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St Helens, Lancashire [212]

St Helens, Lancashire, England [13]

St. Helens, Lancashire [13]

Parr, St Helens, Lancashire [8]

St Helens Lancashire [8]

St. Helens Lancashire [5]

Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire [5]

St Helens, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Crank, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Earlestown, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Eccleston, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

St Helens Lancashire England [2]

36 Fox Street, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Clock Face, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancashire [1]

Haydock, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Rainhill, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Ravenhead, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Haydock, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Lancashire, England [1]

St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Sutton, Lancashire [1]

St. Helens, Lancashire, England [1]

St. Helens, Lancashire. [1]

Toll Bar, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Windle, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

st helens lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

2/Cpl [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Captain [1]

Cpl [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Munition worker [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Seaman [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

private [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment [1]

3rd West Lancashire Divisional Field ambulance [1]

6th Supernumerary Company, King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

A.S.C. [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (A.S.C.) [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Camel Corps [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Legion of Frontiersmen [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [1]

Munition worker [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

R.A.S.C. [1]

RASC [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [189]

British Army [78]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [35]

B [23]

S [23]

C [22]

P [22]

M [20]

W [20]

L [19]

A [18]

T [15]

F [14]

G [13]

D [10]

J [8]

R [8]

E [6]

K [4]

N [4]

I [2]

O [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [268]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

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People [291] Stories Communities

Place of birth

St Helens, Lancashire [212] St Helens, Lancashire, England [13] St. Helens, Lancashire [13] Parr, St Helens, Lancashire [8] St Helens Lancashire [8] St. Helens Lancashire [5] Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire [5] St Helens, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Crank, St Helens, Lancashire [2] Earlestown, St Helens, Lancashire [2] Eccleston, St Helens, Lancashire [2] St Helens Lancashire England [2] 36 Fox Street, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Clock Face, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancashire [1] Haydock, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Rainhill, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Ravenhead, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Haydock, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Lancashire, England [1] St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Sutton, Lancashire [1] St. Helens, Lancashire, England [1] St. Helens, Lancashire. [1] Toll Bar, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Windle, St Helens, Lancashire [1] st helens lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53] Corporal [8] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [7] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] 2/Cpl [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Captain [1] Cpl [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Munition worker [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Reverend [1] Seaman [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] private [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment [1] 3rd West Lancashire Divisional Field ambulance [1] 6th Supernumerary Company, King's Liverpool Regiment [1] A.S.C. [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps (A.S.C.) [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Camel Corps [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Legion of Frontiersmen [1] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [1] Munition worker [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] R.A.S.C. [1] RASC [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [189] British Army [78] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [35] B [23] S [23] C [22] P [22] M [20] W [20] L [19] A [18] T [15] F [14] G [13] D [10] J [8] R [8] E [6] K [4] N [4] I [2] O [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [268] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Canada [1] India [1] Isle of Man [1]

Henry Marsh

Born 1875

Died 1942

British Army T/12648 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army T/12648 RASC 20th Company

British Army T/12648 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles Shadwell

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 266025 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 266025 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 266025 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4/3rd Battalion

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Cyril James Allen

Born 1877

Died 1948

British Army 37477 Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 37477 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 574154 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Brown

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army 2692 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Joseph Harrison

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 34289 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion

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George Canning

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2177 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army reg no 819 private 1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment Territorial Enlistment

British Army reg number 819 private South Lancashire Regiment Territorial

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John Molyneux

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army 1817 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 1817 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Harold Beardsell Brearley

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 38469 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Chingford-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 38469 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Pegasus

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Osmond Grey Allred

Born 1897

Died 1981

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314997

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Frank Harcombe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4690 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 242072 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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George Grundy

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 240853 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Lancashire Regiment

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Isaac Bertram Rose

Born 1889

Died 1943

Australian Imperial Force 38177 Gunner 14th Field Artillery Brigade

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Samuel Friar

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 25664 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd. Battalion

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Joseph William Edwards

Died 1916

British Army 28077 Private Manchester Regiment 24th Bn.

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Henry Jervis

Died 1916

British Army 1559 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 1559 Lance Corporal Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Frederick Bigland

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6951 Manchester Regiment

British Army 380600 Liverpool Regiment

British Army 203551 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion.

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William Griffiths

Died 1918

British Army 10622 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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George Parr

Died 1916

British Army R 9565 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion

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Joseph Fenney

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 29609 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Richard Prescott

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 10914 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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