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Lancaster, Lancashire [346]

Lancaster [155]

Lancaster England [87]

Lancaster, Lancashire, England [47]

Lancaster district [12]

Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [9]

Lancaster Victoria [5]

Lancaster, Durham [3]

Liverpool, Lancaster [3]

Preston, Lancaster [3]

Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [3]

St Anns, Lancaster, Lancashire [3]

Carnforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Higher Walton, Preston, Lancaster [2]

Lancaster Gate, London [2]

Lancaster ON [2]

Lancaster, Cornwall [2]

Lancaster. [2]

30 Castle Hill, Lancaster [1]

Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyme,Lancaster [1]

Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancaster [1]

Bolton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1]

Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Catan, Lancaster [1]

Caton near Lancaster Lancashire [1]

Chipping, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Chorley, Lancaster [1]

Chorlton, Lancaster [1]

Colne, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Crawshaw Booth, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancaster [1]

Dalton-In-Furness, Lancaster [1]

Eccles, Lancaster [1]

Ellel near Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Everton, County of Lancaster [1]

Farnworth, Lancaster [1]

Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Heaton Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Heaton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Hindley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Holcombe, Lancaster [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Driver [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Gunner [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Orderly [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lt [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Pilot Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nurse and Sister in Charge [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

King's Own Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1]

81st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Service

Royal Navy [279]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205]

British Army [145]

Australian Imperial Force [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [87]

W [75]

B [74]

S [70]

C [62]

M [59]

G [47]

P [45]

D [36]

R [34]

J [30]

T [29]

A [28]

L [28]

F [21]

E [16]

K [16]

N [9]

I [6]

Y [5]

O [4]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713]

Merchant Navy [47]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Lancaster, Lancashire [346] Lancaster [155] Lancaster England [87] Lancaster, Lancashire, England [47] Lancaster district [12] Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [9] Lancaster Victoria [5] Lancaster, Durham [3] Liverpool, Lancaster [3] Preston, Lancaster [3] Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [3] St Anns, Lancaster, Lancashire [3] Carnforth, Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Caton, Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Higher Walton, Preston, Lancaster [2] Lancaster Gate, London [2] Lancaster ON [2] Lancaster, Cornwall [2] Lancaster. [2] 30 Castle Hill, Lancaster [1] Accrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyme,Lancaster [1] Atherton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancaster [1] Bolton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1] Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Catan, Lancaster [1] Caton near Lancaster Lancashire [1] Chipping, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Chorley, Lancaster [1] Chorlton, Lancaster [1] Colne, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Crawshaw Booth, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancaster [1] Dalton-In-Furness, Lancaster [1] Eccles, Lancaster [1] Ellel near Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Everton, County of Lancaster [1] Farnworth, Lancaster [1] Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Heaton Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Heaton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Hindley, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Holcombe, Lancaster [1]

Rank

Private [102] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [10] Lance Corporal [10] Serjeant [9] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Driver [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Gunner [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Orderly [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lt [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Pilot Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Medical Officer [1] Nurse and Sister in Charge [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS Ajax [2] King's Own Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1] 81st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1]

Service

Royal Navy [279] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205] British Army [145] Australian Imperial Force [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [87] W [75] B [74] S [70] C [62] M [59] G [47] P [45] D [36] R [34] J [30] T [29] A [28] L [28] F [21] E [16] K [16] N [9] I [6] Y [5] O [4] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713] Merchant Navy [47] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Samuel Cooper

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army 240546 Sergeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7342 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army 240546 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Crossfield Happold

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army Officer Cadet Office Training Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Intelligence Corps General List

British Army Temporary Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Dobson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T5/2746 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army T5/2746 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Richard Edward Cooper

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army 13/16350 Acting Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Private Royal Irish Rifles 18th

British Army Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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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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Edwin James Green

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army L/17742 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/17742 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 170th Brigade (CP) Royal Field Artillery

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James Robert Shenton

Born 1882

British Army 240293 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn

British Army 2384 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn

British Army 2384 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn

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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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Joseph Henry Horton Goulding

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1938 Serjeant London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 1938 Acting Serjeant London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 1938 Serjeant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Henry Stirzaker

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 24052 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Higginson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2125 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Laurence Binyon

Born 1869

Died 1943

British Army Orderly French Red Cross

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Charles Adams

Died 1914

British Army 7272 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Peter Thompson

Died 1917

British Army T5/1912 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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Robert Arnold Millard

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1884 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 240410 Corporal King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/6th 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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