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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]

John Leech

Born 1880

Royal Navy K39281

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Cecil Cash

Born 1895

Royal Navy M2655

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Thomas Splaine

Born 1890

Royal Navy SS112150

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Frank Shaw

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS123615

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Albert Jameson

Born 1888

British Army 289843 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR290114 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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James Cooke Carwell

Born 1863

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Margaret Ellen Bell

Born 1883

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Mary O'neil

Born 1888

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Arthur James Tyldesley

Born 1883

British Army 6694 Colour Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Webster

Born 1898

Royal Navy J68727

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Edward Bertram Bate

Born 1885

Royal Navy F41747

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Arthur Edmund Murray

Born 1888

Royal Navy F46547

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Francis Satterthwaite

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS103831

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Robert Ernest Murphy

Born 1884

Royal Navy 207102

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