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Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire [52]

Newton Heath, Lancashire [29]

Newton, Manchester, Lancashire [16]

Newton, Lancashire [15]

Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire [13]

Newton le Willows, Lancashire [7]

Newton Heath, Lancashire, England [6]

Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire [5]

Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [3]

Newton Heath Lancashire [2]

Wargrave, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire [2]

Earlstown, Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Lancashire [1]

Newton Heath Manchester Lancashire [1]

Newton Le Willow, Lancashire [1]

Newton Le Willows, Lancashire [1]

Newton Manches, Lancashire [1]

Newton Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1]

Newton le Willow, Lancashire [1]

Newton,Lancashire [1]

Newton-With-Scales, Lancashire [1]

Newton-le-Willow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Able Seaman [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Fusilier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1]

Quartermaster and Temporary Major and Honorary Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

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

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

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

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

Royal Navy [40]

British Army [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [21]

W [18]

B [15]

H [13]

C [11]

G [11]

L [8]

T [8]

R [7]

A [6]

F [6]

O [6]

D [5]

M [5]

P [5]

E [4]

J [4]

K [3]

N [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire [52] Newton Heath, Lancashire [29] Newton, Manchester, Lancashire [16] Newton, Lancashire [15] Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire [13] Newton le Willows, Lancashire [7] Newton Heath, Lancashire, England [6] Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire [5] Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [3] Newton Heath Lancashire [2] Wargrave, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire [2] Earlstown, Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Lancashire [1] Newton Heath Manchester Lancashire [1] Newton Le Willow, Lancashire [1] Newton Le Willows, Lancashire [1] Newton Manches, Lancashire [1] Newton Manchester, Lancashire [1] Newton St Nelson Marsden Lancashire [1] Newton le Willow, Lancashire [1] Newton,Lancashire [1] Newton-With-Scales, Lancashire [1] Newton-le-Willow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [24] Able Seaman [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Fusilier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Major [1] Quartermaster and Temporary Major and Honorary Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [6] Labour Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Vindictive [2] 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] Royal Navy [40] British Army [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [21] W [18] B [15] H [13] C [11] G [11] L [8] T [8] R [7] A [6] F [6] O [6] D [5] M [5] P [5] E [4] J [4] K [3] N [3] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

George Herbert Skevington Ogden

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225561

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George Wilfred Holmes

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234252

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Robert Leigh

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 19654 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Robert Evans

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146179

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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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Thomas Brown

Died 1917

British Army 17258 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 17258 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 17258 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Sydney Rowe

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20317 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 20317 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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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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Thomas Snowden

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army M/281838 Private Army Service Corps

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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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Frank Bonney

Died 1915

British Army 3760 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Percy James Trump

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141735

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