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Leigh, Lancashire [279]

Leigh, Lancashire, England [16]

Leigh Lancashire [12]

Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8]

Leigh, Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4]

Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4]

Tyldesley, Leigh, Lancashire [4]

Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2]

Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Glazebury, Lancashire [2]

Leigh,Lancashire [2]

Leigh. Lancashire. [2]

Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire. [2]

16 Leigh Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire [1]

Astley, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1]

Bickershaw, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Culcheth, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Howe Bridge, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

LEIGH. Lancashire [1]

Leigh Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Leigh Hereford, Lancashire [1]

Leigh Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Leigh Near Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Leigh and Bedford, Lancashire [1]

Leigh near Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Leigh, Bedford, Lancashire [1]

Leigh, Lancashire or Nantwich, Ches. [1]

Leigh, Pennington, Lancashire [1]

Leigh,Lancashire. [1]

Lowton, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Saint Josephs Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Saint Marys Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Westleigh Leigh Lancashire [1]

Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1]

leigh, lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [60]

Lance Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

"1st. Bn." South Wales Borderers [1]

5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Alberta Regiment. [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Dragoons [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

RNVR Mersey - HMS Narborough [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Seconded to Royal Flying Corp [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [192]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

British Army [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [45]

B [38]

W [36]

C [32]

S [25]

P [23]

L [21]

G [18]

T [18]

F [16]

D [15]

R [15]

M [14]

J [13]

A [12]

E [9]

Y [7]

K [5]

N [5]

O [4]

V [3]

I [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [368]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [1]

Greece [1]

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Place of birth

Leigh, Lancashire [279] Leigh, Lancashire, England [16] Leigh Lancashire [12] Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8] Leigh, Manchester, Lancashire [5] Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4] Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4] Tyldesley, Leigh, Lancashire [4] Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire [3] Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2] Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2] Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Glazebury, Lancashire [2] Leigh,Lancashire [2] Leigh. Lancashire. [2] Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire. [2] 16 Leigh Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire [1] Astley, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1] Bickershaw, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Culcheth, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Howe Bridge, Leigh, Lancashire [1] LEIGH. Lancashire [1] Leigh Bolton, Lancashire [1] Leigh Hereford, Lancashire [1] Leigh Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Leigh Near Wigan, Lancashire [1] Leigh and Bedford, Lancashire [1] Leigh near Wigan, Lancashire [1] Leigh, Bedford, Lancashire [1] Leigh, Lancashire or Nantwich, Ches. [1] Leigh, Pennington, Lancashire [1] Leigh,Lancashire. [1] Lowton, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Saint Josephs Leigh, Lancashire [1] Saint Marys Leigh, Lancashire [1] Westleigh Leigh Lancashire [1] Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1] leigh, lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [60] Lance Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] "1st. Bn." South Wales Borderers [1] 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Alberta Regiment. [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Dragoons [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Monmouth [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] RNVR Mersey - HMS Narborough [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Seconded to Royal Flying Corp [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [192] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] British Army [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [45] B [38] W [36] C [32] S [25] P [23] L [21] G [18] T [18] F [16] D [15] R [15] M [14] J [13] A [12] E [9] Y [7] K [5] N [5] O [4] V [3] I [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [368] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [1] Greece [1]

Fred Wolstenholme

Born 1884

Died 1977

British Army 7847 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Matthew Starkie France

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army 17075 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 19187 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Wilkinson

Born 1896

Died 1940

British Army 3120 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd./5th. Battalion

British Army 43839 Private Manchester Regiment 18th. Battalion

British Army 43839 Private Manchester Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Richard Berrington

Born 1895

Died 1979

Canadian Expeditionary Force 542257 Private

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Joseph Swindells

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 7181 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd. Battalion

British Army 7181 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st. Battalion

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Marcus Thurlow Wright

Born 1896

Died 1994

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Seconded to Royal Flying Corp

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Shadrack Critchley

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 25196 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Davies

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1656 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Hercules Fletcher Jones

Born 1894

Died 1938

British Army 5/70582 Private Training Reserve Battalion Durham Light Infantry

British Army 70582 Training Reserve 87th Battalion

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Edward Albert Castle

Born 1896

Died 1949

British Army 22891 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22891 Private 9th Loyals North Lancashire

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Thomas Yates

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 203846 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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James Ellison

Died 1917

British Army 357877 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 357877 Private The King's. (Liverpool Regiment) 1st./10th. Battalion.

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William Westwell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 202369 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 202369 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army 70623 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Atherton

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467658

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467658 Private Alberta Regiment.

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Joseph Evans

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army 304603 Private Tank Corps

British Army 26142 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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George Armstrong

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3/31739 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 8503 Private Machine Gun Corps 15th. Bn.

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James Edward Wolstenholme

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9433 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 2nd. Battalion

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John Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1659 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Benson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 74164 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 74164 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery c/110th Battalion

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