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Runcorn, Cheshire [294]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [115]

Runcorn Cheshire [8]

Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Runcorn Cheshire [2]

Runcorn, Chester, Cheshire [2]

39 Princess Street ,Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1]

Dutton, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Frodsham, Runcorn. Cheshire [1]

Frodsham,Runcorn,Cheshire. [1]

Halton Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Halton near Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Norley,Runcorn Cheshire [1]

Rocksavage, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Runcorn Cheshire [1]

Runcorn, CHeshire [1]

Runcorn, Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Saint Annes Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Western Point, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Able Seaman [8]

Gunner [5]

Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

ERA 1c [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Seaman [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st.Class. [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Canadian Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cheshires [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

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

HMS Leander [1]

HMS Arrogant C17 [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS Cardiff [1]

HMS Crescent K14 [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Honeysuckle [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Magic [1]

HMS Philomel [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancashire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [187]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

British Army [57]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [49]

B [45]

S [40]

W [33]

G [31]

M [28]

P [28]

C [24]

R [22]

L [21]

J [19]

A [16]

T [15]

D [13]

F [13]

E [12]

I [8]

N [7]

K [6]

O [4]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [314]

Merchant Navy [115]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [438] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Runcorn, Cheshire [294] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [115] Runcorn Cheshire [8] Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Runcorn Cheshire [2] Runcorn, Chester, Cheshire [2] 39 Princess Street ,Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1] Dutton, Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Frodsham, Runcorn. Cheshire [1] Frodsham,Runcorn,Cheshire. [1] Halton Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Halton near Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Norley,Runcorn Cheshire [1] Rocksavage, Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Runcorn Cheshire [1] Runcorn, CHeshire [1] Runcorn, Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Saint Annes Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Western Point, Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [38] Able Seaman [8] Gunner [5] Corporal [4] Deck Hand [4] Lance Corporal [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] ERA 1c [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Greaser [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer [1] Seaman [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st.Class. [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Naval Reserve [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Canadian Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cheshires [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Pelargonium." [1] HMS Leander [1] HMS Arrogant C17 [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS Cardiff [1] HMS Crescent K14 [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Honeysuckle [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Magic [1] HMS Philomel [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vivid [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancashire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [187] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] British Army [57] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [49] B [45] S [40] W [33] G [31] M [28] P [28] C [24] R [22] L [21] J [19] A [16] T [15] D [13] F [13] E [12] I [8] N [7] K [6] O [4] Y [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [314] Merchant Navy [115]

Country

United Kingdom [32] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

William Fred Stretch

Born 1893

Died 1926

British Army 64014 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Joseph Green

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237692

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Richard Henry Clark

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6952

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Harry Hough

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295088

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John Alwyn Imison

Born 1884

Died 1948

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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John William Ratcliffe

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164119

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William Davies

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16497 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Stanton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193087

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George Frederick Boden

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 14482 Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Joseph Bradshaw

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 33100 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Reserve Battalion

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Redvers Donald Dimelow

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 53103 Private Cheshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army TR/4/53103 Private Cheshire Regiment 51st Garrison, 53rd Battalion

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Edwin Gibson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311301

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Ernest Ellison

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51603

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Percy Dunbavand

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy K27254 Stoker 1st Class

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William Taylor Lawton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227662

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Henry Joseph Harris

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240139

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William Glynn

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243323

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George William Dunning

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 15639 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment "C" Company, 10th Battalion.

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John Whitlow

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8097 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 8097 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ralph Kinsey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46553 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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