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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]

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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]

Myles Carrigan

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 6752 Manchester Regiment

British Army 203232 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Albert Goodinson

Born 1894

British Army 41207 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Milward

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268400

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James William Jackson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167832

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John Henry Robinson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163472

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William Fishwick

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266508

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John Gilbert Jarvis

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 5232 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 496057 Private Labour Corps 633rd Employment Coy

British Army GS/5232 Private Dragoon Guards 7th

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Arthur Churchman

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR4/31786 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 57521 Private Welsh Regiment 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan and Yeomanry Btn).

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William Stone

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163768

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James Arthur Briggs

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46061

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George Albert Stringer

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 15818 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 644481 Private Labour Corps

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George Frederick Annear Schilling

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136205

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Owen Glendown Thomas

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191629

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Albert Ernest Thewliss

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45347

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Joseph Stretch

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 63687 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Henry Schofield

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78456

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Jonathan Kenyon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211493

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John Helsden Locking

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219465

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George Herbert Skevington Ogden

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225561

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Robert Evans

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146179

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