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Salford, Lancashire [1364]

Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [155]

Salford Lancashire [141]

Salford [118]

Salford, Manchester [40]

Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire [38]

Salford England [36]

Salford, Lancs [24]

Salford Manchester [20]

Pendleton Salford Lancashire [16]

Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [13]

Broughton Salford Lancashire [8]

Weaste, Salford, Lancashire [8]

Salford Lancashire. [6]

Eccles, Salford, Lancashire [5]

Pendleton Salford [4]

Salford Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Salford, England [4]

Salford, Lancashire, England [4]

Salford,Lancashire [4]

Salford,Lancashire. [4]

Patricroft, Salford, Lancashire [3]

Pendlebury, Salford, Lancashire [3]

Pendleton,Salford,Lancashire. [3]

Salford Greater Manchester Lancashire [3]

Salford Priors, Warwickshire [3]

Salford, Lancs. [3]

Swinton, Salford, Lancashire [3]

salford [3]

Broughton, Salford [2]

Broughton, Salford, Manchester [2]

Kelsall, Salford, Lancs [2]

Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [2]

Patricroft Salford Lancashire [2]

Pendlebury Salford Lancashire [2]

Pendleton Salford Lancashire. [2]

Pendleton, Salford [2]

Pendleton, Salford, Lancs [2]

Salford , Lancashire [2]

Salford near Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Kent [2]

Salford, Manchester. [2]

Salford, Yorkshire [2]

Salford,Manchester. [2]

30 Weaste Lane, Salford [1]

32 Hodge Lane, Salford, Lancashire [1]

32 Queen Street, Irlams o’th’Height, Pendleton, Salford, Lancs. [1]

42 Percy Street, Off Ordsall Lane, Salford [1]

7 Canning St Salford [1]

8 Percy St, Pendleton, Salford, LAN [1]

Rank

Private [444]

Lance Corporal [44]

Corporal [42]

Serjeant [38]

Stoker 1st Class [26]

Able Seaman [22]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Sapper [14]

Gunner [13]

Captain [11]

Driver [10]

Rifleman [10]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Sergeant [7]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Major [3]

Musician [3]

Stoker [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Priviate [2]

Pte [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

AM1 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Class 1 [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Principal [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [173]

Manchester Regiment [120]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [22]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [18]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

HMS TIGER [9]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

London Regiment [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

HMS BENBOW [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Reserve [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [3]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3]

1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

7th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

Royal Navy [915]

British Army [604]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [590]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [222]

H [201]

W [181]

S [177]

C [162]

M [158]

R [118]

P [109]

G [106]

L [105]

T [98]

D [88]

J [77]

A [71]

F [65]

E [52]

K [48]

N [43]

O [41]

Y [10]

I [7]

U [7]

Q [4]

V [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2112]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [276]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Salford, Lancashire [1364] Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [155] Salford Lancashire [141] Salford [118] Salford, Manchester [40] Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire [38] Salford England [36] Salford, Lancs [24] Salford Manchester [20] Pendleton Salford Lancashire [16] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [13] Broughton Salford Lancashire [8] Weaste, Salford, Lancashire [8] Salford Lancashire. [6] Eccles, Salford, Lancashire [5] Pendleton Salford [4] Salford Manchester, Lancashire [4] Salford, England [4] Salford, Lancashire, England [4] Salford,Lancashire [4] Salford,Lancashire. [4] Patricroft, Salford, Lancashire [3] Pendlebury, Salford, Lancashire [3] Pendleton,Salford,Lancashire. [3] Salford Greater Manchester Lancashire [3] Salford Priors, Warwickshire [3] Salford, Lancs. [3] Swinton, Salford, Lancashire [3] salford [3] Broughton, Salford [2] Broughton, Salford, Manchester [2] Kelsall, Salford, Lancs [2] Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [2] Patricroft Salford Lancashire [2] Pendlebury Salford Lancashire [2] Pendleton Salford Lancashire. [2] Pendleton, Salford [2] Pendleton, Salford, Lancs [2] Salford , Lancashire [2] Salford near Manchester, Lancashire [2] Salford, Kent [2] Salford, Manchester. [2] Salford, Yorkshire [2] Salford,Manchester. [2] 30 Weaste Lane, Salford [1] 32 Hodge Lane, Salford, Lancashire [1] 32 Queen Street, Irlams o’th’Height, Pendleton, Salford, Lancs. [1] 42 Percy Street, Off Ordsall Lane, Salford [1] 7 Canning St Salford [1] 8 Percy St, Pendleton, Salford, LAN [1]

Rank

Private [444] Lance Corporal [44] Corporal [42] Serjeant [38] Stoker 1st Class [26] Able Seaman [22] Second Lieutenant [19] Ordinary Seaman [16] Sapper [14] Gunner [13] Captain [11] Driver [10] Rifleman [10] Boy 1st Class [9] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [7] Sergeant [7] Boy 2nd Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Bombardier [4] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Leading Stoker [3] Major [3] Musician [3] Stoker [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer [2] Priviate [2] Pte [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] AM1 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Class 1 [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Principal [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [173] Manchester Regiment [120] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [22] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [21] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [18] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [10] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [9] HMS TIGER [9] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] London Regiment [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] HMS COLLINGWOOD [5] Royal Air Force [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] HMS BENBOW [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Welsh Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Reserve [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [3] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3] 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] 7th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Service

Royal Navy [915] British Army [604] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [590] Australian Imperial Force [37] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [222] H [201] W [181] S [177] C [162] M [158] R [118] P [109] G [106] L [105] T [98] D [88] J [77] A [71] F [65] E [52] K [48] N [43] O [41] Y [10] I [7] U [7] Q [4] V [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2112] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [276] Australia [1] India [1]

Richard Brooks

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18537 Priviate Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

British Army 18537 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Thomas Mahon

Born 1894

Died 1954

British Army 30429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 30429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 11th

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Sidney Witts

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 43134 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Frederick Barnett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 23312 Private Royal Scots

British Army 11242 Pte 16th Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 23312 Pte The Royal Scots 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Botwright

Born 1888

Died 1944

British Army 23215 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Charles Field

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3/2788 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4588 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Peter J Webster

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 6297 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2717 private Seaforth Highlanders 4th (1st Res.)

British Army 17184 private South Lancashire Regiment

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Frank Fenton

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 11539 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 11539 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Arthur Smith

British Army 29866 Private Army Reserve

British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd

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Harry Booth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 269415 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 228351 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228351 Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph G Ellison

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 10451 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10451 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alexander Barclay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17290 Private Royal Scots

British Army 17290 Private Royal Scots 15th

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Walter Richardson

Born 1898

Died 1966

British Army 305674 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 266672 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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George William Aimson

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 25063 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 21st (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 36318 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion

British Army 20649 Sergeant Training Reserve 72nd Battalion

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Arthur Hulme

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2618 Private Manchester Regiment 2/8th Battalion

British Army 300497 Company Serjeant Major Manchester Regiment 2/8th Battalion

British Army 2618 Acting Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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William Henry Olive

Born 1894

British Army 305188 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion

British Army 1734 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 305188 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion

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Anthony Ilex Sheringham

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Private London 28th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Reserve Regiment Cavalry

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Frederick Aimson

Born 1880

British Army 55528 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery X.18 Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 55528 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery V/II Corps Heavy Trench Mortar Battery

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James Restall

Born 1874

British Army Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 14839 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 14839 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Archie Bedgood

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 20051 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20051 Priviate North lancashire reg 6th

British Army 20051 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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