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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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People [185] Stories Communities

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]

John William Parkinson

Born 1890

British Army M2/12834 Private Army Service Corps 52 Coy, M2 Depot ASC

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Arthur Blackburn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 16503 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army

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Alfred Edward Barrett

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 25324 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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John Cooper Cunliffe

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 43076 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 28343 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arthur John Benson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 62651 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 79th Siege Bty.

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George Greaves

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41045 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/8th Bn.

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Thomas Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army L/9213 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 150th Bde.

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John Edward Scrivener

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 23755 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Allen Rigg

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16450 Private 14th Hussars

British Army 37612 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 6th Battalion

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James Pickersgill Hamer

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299859

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James Thomas Kirk

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141606

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Edward Schofield

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 27126 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Edmond Schofield Warwick

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160730

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Hartley Holt

Died 1918

British Army 91645 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion

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John William Whittaker

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268722

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James Driver

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 28981 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Henry Bird

Born 1877

Died 1934

British Army 67796 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 17th Battalion

British Army 62188 Private South Lancashire Regiment 16th South West Battalion

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John Collinge

Born 1892

British Army T/653 Corporal Army Service Corps Transport

British Army Staff Sergeant Army Service Corps

British Army T4/244894 Corporal Army Service Corps 428 Company

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Samuel Bishop

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/4507 Able Seaman HMS PEMBROKE

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Tom Fielding

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J32495 Ordinary Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

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