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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]

Anthony Gradwell

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army T5/300 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Albert Edward Markland

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 6008 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 6008 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Edmund Mortimer

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Leak

Died 1918

British Army 11388 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 11388 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Charles Edwin Futcher

Born 1886

Died 1939

British Army 14777 Serjeant 81st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Wilson Prickett

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 3697 Acting Warrant Officer Royal Lancaster

British Army 241348 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Johnson

Born 1889

British Army S/2277 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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William Haigh Abbott

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 91245 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Reuben Chapman

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 21550 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21550 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Joseph Stott

Died 1918

British Army 14672 Private Border Regiment 2nd. Battalion

British Army 14672 Private Border Regiment 1st. Battalion

British Army 14672 Private Border Regiment 8th. Battalion

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Charles Unsworth Acton

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 17007 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Thomas Archer Greenall

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1330 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Bryson Roy Murray

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9184 Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Private Devonshire Regiment

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Anthony Jennings

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 2386 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Robinson Davies

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 20039 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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George Webster

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 45252 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 16th Battalion

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Charles Davies

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy 350753 Sick Berth Steward HMS Cressy

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Robert Forbes Mansergh

Born 1896

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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Agnes Whiteside, Later Margrave Hallen

Born 1882

Died 1926

British Army Nurse and Sister in Charge Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Tooting Military Hospital

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John Ernest Airey

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2457 Lance Corporal 18th Hussars

British Army 16869 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 16969 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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