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Leigh, Lancashire [279]

Leigh on Sea, Essex [37]

Leigh-on-Sea, Essex [28]

Leigh, Worcestershire [18]

Leigh England [17]

Leigh, Lancashire, England [16]

Leigh, Essex [14]

Leigh [13]

Leigh Lancashire [12]

Leigh, Kent [12]

Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8]

Leigh Creek Victoria [8]

Leigh on Sea, Essex, England [6]

Leigh, Lancs [6]

Leigh Creek South Australia [5]

Leigh, Manchester, Lancashire [5]

East Leigh, Hampshire [4]

Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4]

Leigh, Dorset [4]

Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4]

Leigh, Surrey [4]

Tyldesley, Leigh, Lancashire [4]

Woodford Leigh New South Wales [4]

Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Leigh, Wiltshire [3]

Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Abbots Leigh, Somerset [2]

Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2]

Leigh Manchester [2]

Leigh On Sea England [2]

Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Essex, England [2]

Leigh, Glazebury, Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Leigh, Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Leigh, Worcs [2]

Leigh,Lancashire [2]

Leigh-on-sea, Essex [2]

Leigh. Lancashire. [2]

Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire. [2]

16 Leigh Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire [1]

Abbots Leigh,Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [1]

Astley, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1]

Bickershaw, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Buckfast Leigh England [1]

Culcheth, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

East Leigh England [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Lance Corporal [9]

Gunner [8]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [14]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

2/19 Hyderabad Regiment [1]

2/96 Infantry [1]

5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

8th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Alberta Regiment. [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [280]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

British Army [135]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [71]

W [64]

B [59]

C [55]

S [40]

P [34]

T [31]

G [30]

L [29]

F [28]

D [26]

M [24]

R [22]

J [21]

K [21]

A [16]

E [15]

O [8]

V [8]

N [7]

Y [7]

I [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [590]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Greece [1]

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Place of birth

Leigh, Lancashire [279] Leigh on Sea, Essex [37] Leigh-on-Sea, Essex [28] Leigh, Worcestershire [18] Leigh England [17] Leigh, Lancashire, England [16] Leigh, Essex [14] Leigh [13] Leigh Lancashire [12] Leigh, Kent [12] Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8] Leigh Creek Victoria [8] Leigh on Sea, Essex, England [6] Leigh, Lancs [6] Leigh Creek South Australia [5] Leigh, Manchester, Lancashire [5] East Leigh, Hampshire [4] Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4] Leigh, Dorset [4] Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4] Leigh, Surrey [4] Tyldesley, Leigh, Lancashire [4] Woodford Leigh New South Wales [4] Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Leigh, Wiltshire [3] Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire [3] Abbots Leigh, Somerset [2] Atherton, Leigh, Lancashire [2] Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2] Leigh Manchester [2] Leigh On Sea England [2] Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Essex, England [2] Leigh, Glazebury, Lancashire [2] Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent [2] Leigh, Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Leigh, Worcs [2] Leigh,Lancashire [2] Leigh-on-sea, Essex [2] Leigh. Lancashire. [2] Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire. [2] 16 Leigh Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire [1] Abbots Leigh,Bedminster,Bristol,Somerset. [1] Astley, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1] Bickershaw, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Buckfast Leigh England [1] Culcheth, Leigh, Lancashire [1] East Leigh England [1]

Rank

Private [105] Lance Corporal [9] Gunner [8] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Captain [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Orderly [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [14] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS Vanguard [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] "1st. Bn." South Wales Borderers [1] 2/19 Hyderabad Regiment [1] 2/96 Infantry [1] 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 8th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Alberta Regiment. [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [280] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] British Army [135] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [71] W [64] B [59] C [55] S [40] P [34] T [31] G [30] L [29] F [28] D [26] M [24] R [22] J [21] K [21] A [16] E [15] O [8] V [8] N [7] Y [7] I [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [590] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Australia [1] Canada [1] Greece [1]

Daniel M Morris

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army 16567 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16567 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Curbishley

Born 1886

Died 1939

Australian Imperial Force 19802

Australian Imperial Force 19802 Gunner 8th Field Artillery Brigade 30th Field Artillery Battery

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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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Albert Coward

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690441 Private Canadian Infantry 116th. Bn.

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Sinclair Swanson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 7861 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201744 Private Manchester Regiment

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Eric Wolstencroft

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army Cap Badge 5750 Orderly British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Friends Ambulance Unit

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Richard Berrington

Born 1895

Died 1979

Canadian Expeditionary Force 542257 Private

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Lawrence Brooks

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15814 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15814 Acting Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15814 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Charles Alfred Robinson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/7029 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/7029 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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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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William Fury

Died 1915

British Army 17679 Private Royal Welsh 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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Lawrence Rushton Earp

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 8919 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 21787 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21787. Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

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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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Cecil Harry Burchett

Born 1889

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108412

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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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Joseph Schola

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 51667 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 51667 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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