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Padiham, Lancashire [84]

Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Padiham Lancashire [5]

Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Padiham Burnley Lancashire [1]

Padiham Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Padiham, Lancashire, England [1]

Padiham, Lancashire. [1]

Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Padiham,Burnley,Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergt [1]

Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Anchusa [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Q16 [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Serbian Relief Fund [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

St Clair Stobarts Unit [1]

Service

Royal Navy [46]

British Army [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23]

W [13]

A [12]

C [10]

H [8]

D [7]

M [7]

S [7]

R [6]

P [4]

J [3]

T [3]

E [2]

G [1]

I [1]

K [1]

L [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [110] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Padiham, Lancashire [84] Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [13] Padiham Lancashire [5] Padiham, Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Padiham Burnley Lancashire [1] Padiham Burnley, Lancashire [1] Padiham, Lancashire, England [1] Padiham, Lancashire. [1] Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Padiham,Burnley,Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [24] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Bombardier [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergt [1] Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Anchusa [1] HMS Vivid I [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] North Lancashire Regiment [1] Q16 [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Scottish Rifles [1] Serbian Relief Fund [1] South Wales Borderers [1] St Clair Stobarts Unit [1]

Service

Royal Navy [46] British Army [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23] W [13] A [12] C [10] H [8] D [7] M [7] S [7] R [6] P [4] J [3] T [3] E [2] G [1] I [1] K [1] L [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Thomas Bates

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21557 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 21557 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Richard Thomas Duerden

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185326

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Harry Ashworth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249796

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James Wilkinson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260356

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Edward Bradshaw

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 27135 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 30923 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Michael Corcoran

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 11145 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11145 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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John Harry Hudson

Born 1896

British Army 1586 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36574 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Trayford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303221

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Thomas Riding

Born 1895

British Army 243810 Private North Lancashire Regiment

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Vincent Johnson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187061

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Leonard Cecil Birtwistle

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218528

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James Charles Brotherton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85935

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Thomas Addison

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26158

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William Anderson Broxup

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260852

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John Whitham

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164479

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Albert Pollard

Born 1886

Royal Navy F26877

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John Waddington

Born 1880

Royal Navy F27587

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Frederick Horrocks

Born 1887

Royal Navy F35180

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Harry Ashworth

Born 1900

Royal Navy F49796

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Allan Palmer Bushell

Born 1899

Royal Navy J36107

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