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Rochdale, Lancashire [932]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England [57]

Rochdale Lancashire [36]

Rochdale Lancashire [17]

Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [14]

Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [11]

Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire [6]

Milnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire [5]

Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire [5]

Balderstone, Rochdale, Lancashire [4]

Norden, Rochdale, Lancashire [4]

Healey, Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Lower Place, Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [3]

Rochdale, Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Rochdale,Lancashire. [3]

Shawforth, Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Sudden, Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Beechwood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Buckley, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Facit, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

MILNROW, ROCHDALE, LANCASHIRE [1]

Middleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Milnrow Nr Rochdale Lancashire [1]

Milnrow Rochdale Lancashire [1]

Milnrow Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

New Hay, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Newhey, Milnrow, near Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Newhey, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale Lancashire [1]

Rochdale Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England. [1]

Rochdale, Smithy Bridge, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale. Lancashire. [1]

Shawclough, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Spotland , Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

St. Clement's, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

rochdale, Lancashire [1]

the Rochdale Registration District, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Deck Hand [7]

Driver [7]

Gunner [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Rifleman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Pte. [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Cpl. [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Dvr. [1]

Flying Cadet [1]

Hon. Second Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Rifleman Private [1]

Seaman [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class. [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS LION [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Parthian [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [564]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [368]

British Army [149]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [162]

H [127]

S [121]

C [95]

W [80]

M [73]

T [72]

L [55]

R [50]

D [45]

P [43]

F [42]

A [34]

G [32]

K [30]

N [18]

E [17]

O [15]

J [13]

Y [5]

I [4]

V [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1070]

Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Canada [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Rochdale, Lancashire [932] Rochdale, Lancashire, England [57] Rochdale Lancashire [36] Rochdale Lancashire [17] Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [14] Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [11] Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire [6] Milnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire [5] Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire [5] Balderstone, Rochdale, Lancashire [4] Norden, Rochdale, Lancashire [4] Healey, Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Lower Place, Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [3] Rochdale, Manchester, Lancashire [3] Rochdale,Lancashire. [3] Shawforth, Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Sudden, Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Beechwood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Buckley, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1] Facit, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] MILNROW, ROCHDALE, LANCASHIRE [1] Middleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Milnrow Nr Rochdale Lancashire [1] Milnrow Rochdale Lancashire [1] Milnrow Rochdale, Lancashire [1] New Hay, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Newhey, Milnrow, near Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Newhey, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Rochdale Lancashire [1] Rochdale Manchester, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire, England. [1] Rochdale, Smithy Bridge, Lancashire [1] Rochdale. Lancashire. [1] Shawclough, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Spotland , Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1] St. Clement's, Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1] rochdale, Lancashire [1] the Rochdale Registration District, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [104] Second Lieutenant [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [9] Deck Hand [7] Driver [7] Gunner [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Stoker [4] Rifleman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Pte. [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Cpl. [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Dvr. [1] Flying Cadet [1] Hon. Second Lieutenant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Midshipman [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Rifleman Private [1] Seaman [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class. [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Naval Reserve [9] East Lancashire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] HMS LION [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Vivid I [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Parthian [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [564] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [368] British Army [149] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [162] H [127] S [121] C [95] W [80] M [73] T [72] L [55] R [50] D [45] P [43] F [42] A [34] G [32] K [30] N [18] E [17] O [15] J [13] Y [5] I [4] V [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1070] Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [66] Canada [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Edmund Barrett

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army 30219 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 30219 Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers 12

British Army 30219 Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers 6

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John Middleton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 28528 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Fred Pearson

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army C/516 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th (Service) Battalion (CLB)

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Harry Whitworth

Born 1897

British Army 18237 Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th

British Army 18237 Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd

British Army 18237 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th

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Alfred Shatwell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 45645 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford)

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Frank Booth

Born 1882

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Alfred Butterworth

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS5710

Royal Navy SS5710 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defence

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Ashley Peters

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 13 Battalion

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Charles Leonard Brierley

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers (Seconded to Staff)

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Edward Butler

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11883 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 11883 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Robert Schofield

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 5028 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Eric Rupert Heaton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 14th, attached 16 Battalion

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Frank Middleton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 15986 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 18028 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Leopold Fournier Robert Kershaw

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3566 Corporal London Regiment 1/15 county of lond Battalion

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John Eccles

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 8860 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd

British Army 379035 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

British Army 17317 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Harold Fothergill

Born 1890

Died 1937

British Army 30459 Durham Light Infantry

British Army 159349 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

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William Shatwell

Born 1892

Died 1979

British Army Reserves [Enlisted but not yet mobilised]

British Army TR3/21153 Private Training Reserve

British Army 197202 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 68th Training Reserve Battalion

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Eric Duckworth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 1/6 Battalion

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John Normanton

Born 1894

British Army 289543 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army WR286680 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army WR286680 2nd Cpl. Royal Engineers Rail Transport Establishment

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Robert Hartley

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K29049

Royal Navy K29049 Stoker HMS Defence

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