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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]

Arthur Clare

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 33228 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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William Littler

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 36586 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 36586 Private Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 36586 Private Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Thomas Mccabe

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 79409 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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James Lamb

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 13556 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Hilditch

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army 11835 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 174908 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/383877 Private Army Service Corps

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John Whalley Parks

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army 6683 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27980 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Edwin Moreton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69585

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Cecil Albert Gorst

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 28257 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Harold Deakin Wood

Born 1888

British Army 103864 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Barker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 277633 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army Lance Serjeant 2nd

British Army 277633 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Spencer Griffiths

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401228

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401228 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No. 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park

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Frank Evans

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 40130 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Kerfoot

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR/4/53009 Private Cheshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

British Army 53009 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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George Henry Dutton

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 236768 Able Seaman HMS Princess Irene

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Eli Wilding

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265153

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Louis Victor Ellson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286335

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Frederick Eaton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51277

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Thomas Arthur Rhaney

Born 1884

Royal Navy 298534

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28571 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28571 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Samuel Arthur Moss

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404033

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Richard Williams

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299022

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