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Northwich, Cheshire [354]

Northwich, Cheshire, England [29]

Northwich [22]

Northwich England [12]

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, Lancashire [2]

Northwich,Cheshire [2]

Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Winsford, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Witton, Northwich, Cheshire [2]

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

Barnton, Near Northwich [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 [1]

Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Marston, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Middlewich, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Norley, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Northwich Cheshire. [1]

Northwich, Chesire [1]

Northwich, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Northwich, England [1]

Northwich, Gloucestershire [1]

Northwich, London [1]

Northwich, Norfolk [1]

Northwich,Cheshire. [1]

Sandiway, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Weaverham near Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Wharton, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Whitegate, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Wincham, Northwich [1]

Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Northwich [1]

Rank

Private [82]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Captain [4]

Sapper [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Captain [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]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [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]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Musician [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Sapper (acting 2nd Corporal) [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [44]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1st South African Infantry [1]

8th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Army Reserve [1]

C [1]

Cheshire Regiment Depot [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]

Service

Royal Navy [221]

British Army [117]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [79]

H [56]

W [45]

P [33]

M [31]

C [30]

S [29]

G [24]

L [24]

R [24]

A [20]

D [18]

T [13]

E [11]

J [11]

F [10]

N [10]

K [5]

V [4]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [432]

Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Northwich, Cheshire [354] Northwich, Cheshire, England [29] Northwich [22] Northwich England [12] 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, Lancashire [2] Northwich,Cheshire [2] Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Winsford, Northwich, Cheshire [2] Witton, Northwich, Cheshire [2] 227, Hartford Lane, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Barnton, Near Northwich [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 [1] Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Marston, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Middlewich, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Norley, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Northwich Cheshire. [1] Northwich, Chesire [1] Northwich, Chester, Cheshire [1] Northwich, England [1] Northwich, Gloucestershire [1] Northwich, London [1] Northwich, Norfolk [1] Northwich,Cheshire. [1] Sandiway, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Weaverham near Northwich, Cheshire [1] Wharton, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Whitegate, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Wincham, Northwich [1] Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Northwich [1]

Rank

Private [82] Corporal [9] Gunner [7] Able Seaman [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Captain [4] Sapper [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Captain [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] Corporal Acting Serjeant [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] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Musician [1] Quarter Master [1] Sapper (acting 2nd Corporal) [1] Seaman [1] Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [44] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training Reserve [2] 1st South African Infantry [1] 8th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Army Reserve [1] C [1] Cheshire Regiment Depot [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]

Service

Royal Navy [221] British Army [117] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [79] H [56] W [45] P [33] M [31] C [30] S [29] G [24] L [24] R [24] A [20] D [18] T [13] E [11] J [11] F [10] N [10] K [5] V [4] I [2] O [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [432] Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Levi Lambert

Born 1877

Died 1958

British Army 159369 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Wilcox

Born 1885

Died 1967

British Army 20266 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 20266 Colour Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Frederick William Aimson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 24173 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Joseph Arthur Aimson

Born 1884

Died 1926

British Army 92744 Army Reserve

British Army 92744 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 24th Lancashire and Cheshire F.C.

British Army 92744 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 20th Anti-Aircraft Company

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Thomas Curbishley

Born 1886

Died 1939

Australian Imperial Force 19802

Australian Imperial Force 19802 Gunner 8th Field Artillery Brigade 30th Field Artillery Battery

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John William Dodd

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 18602 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 18602 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 18602 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Henry Carles

Born 1880

Died 1955

British Army 13114 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13114 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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John Wilding

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 26851 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 26851 Private Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 26851 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles Hatton

Born 1891

British Army S/13103 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/24361 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Robert Edward Redvers Verdin

Born 1900

Died 1946

British Army 66428 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Edward Bainbrigge

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army GS/6012 Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line 1st Dragoons (Royals)

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Edwin Lockwood

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3479 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266191 Private Royal Highlanders 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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John Marsh

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 39254 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 39254 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd (Garrison) Battalion

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Charles Hallows

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 36195 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 36195 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harold Ernest Thomas

Born 1886

British Army 156063 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 538 Siege Battery

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Thomas Brookes Minshall

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army 1033 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230730 Corporal Acting Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 230730 Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion

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William Done

Died 1918

British Army 18940 Private Cheshire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 18940 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 18940 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John William Armitage

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4331 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Charles William Heald, M.s.m.

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army 16797 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 16797 Sapper (acting 2nd Corporal) Royal Engineers

British Army 16797 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Hewitt

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2401 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7 Battalion

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