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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]

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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Thomas Farrell

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 7886 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 66643 Second Lieutenant Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2nd Lt Tank Corps

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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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Thomas Chippindale

Died 1917

British Army 18261 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Stephen Kelly

Died 1916

British Army 17475 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Rodgerson

Born 1873

Died 1918

Royal Navy 354285 Chief Stoker HMS Vivid

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John Butterworth

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 241413 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Alfred Clare

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 49712 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Spencer Ellwood Barrow

Born 1873

Died 1915

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

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1st Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Chisholme

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army 272803 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Fred Corless

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army 112913 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Lawrenson

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS111387 Stoker 1st Class HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 111387 Stoker 1st Class Monmouth

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Alfred James Guy

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 20177 Private Border Regiment

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Arthur Preston Hadwen

Born 1899

Died 1954

British Army 64592 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred Victor Gardner

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 30264 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 34528 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest Austin Swift

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 112534 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Bowness Prickett

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 40274 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Davis

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 2343 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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