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St Helens, Lancashire [212]

St Helens Tasmania [70]

St Helens England [64]

St Helens, Isle of Wight [34]

St Helens [14]

St Helens, Lancashire, England [13]

St. Helens, Lancashire [13]

St Helens, Isle of Wight, England [11]

St. Helens [11]

Parr, St Helens, Lancashire [8]

St Helens Lancashire [8]

St Helens, Jersey [7]

St. Helens, Lancs [6]

St. Helens Lancashire [5]

Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire [5]

St Helens Tas Tasmania [4]

St Helens Victoria [4]

St Helens, Ryde, Hampshire [4]

St Helens, Jersey, Channel Islands [3]

St Helens, Lancs [3]

St Helens, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

St. Helens,Lancs [3]

Crank, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Earlestown, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Eccleston, St Helens, Lancashire [2]

St Helens Lancashire England [2]

St Helens, Wexford [2]

st helens [2]

36 Fox Street, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Clock Face, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Eccleston St. Helens [1]

Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancashire [1]

Elmfield, St Helens, Isle of Wight [1]

Haydock, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Pocket Nook, St. Helens [1]

Rainhill, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Ravenhead, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Salford or St. Helens [1]

St Helens Auckland Co. Durham [1]

St Helens Portland Tasmania [1]

St Helens Prescot Merseyside [1]

St Helens Queensland [1]

St Helens Scotland [1]

St Helens, Channel Islands [1]

St Helens, Hampshire [1]

St Helens, Haydock, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

St Helens, Lancashire, England [1]

St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [103]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Rifleman [9]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Driver [5]

Sergeant [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

2/Cpl [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Aircraftwoman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cpl [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Munition worker [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant (A/BSM) [1]

Shorthand Typist, Chief Section Leader Typist [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

private [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Prince Of Wales's Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment [1]

1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1]

2nd Regt., South African Infantry [1]

3rd West Lancashire Divisional Field ambulance [1]

5th Bty, RFA (TA) [1]

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

A.S.C. [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

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

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Tunnelling Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Camel Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205]

Australian Imperial Force [147]

British Army [147]

Royal Navy [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [60]

B [55]

C [48]

M [45]

S [43]

W [43]

T [32]

P [29]

L [26]

A [25]

D [24]

F [23]

G [22]

R [19]

J [15]

N [13]

E [10]

K [10]

I [3]

O [3]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [508]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

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Place of birth

St Helens, Lancashire [212] St Helens Tasmania [70] St Helens England [64] St Helens, Isle of Wight [34] St Helens [14] St Helens, Lancashire, England [13] St. Helens, Lancashire [13] St Helens, Isle of Wight, England [11] St. Helens [11] Parr, St Helens, Lancashire [8] St Helens Lancashire [8] St Helens, Jersey [7] St. Helens, Lancs [6] St. Helens Lancashire [5] Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire [5] St Helens Tas Tasmania [4] St Helens Victoria [4] St Helens, Ryde, Hampshire [4] St Helens, Jersey, Channel Islands [3] St Helens, Lancs [3] St Helens, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] St. Helens,Lancs [3] Crank, St Helens, Lancashire [2] Earlestown, St Helens, Lancashire [2] Eccleston, St Helens, Lancashire [2] St Helens Lancashire England [2] St Helens, Wexford [2] st helens [2] 36 Fox Street, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Clock Face, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Eccleston St. Helens [1] Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancashire [1] Elmfield, St Helens, Isle of Wight [1] Haydock, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Pocket Nook, St. Helens [1] Rainhill, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Ravenhead, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, St Helens, Lancashire [1] Salford or St. Helens [1] St Helens Auckland Co. Durham [1] St Helens Portland Tasmania [1] St Helens Prescot Merseyside [1] St Helens Queensland [1] St Helens Scotland [1] St Helens, Channel Islands [1] St Helens, Hampshire [1] St Helens, Haydock, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] St Helens, Lancashire, England [1] St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [103] Gunner [12] Corporal [11] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [9] Rifleman [9] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Driver [5] Sergeant [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] 2/Cpl [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Aircraftwoman [1] Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cpl [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Munition worker [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Reverend [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant (A/BSM) [1] Shorthand Typist, Chief Section Leader Typist [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1] private [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [9] Manchester Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Prince Of Wales's Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment [1] 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps [1] 2nd Regt., South African Infantry [1] 3rd West Lancashire Divisional Field ambulance [1] 5th Bty, RFA (TA) [1] 6th Supernumerary Company, King's Liverpool Regiment [1] A.S.C. [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps (A.S.C.) [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Tunnelling Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Camel Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Hussars [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [205] Australian Imperial Force [147] British Army [147] Royal Navy [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [60] B [55] C [48] M [45] S [43] W [43] T [32] P [29] L [26] A [25] D [24] F [23] G [22] R [19] J [15] N [13] E [10] K [10] I [3] O [3] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [508] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [57] 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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Robert Norman Smith

Born 1883

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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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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William Harrison

Born 1857

Died 1927

British Army 20427 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Fitzpatrick Mid

Born 1890

British Army 5th Bty, RFA (TA)

British Army 92228 Serjeant (A/BSM) Royal Field Artillery

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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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George William Walsh

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

British Army 5751 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 5751 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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John Dowd

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 3/11389 Private West Riding Regiment

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Frederick John Tyson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3476 Private Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 355602 Serjeant Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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Charles Gleave

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 202532 Private Manchester Regiment

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Henry Alma Cassell

Born 1889

Died 1984

British Army 18152 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Arthur Greenough

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 12265 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Aspinall

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 74460 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24527 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd. Battalion

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William Stott

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 181161 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 522nd. Siege Battery

British Army 181161 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 15th. Siege Battery

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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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