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Nelson, Lancashire [318]

Nelson [92]

Nelson England [23]

Nelson NZ [12]

Nelson, Glamorgan [9]

Nelson Victoria [6]

Nelson, Lancs [6]

Nelson, Lancashire, England [4]

Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire [3]

Nelson Bay New South Wales [3]

Nelson, New Zealand [3]

Nelson Lancashire [2]

Nelson Terrace, Manor Road, Tottenham, Middlesex [2]

Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Nelson, Glamorganshire [2]

81 Nelson St, Manchester [1]

Aporo Nelson [1]

Barrowfield Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1]

British Columbia, Nelson [1]

Collingwood, Nelson [1]

Colne, Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Great Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Llanfabon, Nelson, Glamorganshire [1]

Nelson Lancashire [1]

Nelson (Burnley ?) [1]

Nelson Creek, Westland [1]

Nelson Lancashire England [1]

Nelson Queensland [1]

Nelson Square England [1]

Nelson Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Nelson near Burnby, Lancashire [1]

Nelson, British Columbia [1]

Nelson, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Nelson, Lancashire. [1]

Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Nelson, Manitoba [1]

Nelson, South Island [1]

Nelson, South Wales [1]

Nelson, Yorkshire [1]

Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1]

Richmond, Nelson [1]

Takaka, Nelson [1]

Takaka, Nelson Province, South Island [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Assistant Principal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Colonel [1]

Greaser [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Private (2nd lorry driver) [1]

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

Sister [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Otago Infantry Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

3rd Field Co, Cdn Engineers [1]

72 Depot [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Teutonic [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Hampshire Regiment/ Staff [1]

Infantry [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

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

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [210]

Australian Imperial Force [108]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

British Army [61]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [67]

H [62]

W [49]

D [40]

S [37]

L [33]

G [29]

M [26]

R [24]

C [22]

T [22]

F [20]

P [19]

A [18]

E [9]

J [9]

K [7]

N [6]

O [5]

U [4]

V [4]

I [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [495]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

New Zealand [10]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

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Nelson, Lancashire [318] Nelson [92] Nelson England [23] Nelson NZ [12] Nelson, Glamorgan [9] Nelson Victoria [6] Nelson, Lancs [6] Nelson, Lancashire, England [4] Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire [3] Nelson Bay New South Wales [3] Nelson, New Zealand [3] Nelson Lancashire [2] Nelson Terrace, Manor Road, Tottenham, Middlesex [2] Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire [2] Nelson, Glamorganshire [2] 81 Nelson St, Manchester [1] Aporo Nelson [1] Barrowfield Nelson, Lancashire [1] Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1] British Columbia, Nelson [1] Collingwood, Nelson [1] Colne, Nelson, Lancashire [1] Great Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire [1] Llanfabon, Nelson, Glamorganshire [1] Nelson Lancashire [1] Nelson (Burnley ?) [1] Nelson Creek, Westland [1] Nelson Lancashire England [1] Nelson Queensland [1] Nelson Square England [1] Nelson Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Nelson near Burnby, Lancashire [1] Nelson, British Columbia [1] Nelson, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Nelson, Lancashire. [1] Nelson, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Nelson, Manitoba [1] Nelson, South Island [1] Nelson, South Wales [1] Nelson, Yorkshire [1] Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1] Richmond, Nelson [1] Takaka, Nelson [1] Takaka, Nelson Province, South Island [1]

Rank

Private [48] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Assistant Principal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Colonel [1] Greaser [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] PRIVATE [1] Private (2nd lorry driver) [1] Private (driver of Maudsley lorry & store keeper) [1] Sister [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Otago Infantry Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] West Riding Regiment [4] HMS Vivid I [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 3rd Field Co, Cdn Engineers [1] 72 Depot [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. [1] Australian Infantry [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Teutonic [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Warrior [1] Hampshire Regiment/ Staff [1] Infantry [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [210] Australian Imperial Force [108] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] British Army [61] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [67] H [62] W [49] D [40] S [37] L [33] G [29] M [26] R [24] C [22] T [22] F [20] P [19] A [18] E [9] J [9] K [7] N [6] O [5] U [4] V [4] I [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [495] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32] New Zealand [10] Australia [1] Malta [1]

Joseph Thomas Okey

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27132 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Edgar Barnett

Born 1889

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30161 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3 Battalion

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John Bolton

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 2575 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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Charles Field

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force 2860

Australian Imperial Force 2860 Private 72 Depot

Australian Imperial Force 2860 Private Infantry 5th Reinforcements of 44th Battalion

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Thomas Ridsdale Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1922

British Army DM2/162714 Private (driver of Maudsley lorry & store keeper) Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

British Army DM2/162714 Private (2nd lorry driver) Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

British Army DM2/162714 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Rennie Berry

Born 1876

British Army 2733 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 25462 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 569154 Private Labour Corps

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Leonard Mitchell Hart

Born 1894

Died 1973

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2004 Lance Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion 8th Company

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Lancelot Shadwell Jennings

Born 1888

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2502 Captain Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Henry Lawson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army M2/131354 Private Army Service Corps

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Hartley Barkby

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Dowdeswell

Born 1872

Died 1930

British Army Major Welsh Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment

British Army Colonel Welch Regiment 5th Battalion

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Rennie Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 82467 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 34457 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 82467 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Wright Stanley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 267139 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 267139 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/6th Battalion.

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Thomas Lucas Field

Born 1876

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 73576 Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Gilbert Blackburn

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 27145 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 27145 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James William Potts

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26/1023 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Harry Edgar Osborne

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

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Seth Stanley

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army 24102 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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James Burke

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 18198 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 18198 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Robert Henry Lewis

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 11610 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11610 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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