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Radcliffe, Lancashire [104]

Radcliffe, Manchester, Lancashire [13]

Radcliffe Lancashire [11]

Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire [6]

Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [3]

18 Top Bank, Radcliffe, Lancashire [1]

Radcliffe ,Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [3]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pioneer/Cadet [1]

Rifleman (Private) [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signaller [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

HMS TIGER [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

King's Royal Rifles [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Reserve Cavalry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

British Army [34]

Last name first letter

H [26]

B [16]

W [16]

C [9]

L [9]

T [9]

M [8]

S [8]

A [5]

O [5]

P [5]

D [4]

J [4]

K [4]

R [4]

F [2]

G [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [134]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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People [139] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Radcliffe, Lancashire [104] Radcliffe, Manchester, Lancashire [13] Radcliffe Lancashire [11] Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire [6] Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [3] 18 Top Bank, Radcliffe, Lancashire [1] Radcliffe ,Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [3] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Pioneer/Cadet [1] Rifleman (Private) [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Fusiliers [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] HMS TIGER [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Service Corps [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] King's Royal Rifles [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Reserve Cavalry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] British Army [34]

Last name first letter

H [26] B [16] W [16] C [9] L [9] T [9] M [8] S [8] A [5] O [5] P [5] D [4] J [4] K [4] R [4] F [2] G [2] I [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [134] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Cecil William Armstrong

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178067

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Fred Jarvis

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131098

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Ernest Foey

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45749

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George Ormrod

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57211

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John Harold Hamer

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6161

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Owen Kearney

Died 1916

British Army 2547 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army

British Army 148466 Sapper Royal Engineers 178 Tunnelling Company

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Harold Bill

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1395 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1395 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5 Regiment

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Wilfred Olive

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213704

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Herbert Bentley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121560

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Stanley Mills

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226352

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George Heywood

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226347

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Harry Pickstone Street

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232615

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William Taylor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249180

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Frederick William Startup

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253104

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William Tonge

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299728

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George Maurice Garstang

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136428

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Harold Wood

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160313

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James Bolton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162233

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Thomas Buckley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163627

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Henry Cecil Wild

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184191

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