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Lancaster, Lancashire [346]

Lancaster, Lancashire, England [47]

Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [9]

Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [3]

St Anns, Lancaster, Lancashire [3]

Carnforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Caton near Lancaster Lancashire [1]

Chipping, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Colne, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Ellel near Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Heaton Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Heaton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Hindley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Hornby, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Kirkham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster Lancashire [1]

Lancaster Lancashire. [1]

Lancaster lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Brookhouse, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Orrell, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Skerton, Lancashire [1]

Leigh Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Mossley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Pilling, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Quernmore, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Saint Thomas Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Scorton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Southport, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

St Johns, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

St. Johns, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Ulverston, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HM Submarine H10 [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Cyclops [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Implacable [1]

HMS Kingfisher [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Non Combatant Corps [1]

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Territorial Force [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [203]

Royal Navy [175]

British Army [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [52]

S [47]

W [43]

B [39]

C [39]

M [37]

P [28]

G [27]

D [21]

T [20]

J [19]

R [18]

A [12]

L [12]

F [11]

K [11]

E [6]

I [4]

N [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [405]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Lancaster, Lancashire [346] Lancaster, Lancashire, England [47] Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [9] Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [3] St Anns, Lancaster, Lancashire [3] Carnforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Caton near Lancaster Lancashire [1] Chipping, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Colne, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Ellel near Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Heaton Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Heaton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Hindley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Hornby, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Kirkham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Lancaster Lancashire [1] Lancaster Lancashire. [1] Lancaster lancashire [1] Lancaster, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Brookhouse, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Orrell, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Skerton, Lancashire [1] Leigh Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Mossley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Pilling, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Quernmore, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Saint Thomas Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Scorton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Southport, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] St Johns, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] St. Johns, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Ulverston, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [26] Stoker 1st Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [3] Captain [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Medical Officer [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] HM Submarine H10 [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Cyclops [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Implacable [1] HMS Kingfisher [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Vivid II [1] King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Non Combatant Corps [1] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Territorial Force [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [203] Royal Navy [175] British Army [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [52] S [47] W [43] B [39] C [39] M [37] P [28] G [27] D [21] T [20] J [19] R [18] A [12] L [12] F [11] K [11] E [6] I [4] N [4] O [3] Y [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [405] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Robert Corless

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89260

British Army Territorial Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 89260 Gunner 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery 23rd Battalion

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Joseph Morton Bibby

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 22013 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 4th Liverpool Pals

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Robert Laurence Binyon

Born 1869

Died 1943

British Army Young Men's Christian Association

British Army Orderly French Red Cross

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Christopher Bradshaw Cooper

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army 2096 Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5th

British Army 190896 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 7096 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Reginald Stamper

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2337 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 240628 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Richard Mason

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army S/2869 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

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Richard Mason

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 42214 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 42214 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army 42214 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Isaac Watson

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11026

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11026 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Kent Capper

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 5 Training Depot Station, RAF Collyweston

British Army London Regiment (Artists Rifles)

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John Edward Arkwright

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9019 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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

British Army 9019 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Allen Lewis Thomas

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1727 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 350379 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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John Teasdale

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 2105 Private Non-Combatant Corps

Other Empire Force 2105 Private Non Combatant Corps

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William Massey Birkett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4488 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army G/40644 Private Middlesex Regiment

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James George Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 228898 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 1/2nd Battalion

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Edward Makinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 240258 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1589 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240258 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Arthur Jefferson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163656

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Robert John Moser

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122993

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John Thomas Woods

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195168

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Percy Pruden

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107025

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Joseph Ward

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301369

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