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Southport, Lancashire [625]

Southport, Lancashire, England [137]

Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [13]

Southport Lancashire [6]

Banks, Southport, Lancashire [4]

Crossens, Southport, Lancashire [3]

Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [3]

Southport, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire [2]

Near Southport, Lancashire [2]

Southport, Lancashire, England [2]

76 Duke Street, Southport. Lancashire [1]

Banks Southport, Lancashire [1]

Barton, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Beer Vale Southport, Lancashire [1]

Blowick, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Churchtown, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Formby, Southport, Lancashire [1]

High Park, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Marshside, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Moss Side, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Parbold, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Southport Lancashire [1]

Southport lancashire [1]

Southport , Lancashire [1]

Southport, Lancashire, [1]

Southport, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Southport, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

St Andrews, Southport, Lancashire [1]

St Peter's, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Tarleton, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Captain [4]

Driver [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Major [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

2nd Steward [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Apprentice [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Member [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer (NS) [1]

Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Signaller Gunner [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Canadian Infantry [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

HMS Victory I [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th Kings Liverpool Regiment Scottish Battalion [1]

10th Liverpool Regiment Transport [1]

14th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

7th Labour Corps [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

GOC 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade [1]

GOC, 118th Infantry Brigade [1]

General Staff, 32nd Division [1]

Gordon Highlanders attached Cameron Highlanders [1]

Greatest King's African Rifles [1]

H.M.S. "Amphion." [1]

H.M.S. "President II."Armoured Car Div. [1]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

H.M.S. Blake [1]

H.M.S. Vivid [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [379]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [211]

British Army [83]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [89]

B [80]

H [78]

S [73]

M [72]

R [57]

T [54]

C [48]

L [36]

A [34]

G [32]

P [32]

D [30]

F [27]

J [26]

K [22]

N [12]

E [7]

I [4]

O [4]

Y [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [674]

Merchant Navy [137]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

Canada [1]

Isle of Man [1]

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Place of birth

Southport, Lancashire [625] Southport, Lancashire, England [137] Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [13] Southport Lancashire [6] Banks, Southport, Lancashire [4] Crossens, Southport, Lancashire [3] Ormskirk, Southport, Lancashire [3] Southport, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire [2] Near Southport, Lancashire [2] Southport, Lancashire, England [2] 76 Duke Street, Southport. Lancashire [1] Banks Southport, Lancashire [1] Barton, Southport, Lancashire [1] Beer Vale Southport, Lancashire [1] Blowick, Southport, Lancashire [1] Churchtown, Southport, Lancashire [1] Formby, Southport, Lancashire [1] High Park, Southport, Lancashire [1] Marshside, Southport, Lancashire [1] Moss Side, Southport, Lancashire [1] Parbold, Southport, Lancashire [1] Southport Lancashire [1] Southport lancashire [1] Southport , Lancashire [1] Southport, Lancashire, [1] Southport, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Southport, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] St Andrews, Southport, Lancashire [1] St Peter's, Southport, Lancashire [1] Tarleton, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [58] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Deck Hand [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Lieutenant [7] Corporal [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Captain [4] Driver [4] Leading Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Signal Boy [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Major [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] 2nd Steward [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Apprentice [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Member [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer (NS) [1] Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Signaller Gunner [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [19] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Canadian Infantry [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] Labour Corps [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] HMS Victory I [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS MALAYA [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment Scottish Battalion [1] 10th Liverpool Regiment Transport [1] 14th Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1] 7th Labour Corps [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] GOC 137th (Staffordshire) Infantry Brigade [1] GOC, 118th Infantry Brigade [1] General Staff, 32nd Division [1] Gordon Highlanders attached Cameron Highlanders [1] Greatest King's African Rifles [1] H.M.S. "Amphion." [1] H.M.S. "President II."Armoured Car Div. [1] H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] H.M.S. Blake [1] H.M.S. Vivid [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BOADICEA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [379] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [211] British Army [83] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [5] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [89] B [80] H [78] S [73] M [72] R [57] T [54] C [48] L [36] A [34] G [32] P [32] D [30] F [27] J [26] K [22] N [12] E [7] I [4] O [4] Y [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [674] Merchant Navy [137]

Country

United Kingdom [57] Canada [1] Isle of Man [1]

Fred Brierley Rigg

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30478

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Thomas Bond

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300204

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Peter Watkinson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262393

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William Henry Goodman

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284522

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Dominic Costa

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3325 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266029 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266029 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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David William Masters

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 204219 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29046 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Wilfred Aspinwall

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army TF/701532 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 171786 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Edward Mattinson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294555

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Hamilton Ainsworth Bardswell

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 7034 Lance Corporal 10th Kings Liverpool Regiment Scottish Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Liverpool Regiment Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish) (Territorial)

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James Mckay

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167609

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Thomas Wright

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216833

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Charles Edmund Clare

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265606

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William Marshall

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39511

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James Hartigan

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 267736 Private Liverpool Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Ball

Died 1918

British Army 97474 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 97474 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Charles Thomas Braddock

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army T4/253347 Driver Army Service Corps

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Andrew Nightingale

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2373 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2373 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frederick Bertram Bagshaw

Born 1878

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12807 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Honorary Captain Canadian Army Pay Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Saskatchewan Regiment

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Richard Howard

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168021

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Wilfred Tatham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6976

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