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Rochdale, Lancashire [932]

Rochdale England [62]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England [57]

Rochdale [54]

Rochdale Lancashire [36]

Rochdale Lancashire [17]

Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [14]

Rochdale, Lancs [11]

Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [11]

Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire [6]

Rochdale, Yorkshire [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]

Rochdale, England [2]

Rochdale,Lancs [2]

Beechwood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Buckley, Rochdale [1]

Buckley, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Castleton further, Rochdale [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 Lancahire [1]

Rochdale Lancshire [1]

Rochdale Manchester [1]

Rochdale Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale New South Wales [1]

Rochdale Victoria [1]

Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Kent [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England. [1]

Rank

Private [145]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [11]

Serjeant [10]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Rifleman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Pte. [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Sergeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Cpl. [1]

4th Class Lieutenant Temporary Chaplain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Battalion Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Dvr. [1]

Flying Cadet [1]

Hon. Second Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lieut [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Midshipman [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [56]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

HMS LION [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [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]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [586]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [369]

British Army [217]

Australian Imperial Force [64]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [194]

S [140]

H [138]

C [104]

W [89]

M [85]

T [81]

L [63]

R [58]

D [50]

F [48]

P [47]

A [39]

G [37]

K [35]

N [19]

E [18]

O [17]

J [16]

V [5]

Y [5]

I [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1218]

Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Canada [2]

Bermuda [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Rochdale, Lancashire [932] Rochdale England [62] Rochdale, Lancashire, England [57] Rochdale [54] Rochdale Lancashire [36] Rochdale Lancashire [17] Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [14] Rochdale, Lancs [11] Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [11] Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancashire [6] Rochdale, Yorkshire [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] Rochdale, England [2] Rochdale,Lancs [2] Beechwood, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Buckley, Rochdale [1] Buckley, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Castleton further, Rochdale [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 Lancahire [1] Rochdale Lancshire [1] Rochdale Manchester [1] Rochdale Manchester, Lancashire [1] Rochdale New South Wales [1] Rochdale Victoria [1] Rochdale, Bury, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Kent [1] Rochdale, Lancashire, England. [1]

Rank

Private [145] Second Lieutenant [17] Stoker 1st Class [12] Corporal [11] Gunner [11] Serjeant [10] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Deck Hand [7] Able Seaman [6] Leading Stoker [5] Rifleman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Pte. [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Sergeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Cpl. [1] 4th Class Lieutenant Temporary Chaplain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer [1] Battalion Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Dvr. [1] Flying Cadet [1] Hon. Second Lieutenant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lieut [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Midshipman [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [56] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] HMS LION [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] HMS Vivid I [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [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] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2]

Service

Royal Navy [586] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [369] British Army [217] Australian Imperial Force [64] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [194] S [140] H [138] C [104] W [89] M [85] T [81] L [63] R [58] D [50] F [48] P [47] A [39] G [37] K [35] N [19] E [18] O [17] J [16] V [5] Y [5] I [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1218] Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Canada [2] Bermuda [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Harry Kershaw Haigh

Born 1880

Died 1943

British Army 7499 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7499 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Barker

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 86166 Driver Royal Field Artillery 55th Brigade

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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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James Clough

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/19558 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 19558 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Charles Sidney Garnett-Botfield

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Percival Bower

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army B/19506 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 160735 Private Machine Gun Corps 38th Battalion (Infantry)

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Alexander Gordon Veitch

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Thomas Fitton

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 3773 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3773S Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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James William Walton

Born 1883

Died 1943

British Army 12955 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 529351 Private Labour Corps

British Army 12955 Private East Lancs 9th

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John Middleton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 28528 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Alford Victor Clegg

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers Territorial Force 6th Battalion

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion.

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Eric Midgley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20876 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 20876 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Arthur Shepherd

Died 1915

British Army 11539 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 11539 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th Battalion

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John Mannion

Born 1880

Died 1945

British Army Colour Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 8072 Private Manchester Regiment 6th (Militia) Battalion

British Army 6879 Private Manchester Regiment Depot to 3rd Battalion

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George Thomas Boothman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 12246 Private Irish Guards 1st Bn

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Harry Broadhead

Born 1892

Died 1946

British Army 69730 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army

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Frank Bamford

Born 1899

Died 1983

British Army 37598 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Wilfrid Beaver

Born 1892

Died 1969

Royal Navy 1068 Royal Marines Labour Corps Deal

British Army 9535 (or 9635) Royal Field Artillery 149th Brigade

British Army 441884 Army Service Corps

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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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