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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]

William Thomas Talbot

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2371 Private Manchester Regiment 1st./5th. Battalion

British Army 2371 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Huntington Shaw

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 25303 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 56374 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th. Battalion

British Army 56374 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Patrick Hopkins

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 14/1293 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14/1293 Private York & Lancaster Regiment 14th Service Bn (2nd Barnsley Pals)

British Army 1293 Private York & Lancaster Regiment 14th Bn

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Robert Rimmer

Died 1916

British Army 31219 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 4th. Battalion

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Nathan Davies

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 51397 Private Royal Army Medical Corps "H.M.H.S. Galeka"

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James Coan

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5409 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5409 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5409 Sergeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Richard Harold Lane

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2447 Private Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 242148 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Smith

Died 1915

British Army 16675 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st. Battalion

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Arthur Allen Burrows

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 171380 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 171380 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 4th.Battalion

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Albert Briggs

Died 1914

British Army 11575 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11575 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Robert Ridyard

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 17812 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 15384 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 190549 Private Labour Corps

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George Ernest Jefferson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 107025 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 42899 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Frank Grogan

Died 1916

British Army 18326 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th. Battalion

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Richard Crouchley

Born 1890

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 1756 Corporal Australian Machine Gun Corps

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Morris Blackburn

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230853

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William Bellis

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241182

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John Ball

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246508

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William Boardman Trafford

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 243452 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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John Robert Pendlebury

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243644

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Ernest Willinscroft

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240484

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