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Ormskirk, Lancashire [241]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [34]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [29]

Ormskirk, Lancashire, England [24]

Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire [17]

Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [14]

Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [13]

Ormskirk [13]

Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [10]

Ormskirk England [9]

Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5]

Ormskirk Lancashire [5]

Lydiate, Ormskirk, Lancashire [4]

Ormskirk, Lancs [3]

Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [3]

Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Lancashire [3]

Formby, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Mawdesley, Ormskirk [2]

Ormskirk, Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Ormskirk,Lancs [2]

Scarisbrook, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Aughton Nr. Ormskirk Lancs. [1]

Aughton near Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Bispham, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Burcough Bridge, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Downholland, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Hoscar Moss. near Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Mawdesley, Ormskirk Lancashire [1]

Mawdsley Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

New Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Newburgh, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk Scotland [1]

Ormskirk, LANCASHIRE [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. [1]

Ormskirk, Lincolnshire [1]

Ormskirk, North Meols [1]

Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk, Yorkshire [1]

Ormskirk,Lancashire. [1]

Rainford, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Scarisbrick near Ormskirk [1]

Southport Ormskirk [1]

Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

St Anns, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [206]

Corporal [19]

Gunner [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Driver [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1c [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

First Engineer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance - Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Munition Worker [1]

Private, Royal Marines [1]

Sapper [1]

Sapper/Corporal [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Steward [1]

Steward's Boy [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [83]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [52]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [35]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

King's Liverpool Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

13th Liverpool Regiment [1]

21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [1]

50th Battalion [1]

52nd Graduate Battalion [1]

5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1]

8th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [261]

Royal Navy [115]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [52]

S [43]

B [42]

C [38]

W [34]

G [31]

R [28]

A [27]

M [26]

F [23]

P [22]

L [20]

D [17]

J [13]

T [13]

O [11]

K [8]

E [5]

N [5]

I [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [425]

Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [217]

Canada [2]

Jersey [1]

United States [1]

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People [462] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ormskirk, Lancashire [241] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [34] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [29] Ormskirk, Lancashire, England [24] Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire [17] Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [14] Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [13] Ormskirk [13] Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [10] Ormskirk England [9] Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5] Ormskirk Lancashire [5] Lydiate, Ormskirk, Lancashire [4] Ormskirk, Lancs [3] Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [3] Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Formby, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Mawdesley, Ormskirk [2] Ormskirk, Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Ormskirk,Lancs [2] Scarisbrook, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Aughton Nr. Ormskirk Lancs. [1] Aughton near Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Bispham, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Burcough Bridge, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Downholland, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Hoscar Moss. near Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Mawdesley, Ormskirk Lancashire [1] Mawdsley Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] New Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Newburgh, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk Scotland [1] Ormskirk, LANCASHIRE [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. [1] Ormskirk, Lincolnshire [1] Ormskirk, North Meols [1] Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk, Yorkshire [1] Ormskirk,Lancashire. [1] Rainford, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Scarisbrick near Ormskirk [1] Southport Ormskirk [1] Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] St Anns, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [206] Corporal [19] Gunner [17] Lance Corporal [16] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [9] Driver [7] Able Seaman [6] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1c [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Brigadier General [1] Chauffeur [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] First Engineer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance - Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Munition Worker [1] Private, Royal Marines [1] Sapper [1] Sapper/Corporal [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Steward [1] Steward's Boy [1] Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [83] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [52] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [35] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Labour Corps [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Manchester Regiment [7] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] King's Liverpool Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Border Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 13th Liverpool Regiment [1] 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [1] 50th Battalion [1] 52nd Graduate Battalion [1] 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1] 8th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [261] Royal Navy [115] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [52] S [43] B [42] C [38] W [34] G [31] R [28] A [27] M [26] F [23] P [22] L [20] D [17] J [13] T [13] O [11] K [8] E [5] N [5] I [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [425] Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [217] Canada [2] Jersey [1] United States [1]

Thomas Molyneux Berry

Born 1884

Died 1934

British Army 148960 Sapper/Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frank Moran

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 7/2691 Warrant Officer Class 2 Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275543 Warrant Officer Class 2 Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275543 Company Sergeant Major Durham Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Charles William Fletcher

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 357998 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick Winrow

Born 1887

Died 1979

British Army 4627 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 70967 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

Royal Navy Private, Royal Marines

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Albert Brade

Born 1896

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 16329 Private Mechanical Transport Reinforcements

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Thomas William Boon

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army 7358 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7358 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7358 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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William Edward Heaton

Born 1875

Died 1941

British Army 1335 Rifleman King's (Liverpool Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army 218423 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army Lance Sergeant Labour Corps 421 Agricultural Company

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Arthur Greenwood

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472809

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472809 Private Canadian Infantry 65th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472809 Private Canadian Infantry 46th Battalion

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Donald Court Halsall

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 10121 Lance Corporal Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Albert Ball

Born 1898

British Army 43627 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2971 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 2/9th Reserve, 44th Provisional Battalion

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John Benedict Scahill

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4575 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Private

British Army 4575 Private The Kings Liverpool Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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James Rawsthorne

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 1921 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2293 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Orritt

Born 1879

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231710 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Bn.

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Bowden Farnham

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army 330042 Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major Liverpool Regiment

British Army 565 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 300042 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Alexander Bertram Cain

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 85 Private Royal Jersey Artillery

British Army 85 Private Royal Jersey Militia

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William Grantham

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2393563

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2393563 Private Canadian Infantry 48th Highlanders

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George Wilfred Stretch

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army M/372920 Private Army Service Corps

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Abel Baldwin

Born 1875

Died 1937

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197788 Private

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James Duffy

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 5952 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5952 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Frank Roughley

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 812 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 53560 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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