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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]

Albert Kettle

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 24209 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Reuben Burrows

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 160305 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Albert Owen

Born 1893

Died 1976

Royal Navy J42941 Able Seaman HMS Sparrowhawk

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Thomas Boden

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 32869 Imperial Yeomanry 21st Company

British Army 11891 Private Cheshire Regiment cheshire regiment 2nd Garrison Battalion

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Tom Burrows

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 5738 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5738 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Reginald Lambert

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 20938 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 20938 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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George Hatt-Cook

Born 1883

Died 1957

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

British Army Major Cheshire Regiment

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John Donald Jameson Saner

Born 1894

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers

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Gerald James Glover

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 286189 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Henry Sanders

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2108 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2108 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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William Dunn

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20181 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 20181 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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John Holland Baguley

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 29584 Corporal South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

British Army 29584 Corporal South Wales Borderers Infantry Base Depot

British Army 29584 Sergeant South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

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George Bertram Mann

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army G/49776 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Frank Gorst

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S/290434 Private Army Service Corps Depot

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Albert Edward Pye

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1434 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1434 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1434 Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Earl OF Chester's Battalion

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John Senior

Born 1887

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53728 Quarter Master 41st Canadian M.G.C

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Sydney Wood Fletcher

Born 1886

British Army 4324 Driver Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 3185 Driver Household Brigade

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William Johnson

Born 1896

British Army 561 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 354316 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 561 and 354316 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd East Lancashire Field Ambulance

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George Rothwell Bradbury

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 33483 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 33483 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 33483 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Wilding

Born 1894

Died 1939

Royal Navy M25968

Royal Navy D/228ED Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Courageous

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