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Rawtenstall, Lancashire [162]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England [5]

Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Goodshaw, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Edenfield, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Loveclough near Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Piercy, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire, [1]

Rawtenstall, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Rossendale, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Driver [6]

Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

A/Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Pte [1]

Recruit [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Wheeler /Staff Serjeant [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps Transport [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

14th Hussars [1]

4th Australian Light Horse Brigade [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Artillery [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Europa II (M 33) [1]

Europa II - M33 [1]

General Service Corps [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS PEMBROKE [1]

HMS VEHEMENT [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

RNVR [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [72]

Royal Navy [69]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [28]

T [16]

C [15]

B [14]

W [14]

R [12]

S [12]

L [10]

G [9]

P [9]

M [8]

K [7]

A [6]

D [6]

F [5]

N [5]

E [3]

I [2]

J [2]

O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [162] Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England [5] Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Goodshaw, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Accrington, Lancashire [2] Edenfield, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Loveclough near Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Piercy, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Bacup, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire, [1] Rawtenstall, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Rossendale, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [48] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [8] Able Seaman [6] Driver [6] Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] A/Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Pte [1] Recruit [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Wheeler /Staff Serjeant [1] Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [16] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9] Army Service Corps [6] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps Transport [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 14th Hussars [1] 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Divisional Artillery [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Europa II (M 33) [1] Europa II - M33 [1] General Service Corps [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS PEMBROKE [1] HMS VEHEMENT [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine [1] RNVR [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [72] Royal Navy [69] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [28] T [16] C [15] B [14] W [14] R [12] S [12] L [10] G [9] P [9] M [8] K [7] A [6] D [6] F [5] N [5] E [3] I [2] J [2] O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [175] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Canada [1] India [1]

Edward Lonsdale

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 180837 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 177th Siege Bty.

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George Richard Taylor

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy J57669 Ordinary Seaman HMS VEHEMENT

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Israel Holden

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 17151 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Alfred William Pewtress.

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army ZZ/830 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Divisional Artillery R.F.A., attd. X/41st Med. T.M. By

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James William Hindle.

Born 1893

British Army 75802 Driver Royal Field Artillery 24th Brigade

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James Stansfield

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 37940 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ignatius Holloran

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 16614 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 18117 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Whitham

Died 1915

British Army 6714 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6714 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Ormerod Nuttall

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 201915 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion.

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Frank Brown

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 686704 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 175th Bde.

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Herbert Law

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 32539 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 32539 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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John Robert Ewbank

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 33486 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion

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John Edward Whittaker

Died 1918

British Army 32578 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 56479 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19th Battalion

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Joseph Rowan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 8481 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8481 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8481 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Willie Lowe

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 21176 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Bertie Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 32072 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 32072 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th Battalion

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John William Horne

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 12047 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 12047 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest Taylor

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125173

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Albert Riley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278945

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William George Burton

Died 1917

British Army 32603 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7th Battalion

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