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Place of birth

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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Place of birth

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]

Benjamin Dobson Stuart

Born 1892

Died 1978

Royal Navy J71013

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Albert Massey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26100

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Patrick Carr

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406178

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William Gill

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4553

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James Crossley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191284

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William Redhead

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146176

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George Edward Davies

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31018

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Samuel Gates

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191131

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Charles Boardley Priestner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190072

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Frank William Jones

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233453

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William Dell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261334

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Frank Sim

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285476

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George Walter Barrow

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 117 Company Serjeant Major Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240011 Company Sergeant Major King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/5 Btn

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George Marsland

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39787

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Robert Hinde Bickerstaff

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261280

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James Farrer

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97956

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Thomas Dent Attwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168402

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Harold Clark Adamson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8644

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Oswald Lawrence Richmond

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276805

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Norman Edward Pratt

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234873

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