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Manchester England [1383]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1156]

Manchester, England [41]

Manchester ENGLAND [5]

51 Sewerby St, Moss Side, Manchester, England [1]

Ardwick, Manchester England [1]

Beswick Manchester England [1]

Bradford Manchester, England [1]

Cheetham Manchester England [1]

Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, England [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Didsbury Manchester England [1]

Eccles near Manchester England [1]

Gorton Manchester, England [1]

Greenheys. manchester. England. [1]

Harphuxley, Manchester, England [1]

Hulme Manchester, England [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, ENGLAND [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England. [1]

Mossley, Tameside Greater Manchester, England [1]

Outwood Manchester England [1]

Place of birth - Manchester England [1]

Prestwich, Manchester England [1]

Rhodes, Manchester, England. [1]

Strangeways Manchester England [1]

Tyldesley, Nr. Manchester, England. [1]

Urmston (Barton on Irwell), Manchester England [1]

Whalley Range, Manchester, England [1]

Winton, Manchester, England [1]

[Manchester ] Lancashire England [1]

Rank

Private [31]

Lieutenant [4]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Apprentice [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

L/Corporal [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sergeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Australian Infantry [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Australian Field Artillery [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

16th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

28th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

2nd Light Horse Regiment [1]

3rd Infantry Brigade - 1st Canadian Division [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Australian infantry [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Overseas Military Forces [1]

Depot North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

Imperial Camel Corps (Australian) [1]

Infantry [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment, Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1]

Royal Air Force Canada [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Flying Corps Canada [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1399]

British Army [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [306]

W [246]

H [239]

S [224]

M [218]

C [205]

R [150]

P [120]

L [117]

G [110]

D [107]

T [106]

A [88]

F [74]

K [71]

E [56]

J [51]

N [45]

O [35]

V [14]

I [11]

Y [9]

U [5]

Q [2]

X [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1459]

Merchant Navy [1151]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Australia [4]

Canada [2]

France [1]

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Manchester England [1383] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1156] Manchester, England [41] Manchester ENGLAND [5] 51 Sewerby St, Moss Side, Manchester, England [1] Ardwick, Manchester England [1] Beswick Manchester England [1] Bradford Manchester, England [1] Cheetham Manchester England [1] Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, England [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Didsbury Manchester England [1] Eccles near Manchester England [1] Gorton Manchester, England [1] Greenheys. manchester. England. [1] Harphuxley, Manchester, England [1] Hulme Manchester, England [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, ENGLAND [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England. [1] Mossley, Tameside Greater Manchester, England [1] Outwood Manchester England [1] Place of birth - Manchester England [1] Prestwich, Manchester England [1] Rhodes, Manchester, England. [1] Strangeways Manchester England [1] Tyldesley, Nr. Manchester, England. [1] Urmston (Barton on Irwell), Manchester England [1] Whalley Range, Manchester, England [1] Winton, Manchester, England [1] [Manchester ] Lancashire England [1]

Rank

Private [31] Lieutenant [4] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Driver [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Apprentice [1] Bugler [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] L/Corporal [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sergeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34] Manchester Regiment [7] Australian Infantry [4] Canadian Infantry [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Australian Field Artillery [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 2nd Light Horse Regiment [1] 3rd Infantry Brigade - 1st Canadian Division [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1] Australian infantry [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Overseas Military Forces [1] Depot North Staffordshire Regiment [1] HMS Racoon [1] Imperial Camel Corps (Australian) [1] Infantry [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment, Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry [1] Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1] Royal Air Force Canada [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Flying Corps Canada [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [1399] British Army [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [306] W [246] H [239] S [224] M [218] C [205] R [150] P [120] L [117] G [110] D [107] T [106] A [88] F [74] K [71] E [56] J [51] N [45] O [35] V [14] I [11] Y [9] U [5] Q [2] X [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1459] Merchant Navy [1151]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Australia [4] Canada [2] France [1]

Joseph Gallagher

Born 1886

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 7975 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Kay

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 352056 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd East Lancs

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Walter Harrell Herford

Born 1867

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1397 Private 10th Light Horse Regiment 11th Reinforcements

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1397 Gunner Australian Flying Corps

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Walter Spears

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry 59th Bn

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Infantry 59th Bn.

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Samuel Raymond Thurnhill

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Field Artillery

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Alphonso Brand

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army 42677 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 52119 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 42677 and 52119 Corporal

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Rupert Louis Arundale

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 10 11th Battalion

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Walter Heap

Born 1896

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 901 Sapper Australian Engineers 2nd Division Signal Company

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John Alexander Raws

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 23 Battalion

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William Lambert

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1294 Private 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Charles Ward

Born 1882

Australian Imperial Force 6593 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

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Thomas Denteith

Born 1874

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6251 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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William Bateman

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5048 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Leonard Wellings

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant

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Stanley Rowlinson

Born 1876

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 648 Private Australian infantry

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Frederick Jones

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2181 Private 24th Bn

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William Langin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 12873 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th. Battalion

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Richard Stott

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 202715 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd./7th. Battalion

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Graham Thomson Lyall

Born 1892

Died 1941

British Army Captain Canadian Overseas Military Forces

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 158524 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Pollitt

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3917

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