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Sale, Cheshire [111]

Sale Cheshire [31]

Sale, Cheshire, England [20]

Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [3]

Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire [2]

Sale, Cheshire. [2]

Ashton - On - Mersey Sale Cheshire [1]

Ashton - On - Mersey Sale, Cheshire [1]

Ashton - on Mersey Sale Cheshire [1]

Ashton On Mersey, Sale, Cheshire [1]

Ashton upon Mersey Sale Cheshire [1]

Christchurch, Sale, Cheshire [1]

Sale,Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Gunner [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Apprentice [1]

Cadet [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Filter [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner and Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (temp Capt) [1]

Major [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

corporal [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS Abdiel [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Infantry Battalion [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

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

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine S.S. "Sagamore" (Liverpool) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Officers Training Corps [1]

RNVR [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

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

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Royal Navy [42]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [17]

S [17]

C [14]

G [14]

R [13]

W [13]

M [12]

B [9]

D [8]

L [8]

P [8]

T [8]

A [7]

J [7]

E [5]

F [5]

K [4]

O [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [148]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

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People [176] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sale, Cheshire [111] Sale Cheshire [31] Sale, Cheshire, England [20] Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [3] Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire [2] Sale, Cheshire. [2] Ashton - On - Mersey Sale Cheshire [1] Ashton - On - Mersey Sale, Cheshire [1] Ashton - on Mersey Sale Cheshire [1] Ashton On Mersey, Sale, Cheshire [1] Ashton upon Mersey Sale Cheshire [1] Christchurch, Sale, Cheshire [1] Sale,Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [46] Gunner [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Apprentice [1] Cadet [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Filter [1] Fitter [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner and Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (temp Capt) [1] Major [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] corporal [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS Abdiel [1] HMS Monmouth [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Infantry Battalion [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine S.S. "Sagamore" (Liverpool) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Officers Training Corps [1] RNVR [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Wallington." [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Training Reserve [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Royal Navy [42] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [17] S [17] C [14] G [14] R [13] W [13] M [12] B [9] D [8] L [8] P [8] T [8] A [7] J [7] E [5] F [5] K [4] O [2] Q [2] I [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [148] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

Joseph Cowin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army PS/7675 Private Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion.

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Leonard Royle

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4611 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Edwin Brookes

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 36174 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Gratrix

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 72883 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion.

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William Harold Plevin

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army M2/077842 Private Army Service Corps 700th M.T. Company

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Bertram Bayley

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 243030 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn.

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Eric James Woodhead

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17272 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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William Sidney Moore

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 245331 Gunner Royal Field Artillery B Battery 189th Brigade

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Thomas Henry Dudley

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 203256 Private Lancashire Fusiliers Depot

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Peter Martin Connellan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Dudley

Died 1916

British Army 27903 Private Welsh Regiment 18 Battalion

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Harold Jones

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 29704 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 27063 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 29704 South Lancashire Regiment

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Charles L Harrison

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 61240 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion.

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David Arthur Lamb

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 13510 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13510 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 71st Bde.

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Joseph Robinson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army PS/5546 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Francis Drake

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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William Heywood

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 444201 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army T3067 Corporal 2nd Manchester Regiment

British Army T1700 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Charles Frederick Tempest Price

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 7180 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Donald Wilson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141803

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John Thomas Kinsey

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 76942 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 76942 Gunner and Driver Royal Garrison Artillery 173rd Heavy Battery

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