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Place of birth

Northwich, Cheshire [354]

Northwich, Cheshire, England [29]

Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire [6]

Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire [6]

Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire [5]

Northwich Cheshire [4]

Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire [3]

Crowton, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Moulton, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Northwich,Cheshire [2]

Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Winsford, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Witton, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

227, Hartford Lane, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Castle Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Chester, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Little Leigh, near Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Lostock Gralam Northwich Cheshire [1]

Lostock Gralam, Near Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Marston, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Middlewich, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Norley, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Northwich Cheshire. [1]

Northwich, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Northwich,Cheshire. [1]

Sandiway, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Weaverham near Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Wharton, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Whitegate, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [68]

Corporal [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Master Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief ERA 2nd Class [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Musician [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Sapper (acting 2nd Corporal) [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [35]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1st South African Infantry [1]

8th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Army Reserve [1]

C [1]

Cheshire Regiment Depot [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HM Submarine D2 [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

Service

Royal Navy [216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

British Army [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [68]

H [53]

W [44]

C [29]

P [29]

M [28]

S [25]

R [22]

G [21]

L [21]

A [18]

D [18]

T [12]

J [11]

E [10]

F [8]

N [8]

K [4]

V [3]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [387]

Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Northwich, Cheshire [354] Northwich, Cheshire, England [29] Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire [6] Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire [6] Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire [5] Northwich Cheshire [4] Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire [3] Crowton, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Moulton, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Northwich,Cheshire [2] Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Winsford, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Witton, Northwich, Cheshire [2] 227, Hartford Lane, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Castle Northwich, Cheshire [1] Chester, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Little Leigh, near Northwich, Cheshire [1] Lostock Gralam Northwich Cheshire [1] Lostock Gralam, Near Northwich, Cheshire [1] Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Marston, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Middlewich, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Norley, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Northwich Cheshire. [1] Northwich, Chester, Cheshire [1] Northwich,Cheshire. [1] Sandiway, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Weaverham near Northwich, Cheshire [1] Wharton, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Whitegate, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [68] Corporal [7] Able Seaman [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Master Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief ERA 2nd Class [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Munitions Worker [1] Musician [1] Quarter Master [1] Sapper (acting 2nd Corporal) [1] Seaman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Major [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [35] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1st South African Infantry [1] 8th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Army Reserve [1] C [1] Cheshire Regiment Depot [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Barham" [1] H.M.S. "Centaur." [1] HM Submarine D2 [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

Service

Royal Navy [216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] British Army [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [68] H [53] W [44] C [29] P [29] M [28] S [25] R [22] G [21] L [21] A [18] D [18] T [12] J [11] E [10] F [8] N [8] K [4] V [3] I [2] O [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [387] Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Australia [1] Canada [1]

George Dobbins

Died 1917

British Army 24374 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 31067 Private Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Owen Gough Dutton

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 55647 Private Cheshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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Gerald Brent

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 15161 Lance Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 15161 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 15161 Corporal Prince of Wale's Volunteers(South Lancashire Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Cross

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200976

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Thomas Percival

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213146

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George Tarbuck

Born 1887

Died 1940

British Army 49577 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd & 4th Battalion

Other Empire Force

British Army 4267 Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Wittingham Lowe

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 77725 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 77725 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 77725 Private Training Reserve

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John Thomas Abram

Died 1917

British Army 27688 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot Battalion

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Harry Hughes

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 78867 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Norman Atherton

Died 1917

British Army M/333573 Private Army Service Corps 612th Coy

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Geraldine Russell Allen

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 122 Lance Corporal First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps

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Charles Thomas Houlgrave

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286582

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Brian Wilding Ashworth

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army PS/766 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

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James William Powell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4153 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Heywood

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229925

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George Frederick Littler

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164745

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George Tarbuck

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279713

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Thomas Welsby Holland

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 535450 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Albert Owen

Born 1893

Died 1976

Royal Navy J42941 Able Seaman HMS Sparrowhawk

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Albert Frost

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 444720 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 357223 Sapper Royal Army Medical Corps

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