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Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire [52]

Newton Heath, Lancashire [29]

Newton Heath, Lancashire, England [6]

Newton Heath Lancashire [2]

Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Lancashire [1]

Newton Heath Manchester Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [11]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

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

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

British Army [13]

Royal Navy [11]

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S [13]

W [11]

B [7]

C [7]

L [6]

G [5]

A [4]

F [4]

J [4]

O [4]

P [4]

T [4]

H [3]

K [3]

M [3]

R [3]

E [2]

Y [2]

D [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [91] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire [52] Newton Heath, Lancashire [29] Newton Heath, Lancashire, England [6] Newton Heath Lancashire [2] Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Lancashire [1] Newton Heath Manchester Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [11] Company Serjeant Major [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Vindictive [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] British Army [13] Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

S [13] W [11] B [7] C [7] L [6] G [5] A [4] F [4] J [4] O [4] P [4] T [4] H [3] K [3] M [3] R [3] E [2] Y [2] D [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William Arthur Ogden

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279169

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James Spencer

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121745

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Humphrey Pritchard

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277006

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Alfred Oliver Gradwell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235720

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Albert Critchley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46663

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William Stringer

British Army 17096 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Tom Foulkes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33520

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Wilfred Hunt

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3323

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Robert Jarvis

Born 1875

British Army 2683 Company Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 345753 Company Serjeant Major Labour Corps

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William Clarke

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195757

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James William Bentley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305635

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Percy James Trump

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141735

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James William Stonier

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142895

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George Whittaker

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180185

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Daniel Joseph Keeley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197355

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Herbert Pennington

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2116

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John Ditchfield

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2123

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Leonard Charles Parkinson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131555

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John Ford

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38643

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George Wright

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38619

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