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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]

Henry Wright

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216541

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Jonathan Wightman Kerr

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223486

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John Henry Sykes

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230925

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John Albert Taylor

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232225

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Harold Raymond Lawrence

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Albert Sumner

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 49653 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 49653 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Joseph Roberts

Born 1878

Died 1943

British Army 118275 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 293661 Private Labour Corps

British Army 118295 Pioneer 7th Labour Corps

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Matthew Steele

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244403

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Albert Southwood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143969

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Enoch Wrayne

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13469

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James Threlfall

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 187724

Canadian Expeditionary Force 187724 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Orlando Wright

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 796204

Canadian Expeditionary Force 796204 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Challenor

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188466

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John Pickup

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292044

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Thomas Hough

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168012

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Harold Halsall

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79056

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John Leo Fairclough

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy F2046 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic H.M.S. "President II."Armoured Car Div. Royal Naval Air Service

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Joseph Parkinson

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy F27407 Officer's Steward 3rd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Edward Parker

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J36614 Able Seaman H.M.S. Blake

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Henry Alfred Keen

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37092 Boy 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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