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Seacombe, Cheshire, England [194]

Seacombe, Cheshire [99]

Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire [12]

Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Seacombe Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Wallasey or Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

77920 [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

First Engineer [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1]

Pilot 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS Victory I [2]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Leviathan [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

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

Kings African Rifles [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Indefatigable [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

S.S. British Viscount [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Cheshire Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

British Army [36]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

C [33]

W [32]

M [31]

H [24]

G [23]

D [16]

S [16]

F [14]

J [12]

L [12]

P [11]

E [10]

R [10]

T [10]

K [9]

N [9]

A [5]

U [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [193]

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [317] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [194] Seacombe, Cheshire [99] Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire [12] Seacombe, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Seacombe Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Seacombe Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Seacombe, Chester, Cheshire [1] Wallasey or Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Gunner [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 77920 [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Deck Hand [1] First Engineer [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1] Pilot 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS Victory I [2] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Leviathan [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS Vindictive [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings African Rifles [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Indefatigable [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] S.S. British Viscount [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Cheshire Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] British Army [36] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] C [33] W [32] M [31] H [24] G [23] D [16] S [16] F [14] J [12] L [12] P [11] E [10] R [10] T [10] K [9] N [9] A [5] U [2] O [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [193] Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1]

Edwin Holden

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244838

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John George Muddle

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy RMA/8415 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Indefatigable

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Robert Liddell Nichol

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J35343 Able Seaman HMS OPAL

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Thomas Calderbank

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311159

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William John Williams

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232621

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John Kennedy

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3410

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Ada Annie Wilkinson

Born 1893

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Whitley

Born 1878

Royal Navy F12933

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Louis Jones

Born 1889

Royal Navy K2293

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Alfred William Green

Born 1895

Royal Navy M8947

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Stanley Albert Merton

Born 1897

Royal Navy M13476

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John Carroll

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS102300

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George Alford

Born 1884

Royal Navy 272500

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Thomas Fazakerley

Born 1883

Royal Navy 298435

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Owen John Byrne

Born 1883

Royal Navy 298793

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Henry Barrow

Born 1883

Royal Navy 301158

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George Houghton

Born 1889

Royal Navy 312368

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Bertie Peers

Born 1884

Royal Navy 359383

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Joseph Mccann

Born 1883

Royal Navy 360041

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Joseph Albert Edward Vowles

Born 1895

Royal Navy F1435

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