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Newchurch, Isle of Wight [24]

Newchurch, Lancashire [19]

Newchurch, Lancs [11]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [9]

Newchurch Isle of Wight [8]

Newchurch, Waterfoot [4]

Newchurch [3]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancs [3]

Newchurch, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire [2]

Newchurch, Carmarthenshire [2]

Newchurch, Rawtenstall [2]

Newchurch, Rossendale [2]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Manchester [2]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Rossendale [2]

Newchurch-in-Rossendale [2]

newchurch,lancashire [2]

Greenlane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight [1]

Manchester, Newchurch, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch Alton, Hampshire [1]

Newchurch, Bacup near Hasligden [1]

Newchurch, Bacup, Lancs [1]

Newchurch, Haslingden, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Isle Of Wight [1]

Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England [1]

Newchurch, Kent [1]

Newchurch, Kent, England [1]

Newchurch, Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Rossendale, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall [1]

Newchurch-In-Rossendale [1]

Newchurch-in Rossendale, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [61]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class (Signals) [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Third Cook [1]

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East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

4th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

Auckland Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

HMS HAWKE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS ONSLOW [1]

HMS Pioneer [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Superb [1]

King's (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

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

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Warilda" (Adelaide) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77]

Royal Navy [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18]

S [15]

C [11]

M [11]

T [11]

B [7]

W [6]

A [5]

G [5]

P [5]

R [5]

F [3]

L [3]

N [3]

D [2]

E [2]

J [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

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Newchurch, Isle of Wight [24] Newchurch, Lancashire [19] Newchurch, Lancs [11] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [9] Newchurch Isle of Wight [8] Newchurch, Waterfoot [4] Newchurch [3] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancs [3] Newchurch, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire [2] Newchurch, Carmarthenshire [2] Newchurch, Rawtenstall [2] Newchurch, Rossendale [2] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Manchester [2] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Rossendale [2] Newchurch-in-Rossendale [2] newchurch,lancashire [2] Greenlane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight [1] Manchester, Newchurch, Lancashire [1] Newchurch Alton, Hampshire [1] Newchurch, Bacup near Hasligden [1] Newchurch, Bacup, Lancs [1] Newchurch, Haslingden, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Isle Of Wight [1] Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England [1] Newchurch, Kent [1] Newchurch, Kent, England [1] Newchurch, Leigh, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Rossendale, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall [1] Newchurch-In-Rossendale [1] Newchurch-in Rossendale, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1] Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [61] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class (Signals) [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Sapper [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Third Cook [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] Auckland Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HMS HAWKE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS ONSLOW [1] HMS Pioneer [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Superb [1] King's (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Warilda" (Adelaide) [1] Military Foot Police [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77] Royal Navy [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18] S [15] C [11] M [11] T [11] B [7] W [6] A [5] G [5] P [5] R [5] F [3] L [3] N [3] D [2] E [2] J [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Joseph Nuttall

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 41883 Private Cheshire Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 21621 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 20th (Service) Battalion

British Army 21575 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion, 2nd Birkenhead

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Norman Nuttall

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 11977 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

British Army 11977 Private Manchester Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion

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James Harry Bell

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 243058 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Arthur Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202186 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Edgar Plane

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 32120 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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John William Mills

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26396 Private Border Regiment 8th Battalion

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Rowden Halstead

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 67110 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 32112 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 67110 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 3rd Battalion

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George Henry Lee

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 29919 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Fred Ashworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19944 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 7 Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish)

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Henry Whitehead Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 266059 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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James Henry Trickett

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 17471 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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James William Meadowcroft

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 45091 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army S/21139 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion

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Edward Carmalt

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1496 Private 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Herbert Bateman

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 26757 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edward Mclaughlin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42209 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Everett Henry Seal

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 14461 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Willie Speak

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army 16132 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Hartley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army M2/113737 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/113737 Corporal Army Service Corps 605th M.T. Coy.

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Robert Hebden

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 29/618 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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Joseph Harold Taylor

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 35136 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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