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Macclesfield, Cheshire [765]

Macclesfield [150]

Macclesfield South Australia [33]

Macclesfield, Cheshire, England [33]

Macclesfield England [30]

Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [11]

Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [10]

Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [10]

Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [8]

Macclesfield Cheshire [6]

Sutton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Bollington, near Macclesfield [4]

Kerridge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [4]

Macclesfield, Yorkshire [4]

Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire [4]

Macclesfield Forest [3]

Prestbury, near Macclesfield [3]

Siddington, near Macclesfield [3]

Broken Cross, Macclesfield [2]

Broken Cross, Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Gurnett, near Macclesfield [2]

Henbury, near Macclesfield [2]

Henbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Hurdsfield, Macclesfield [2]

Langley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

MacClesfield England [2]

Macclesfield Victoria [2]

Rainow near Macclesfield [2]

Rainow, near Macclesfield [2]

Sutton, near Macclesfield [2]

37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

4 Macclesfield St North, Holborn, Middlesex. [1]

Adlington, near Macclesfield [1]

Adlington,Macclesfield,Cheshire. [1]

Alderley Edge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Bollington, Macclesfield [1]

Bosley, near Macclesfield [1]

Bosley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Chelford, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Copper Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

East Macclesfield England [1]

Gawsworth, near Macclesfield [1]

Godley Junction, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Higher Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Hurdsfield, near Macclesfield [1]

Langley, near Macclesfield [1]

Rank

Private [581]

Corporal [36]

Lance Corporal [35]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Gunner [26]

Serjeant [24]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [14]

Driver [13]

Sapper [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Sergeant [6]

Pioneer [5]

Guardsman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Colour Sergeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

A.S. [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Boy, 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Captain [1]

Commander RNR [1]

Company Quarter Master Havildar [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal (Acting Sergeant) [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Gunner Signaller [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [346]

Manchester Regiment [50]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25]

South Lancashire Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Labour Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Yeomanry [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Dragoons [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [723]

Royal Navy [175]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138]

Australian Imperial Force [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [190]

W [106]

S [104]

H [103]

C [93]

M [85]

D [68]

P [59]

G [49]

R [45]

A [38]

L [36]

J [33]

T [30]

F [29]

N [25]

O [22]

E [20]

K [12]

V [6]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1102]

Merchant Navy [29]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [572]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Egypt [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Macclesfield, Cheshire [765] Macclesfield [150] Macclesfield South Australia [33] Macclesfield, Cheshire, England [33] Macclesfield England [30] Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [11] Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [10] Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [10] Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [8] Macclesfield Cheshire [6] Sutton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Bollington, near Macclesfield [4] Kerridge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [4] Macclesfield, Yorkshire [4] Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire [4] Macclesfield Forest [3] Prestbury, near Macclesfield [3] Siddington, near Macclesfield [3] Broken Cross, Macclesfield [2] Broken Cross, Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Gurnett, near Macclesfield [2] Henbury, near Macclesfield [2] Henbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Hurdsfield, Macclesfield [2] Langley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] MacClesfield England [2] Macclesfield Victoria [2] Rainow near Macclesfield [2] Rainow, near Macclesfield [2] Sutton, near Macclesfield [2] 37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] 4 Macclesfield St North, Holborn, Middlesex. [1] Adlington, near Macclesfield [1] Adlington,Macclesfield,Cheshire. [1] Alderley Edge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Bollington, Macclesfield [1] Bosley, near Macclesfield [1] Bosley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Chelford, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Copper Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] East Macclesfield England [1] Gawsworth, near Macclesfield [1] Godley Junction, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Higher Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Hurdsfield, near Macclesfield [1] Langley, near Macclesfield [1]

Rank

Private [581] Corporal [36] Lance Corporal [35] Second Lieutenant [33] Gunner [26] Serjeant [24] Lieutenant [18] Captain [14] Driver [13] Sapper [12] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Sergeant [6] Pioneer [5] Guardsman [4] Able Seaman [3] Colour Sergeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] A.S. [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Boy, 2nd Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces Captain [1] Commander RNR [1] Company Quarter Master Havildar [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal (Acting Sergeant) [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Gunner Signaller [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [346] Manchester Regiment [50] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25] South Lancashire Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Labour Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Yeomanry [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [2] Australian Infantry [2] Dragoons [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [723] Royal Navy [175] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138] Australian Imperial Force [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [190] W [106] S [104] H [103] C [93] M [85] D [68] P [59] G [49] R [45] A [38] L [36] J [33] T [30] F [29] N [25] O [22] E [20] K [12] V [6] Y [3] I [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1102] Merchant Navy [29] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [572] Canada [2] India [2] Egypt [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

John James Booth

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 49670 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army Private Cheshire Reserve Battalion

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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James Albinson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3208 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Ferneyhough

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 45645 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15366 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 268167 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Frederick Barber

Born 1891

British Army 10301 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10301 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Thomas Cleaver

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 352525 Private Manchester Regiment 2/9th Battalion

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William Brown

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2576 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Adkinson

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 486 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Bromley Bailey

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3569 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 442621 Sapper Royal Engineers 432nd Field Coy.

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Fred Jones

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2651 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49366 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49366 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Frederick Wardle

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 35361 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Ralph Hunt

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 10981 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Frank Meredith

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2158 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John William Gilday

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 9914 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 9914 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry Dobson

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6426 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Cresswell

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9227 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harold Trueman

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 33777 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 51723 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Walker

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4853 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 50481 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Gerald Vavasour Yates

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Jack Start

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 58197 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 56401 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Fred Handforth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9228 Private Cheshire Regiment

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