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Oldham, Lancashire [1388]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [116]

Oldham Lancashire [72]

Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33]

Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18]

Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13]

Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5]

Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Oldham Lancashire. [4]

Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3]

Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oldham,Lancashire. [2]

Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1]

Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1]

Cheetham Street, Shaw, Oldham Lancashire [1]

Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Coppice, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Crompton near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Crompton, Shaw near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Delph near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Diggle, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England [1]

Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Greenaire Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Higginshaw Oldham Lancashire [1]

Higginshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hollingworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Hollinwood,Oldham,Lancashire. [1]

Mossley near Oldham, Lancashire [1]

New Delph Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Oldham lancashire [1]

Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Openshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Royton Oldham Lancashire [1]

Royton near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Driver [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

private [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Rifleman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [86]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fuisilliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [814]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [562]

British Army [240]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [226]

H [204]

W [169]

S [157]

C [151]

M [102]

L [89]

G [76]

P [73]

T [72]

R [65]

D [60]

K [56]

F [45]

J [43]

A [40]

N [37]

E [28]

O [26]

I [7]

U [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613]

Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [129]

India [4]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Oldham, Lancashire [1388] Oldham, Lancashire, England [116] Oldham Lancashire [72] Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33] Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18] Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13] Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5] Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Oldham Lancashire. [4] Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3] Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oldham,Lancashire. [2] Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2] Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2] 21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1] Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1] Cheetham Street, Shaw, Oldham Lancashire [1] Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Coppice, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Crompton near Oldham, Lancashire [1] Crompton, Shaw near Oldham, Lancashire [1] Delph near Oldham Lancashire [1] Diggle, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Greenaire Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hathershaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Higginshaw Oldham Lancashire [1] Higginshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hollingworth, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Hollinwood,Oldham,Lancashire. [1] Mossley near Oldham, Lancashire [1] New Delph Oldham, Lancashire [1] Oldham lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Openshaw, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Royton Oldham Lancashire [1] Royton near Oldham Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [185] Ordinary Seaman [14] Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Driver [10] Lance Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] private [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Rifleman [5] Able Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [86] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Labour Corps [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS TIGER [4] HMS VALIANT [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fuisilliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [814] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [562] British Army [240] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [226] H [204] W [169] S [157] C [151] M [102] L [89] G [76] P [73] T [72] R [65] D [60] K [56] F [45] J [43] A [40] N [37] E [28] O [26] I [7] U [4] Y [4] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613] Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [129] India [4] Germany [1]

Frederick Cleaver

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 21913 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 21913 Private King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 7th Bn

British Army 4/ 18211 T R Battn

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John William Hilton

Died 1915

British Army 5903 Private Lancashire Fusliiers 1st Battalion

British Army 5903 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edgar Buckley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20843 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 20843 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 20843 Private King's Own (Royal Lacaster Regiment) 11th Bn

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Fred Hornby

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 27299 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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William Millward

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15071 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 15071 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

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John Edward Anson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 57075 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 57075 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery EEF

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Edward Schofield

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 232626 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Thomas Greenbank

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 23630 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 85266 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion.

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James Mitchell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 371184 Private London Regiment

British Army 371184 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3271 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Pell

Born 1888

British Army 165669 Signaller Royal Garrison Artillery 65 Siege Battery

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Leslie Nuttall

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 41007 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 365352 Private Labour Corps

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Herbert Brierley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 29264 Corporal Postal Department Royal Engineers

British Army 29264 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 29264 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Fred Bardsley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 32295 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Broadbent

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 42082 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35646 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Addy

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/18870 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Q Battery

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Joseph Edward Briley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 47321 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 47321 private Manchester Regimnet

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Joseph Brooks

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 17220 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 17220 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Bn

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William Watts

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 28387 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Tom Stott

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64012

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Arthur Fairbrother

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 14956 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th Battalion

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