford,Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Mere, Knutsford [1]

New Tatton, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Ollerton, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Over Tabley, Knutsford [1]

Peover Superior, Knutsford [1]

Pickmere near Knutsford [1]

Rostherne near Knutsford [1]

Rostherne, Near Knutsford [1]

Rostherne, near Knutsford [1]

St Cross, Knutsford [1]

Tabley Knutsford. [1]

Tabley near Knutsford [1]

Tabley, Knutsford, Chesire [1]

Tatton, Knutsford [1]

Toft, Knutsford Road [1]

Rank

Private [204]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Driver [11]

Gunner [11]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieut [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Class 2 [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain RMLI [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corpl [1]

Corporal (Observer) [1]

Corporal (Pilot 1st Class) [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver and Farrier [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Gunner, Acting Bomb then Bomb [1]

L/Corporal [1]

L/Crpl [1]

Lance Cpl [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend Chaplain [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [90]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Cheshire Yeomanry [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

Kings Liverpool Regiment [2]

Lancers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Training Reserve [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

1 Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

1/1 Herefords [1]

16th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

19th Kings Regiment-3rd Liverpool Pals [1]

7th Division [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [286]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [60]

H [41]

C [36]

W [34]

D [26]

M [21]

S [17]

G [16]

J [16]

P [16]

A [14]

T [13]

L [12]

R [11]

F [10]

O [9]

N [8]

K [5]

V [4]

Y [4]

E [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [360]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [264]

India [4]

United States [1]

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People [375] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Knutsford [203] Knutsford, Cheshire [111] Knutsford, Cheshire, England [9] Toft, Knutsford, Cheshire [5] Knutsford England [4] Tabley, Knutsford [3] Cross Town, Knutsford [2] Knutsford Cheshire [2] Lower Peover, Knutsford [2] Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [2] Over Peover, Knutsford [2] Rostherne, Knutsford, Cheshire [2] Tabley Inferior Knutsford [2] Toft, Knutsford [2] Chelford, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Hall Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] High Legh Knutsford [1] Hollingford House, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Knutsford Workhouse, Cheshire [1] Knutsford, Altincham, Cheshire [1] Knutsford, Lancashire [1] Knutsford,Cheshire [1] Lymm, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Mere, Knutsford [1] New Tatton, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Ollerton, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Over Tabley, Knutsford [1] Peover Superior, Knutsford [1] Pickmere near Knutsford [1] Rostherne near Knutsford [1] Rostherne, Near Knutsford [1] Rostherne, near Knutsford [1] St Cross, Knutsford [1] Tabley Knutsford. [1] Tabley near Knutsford [1] Tabley, Knutsford, Chesire [1] Tatton, Knutsford [1] Toft, Knutsford Road [1]

Rank

Private [204] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [15] Driver [11] Gunner [11] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Rifleman [6] Sapper [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Lieut [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Class 2 [1] Cadet [1] Captain RMLI [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corpl [1] Corporal (Observer) [1] Corporal (Pilot 1st Class) [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver and Farrier [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Captain [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Gunner, Acting Bomb then Bomb [1] L/Corporal [1] L/Crpl [1] Lance Cpl [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Reverend Chaplain [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [90] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [11] Cheshire Yeomanry [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Kings Liverpool Regiment [2] Lancers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Training Reserve [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 1 Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 1/1 Herefords [1] 16th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 19th Kings Regiment-3rd Liverpool Pals [1] 7th Division [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [286] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [60] H [41] C [36] W [34] D [26] M [21] S [17] G [16] J [16] P [16] A [14] T [13] L [12] R [11] F [10] O [9] N [8] K [5] V [4] Y [4] E [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [360] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [264] India [4] United States [1]

Ferdinand Buckley

Born 1866

Died 1940

British Army 30295 Private Royal Defence Corps

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John Culkin

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army 117209 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Guy K Pierson

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army SPTS4228 Acting Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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James Bracegirdle

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 433 Private Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230548 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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George W Slade

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 5808 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Bttn (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Francis Knowles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4920 Rifleman London Regiment 16th (County of London) Btn

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Francis Patrick Mcgowan

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Z/1230 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Bgd and then 5th Bgd

British Army Z/1230 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bgd

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Harry Curbishley

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 15891 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 474289 Private Labour Corps, Transport Workers Bttn 15 South Lanc

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Alfred Taylor

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army GS/63980 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Peter Murphy

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Cheshire Regiment 5th Bttn

British Army 36828 Driver Royal Field Artillery 'B' Battery 50th L Bde

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William Ainscoe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15610 Private Cheshire Regiment 22nd 12th Service Bttn

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Daniel Caulfield

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 11675 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Bttn

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Joseph Booth

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8851 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Henry Brown

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 87151 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment

British Army 146739 Private

British Army 146739 Private Machine Gun Corps 46th Bttn

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Joseph Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19321 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 19321 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 16th Btn

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Fred Darlington

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 15845 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Bttn

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William Watson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 24310 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank Worth

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 23681 Kings Liverpool Regiment

British Army L/24115 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Geoffrey Morgan Hoyle

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters

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Henry William Wright

Born 1877

Died 1936

British Army 65253 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 26314 Cheshire Regiment General Service

British Army 39461 Private Labour Corps

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