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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]

Fred Aldcroft

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164739

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George Edwin Warrington

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 28456 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Stanley Saul Mottershead

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12594 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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George William Mason

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 17659 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 19th Battalion.

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Jack Graham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 215095 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Reserve Battery

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Frank Jackson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 55593 Private Cheshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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John Gilchrist

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 40581 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion

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Alfred Skinner

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps 27th Sqdn.

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John Ashton Counsell

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Percy Robson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291964

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Peter Howarth

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311276

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Stephen Arthur Jackson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199025

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Robert Ray

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99493

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Francis Leslie Braithwaite

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 642 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Horace Hardman

Born 1898

Died 1956

Royal Navy Z/2537 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Mersey Division

Royal Navy PI 39399 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39399 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell, Daedalus-Manston Fighting School-Dunkirk

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Walter Barratt

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/6538 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy DA 20489 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 20489/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Wallington."

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Roland Golding

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232176

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Charles Henry Gent

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247119

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Percy Gray

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4899 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion.

British Army 4899 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Walter Stanley Robinson

Died 1918

British Army 305921 Private London Regiment

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