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Lymm, Cheshire [28]

Lymm, Cheshire, England [4]

Lymm Cheshire [3]

Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Heatley, Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Lymm, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

2nd Reinforcement [1]

33rd Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

attached Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [9]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [7]

H [5]

G [4]

L [4]

S [4]

B [3]

D [3]

C [2]

O [2]

A [1]

F [1]

M [1]

P [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [34]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

India [1]

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People [40] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lymm, Cheshire [28] Lymm, Cheshire, England [4] Lymm Cheshire [3] Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1] Heatley, Lymm, Cheshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Lymm, Near Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [8] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [2] 2nd Reinforcement [1] 33rd Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] attached Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [9] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [7] H [5] G [4] L [4] S [4] B [3] D [3] C [2] O [2] A [1] F [1] M [1] P [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [34] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [11] India [1]

Norman Macleod Adam

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Guest

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 36605 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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John Ernest Southern

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 45046 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 24609 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 479701 Private Labour Corps

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Isaac Althorp Ridgway

Born 1886

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 2nd Reinforcement 6th Battalion

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Charles Wardle

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 282371 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Cyril Lord

Died 1918

British Army 87152 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Reserve Battalion

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John Taylor

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287403

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Henry Brooker

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295418

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Legh Holden

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Gosling

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 18186 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 170th (County Palatine) Brigade

British Army 18186 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 39th Infantry Brigade

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James Henry White

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 13704 Private Scots Guards

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Alfred Edward Watkin

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Fred Hughes

Born 1886

British Army M2/183987 Private Army Service Corps

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John Mcwatt

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193737

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Ledlie Clark

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182384

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Percy Skelhorn

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407357

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Sidney William Hillier

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180135

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Frank Redvers Garner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184136

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William Woodall Hirst

British Army 14304 Private Grenadier Guards

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Horace Lord

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250959

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