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Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [120]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [75]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [18]

Rock Ferry, Wirral, Cheshire [3]

Oak Lawn, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [1]

Rock Ferry Cheshire, England [1]

Rock Ferry, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Rock Ferry,Birkenhead, Cheshire. [1]

Rock Ferry. Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Rock Ferry. Cheshire. [1]

Rock, Cheshire [1]

St Anne's, Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1]

St Paul's, Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1]

Thorncote, Rock Park, Rock Ferry, near Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

rock ferry, cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissariat [1]

Engine Room Articifer,4th class. [1]

Leading Air Craftsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Air Craftsman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [6]

South Wales Borderers [5]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [3]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society/Dr Hector Munro's Unit [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

HMS Amaryllis [1]

HMS Endymion [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Renown [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Headquarters Army [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

RAF Reserve [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

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

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS LION [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Seaman Storming Party [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Royal Navy [23]

Last name first letter

B [24]

W [21]

S [19]

C [18]

H [18]

L [14]

M [14]

A [11]

D [10]

J [10]

G [9]

R [9]

E [8]

F [8]

O [8]

T [8]

K [7]

P [7]

I [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [120]

Military Service [101]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

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People [227] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [120] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [75] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [18] Rock Ferry, Wirral, Cheshire [3] Oak Lawn, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [1] Rock Ferry Cheshire, England [1] Rock Ferry, Chester, Cheshire [1] Rock Ferry,Birkenhead, Cheshire. [1] Rock Ferry. Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Rock Ferry. Cheshire. [1] Rock, Cheshire [1] St Anne's, Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1] St Paul's, Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1] Thorncote, Rock Park, Rock Ferry, near Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] rock ferry, cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [37] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] Acting Captain [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissariat [1] Engine Room Articifer,4th class. [1] Leading Air Craftsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Air Craftsman [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1st Class [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [6] South Wales Borderers [5] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [3] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Training Reserve [2] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society/Dr Hector Munro's Unit [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] HMS Amaryllis [1] HMS Endymion [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Renown [1] HMS Warspite [1] Headquarters Army [1] King Edward's Horse [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] RAF Reserve [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS LION [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Seaman Storming Party [1] Welsh Guards [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Royal Navy [23]

Last name first letter

B [24] W [21] S [19] C [18] H [18] L [14] M [14] A [11] D [10] J [10] G [9] R [9] E [8] F [8] O [8] T [8] K [7] P [7] I [1] N [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [120] Military Service [101]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

William Keenan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98799

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Thomas Alexander Burke

Born 1870

Died 1919

Royal Navy 136393

Royal Navy 136393(Dev.) Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. "Vivid."

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Christopher Westmoreland

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 47982 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 12th Siege By

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George Herbert Oakshott

Born 1868

Died 1942

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Endymion

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Alfred Joseph Shakeshaft

Born 1886

Died 1937

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

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Archibald Edmund Jones

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army 265794 Private Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army 11221 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Richard Over

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 10131 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10131 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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James Frank Wootton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229631

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Ronald Chatterton Soper

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2094 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 200455 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Squires

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3461 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army K/13614 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3461 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Albert Roberts

Died 1917

British Army 22539 Private South Wales Borderers

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James Aspinall

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405401

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Archie William Caldwell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 242488 Private Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion

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William Shields

Died 1917

British Army 22535 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Philip Mcgill

Born 1892

Died 1949

British Army 1077 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 240077 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 1077 Sergeant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Joseph Ray Macswiney

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2789 Private Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Bowen

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army W/923 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Bn. formerly 13th Bn

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Alexander Richard Jordan

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247988

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Reuben Ruffler

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 13455 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert James Spillett

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280063

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