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Nelson, Lancashire [318]

Nelson, Lancashire, England [4]

Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire [3]

Nelson Lancashire [2]

Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Barrowfield Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Colne, Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Great Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Nelson Lancashire [1]

Nelson Lancashire England [1]

Nelson near Burnby, Lancashire [1]

Nelson, Lancashire. [1]

Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Deck Hand [4]

Gunner [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Driver [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Private (2nd lorry driver) [1]

Private (driver of Maudsley lorry & store keeper) [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Reserve (Derby Scheme) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Brigade - Deal Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

British Army [34]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [41]

B [40]

W [35]

S [31]

D [27]

G [21]

R [19]

L [16]

M [16]

C [15]

P [15]

A [14]

T [14]

F [12]

N [5]

E [4]

J [4]

K [4]

U [3]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [332]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Nelson, Lancashire [318] Nelson, Lancashire, England [4] Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire [3] Nelson Lancashire [2] Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Barrowfield Nelson, Lancashire [1] Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1] Colne, Nelson, Lancashire [1] Great Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire [1] Nelson Lancashire [1] Nelson Lancashire England [1] Nelson near Burnby, Lancashire [1] Nelson, Lancashire. [1] Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [25] Deck Hand [4] Gunner [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Driver [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] PRIVATE [1] Private (2nd lorry driver) [1] Private (driver of Maudsley lorry & store keeper) [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] West Riding Regiment [4] HMS Vivid I [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Warrior [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Reserve (Derby Scheme) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Brigade - Deal Battalion [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] British Army [34] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [41] B [40] W [35] S [31] D [27] G [21] R [19] L [16] M [16] C [15] P [15] A [14] T [14] F [12] N [5] E [4] J [4] K [4] U [3] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [332] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

William Anness

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS9596

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Wilfred Kendall

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS9929

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John Edwin Holmes

Born 1887

Royal Navy 226526

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Granville Brown

Born 1887

Royal Navy 228871

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John Fred Alderson

Born 1887

Royal Navy 308491

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James Thomson Sunderland

Born 1884

Royal Navy F2833

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Claude Galway

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS110926

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John William Taylor

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS114970

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Edward Grant

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS121576

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Basil Wilkinson Lee

Born 1896

Royal Navy J59031 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy DA 13180 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Allan Dyson

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS6765 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy SS6765 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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William Thomas Howarth

Born 1894

Royal Navy J57628 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy DA 13072 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Nunnick Watson

Australian Imperial Force 7791

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John Dickinson Holt

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS122136

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Arthur Brown

Born 1893

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Hartley Smith

Born 1895

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John Allen

Born 1884

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William Hey

Born 1884

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Robert Wilson

Born 1877

Royal Navy 293738

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