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Stockport, Cheshire [743]

Stockport [78]

Stockport, Cheshire, England [75]

Stockport England [65]

Stockport, Lancashire [48]

Stockport South Australia [17]

Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire [10]

Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire [10]

Stockport, Derbyshire [7]

Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire [6]

Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [5]

Heaton Norris, Stockport [5]

Marple, Stockport, Cheshire [5]

Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire [5]

Stockport Cheshire [5]

Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Portwood, Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Stockport, England [4]

Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Heaton Norris Stockport, Lancashire [3]

Poynton, Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Reddish, Stockport [3]

Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Shaw Heath, Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Stockport, Worcestershire [3]

Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Gatley, Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Hazel Grove, Stockport [2]

St Matthew's, Stockport, Cheshire [2]

17 Thomson St, Stockport [1]

Alderley Edge, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Bramhall, Stockport [1]

Bredbury near Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Bromely, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Cheadle, Stockport [1]

Cheshire, Stockport [1]

Christ Church, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Compstall, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Disley, Stockport [1]

Edgley Stockport [1]

Gee Cross,Hyde,Stockport,Cheshire. [1]

Handforth Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Hazel Grove in Stockport [1]

Hazel Grove near Stockport [1]

Heaton Chapel, Stockport [1]

Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Heaton Mersey Stockport [1]

Heaton Moor near Stockport [1]

Heaton Moor, Stockport [1]

Rank

Private [189]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Able Seaman [12]

Gunner [11]

Captain [10]

Driver [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Writer [1]

A. Mech. 3 [1]

AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Auxiliary (Captain) [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Sergeant [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [64]

Manchester Regiment [32]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Australian Infantry [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Lion" [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1/69th Punjabis [1]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

170e Régiment d'Infanterie [1]

33rd Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [515]

British Army [256]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [255]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [172]

S [129]

H [128]

W [106]

C [75]

M [75]

R [68]

L [60]

P [53]

G [49]

F [45]

D [44]

T [44]

A [33]

J [33]

K [26]

N [16]

E [15]

O [12]

Y [4]

U [3]

I [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1085]

Merchant Navy [75]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [109]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Stockport, Cheshire [743] Stockport [78] Stockport, Cheshire, England [75] Stockport England [65] Stockport, Lancashire [48] Stockport South Australia [17] Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire [10] Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire [10] Stockport, Derbyshire [7] Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire [6] Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [5] Heaton Norris, Stockport [5] Marple, Stockport, Cheshire [5] Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire [5] Stockport Cheshire [5] Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire [4] Portwood, Stockport, Cheshire [4] Stockport, England [4] Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire [3] Heaton Norris Stockport, Lancashire [3] Poynton, Stockport, Cheshire [3] Reddish, Stockport [3] Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire [3] Shaw Heath, Stockport, Cheshire [3] Stockport, Worcestershire [3] Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire [2] Gatley, Stockport, Cheshire [2] Hazel Grove, Stockport [2] St Matthew's, Stockport, Cheshire [2] 17 Thomson St, Stockport [1] Alderley Edge, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Bosden, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Bramhall, Stockport [1] Bredbury near Stockport, Cheshire [1] Bromely, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Cheadle, Stockport [1] Cheshire, Stockport [1] Christ Church, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Compstall, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Disley, Stockport [1] Edgley Stockport [1] Gee Cross,Hyde,Stockport,Cheshire. [1] Handforth Stockport, Cheshire [1] Hazel Grove in Stockport [1] Hazel Grove near Stockport [1] Heaton Chapel, Stockport [1] Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Heaton Mersey Stockport [1] Heaton Moor near Stockport [1] Heaton Moor, Stockport [1]

Rank

Private [189] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [17] Able Seaman [12] Gunner [11] Captain [10] Driver [9] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Signal Boy [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Writer [1] A. Mech. 3 [1] AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Auxiliary (Captain) [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Sergeant [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Petty Officer Motor Mechanic [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [64] Manchester Regiment [32] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Labour Corps [13] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Army Service Corps [4] Australian Infantry [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS VALIANT [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Lion" [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Vivid II [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Training Reserve [2] 1/69th Punjabis [1] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 170e Régiment d'Infanterie [1] 33rd Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [515] British Army [256] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [255] Australian Imperial Force [85] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [172] S [129] H [128] W [106] C [75] M [75] R [68] L [60] P [53] G [49] F [45] D [44] T [44] A [33] J [33] K [26] N [16] E [15] O [12] Y [4] U [3] I [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1085] Merchant Navy [75] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [109] Canada [3] Australia [1]

George Bowes

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 7766 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Shatwell

Born 1872

Died 1951

British Army 3/67615 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 74835 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 23rd (Works) Battalion

British Army TR/4/5556 Private Training Reserve 58th Battalion

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Allan Shatwell

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army T4/246048 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 541st Company

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John Brooks

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 174202 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 60534 Private Manchester Regiment 2/7th

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Sydney Whiston Earnshaw

Born 1877

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Other Empire Force 431 Auxiliary (Captain) The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary

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Alfred Harrison

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 21459 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Arthur Boon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3028 Manchester Regiment 2/7th Bn

British Army 3028 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Arthur Grimsditch

Died 1916

British Army 27894 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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Christian Taylor Bryan

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3030 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301053 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301053 Private “A” Coy Princess Louise’s (Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders) 1st/8th Battalion

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Alfred Crees

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 946 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy DEAL/946/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Reserves

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Fred Woolley

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 2761 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 52484 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Legerton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9813 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 9813 Drummer Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Sykes

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army 24346 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 83616 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 83616 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Sydney Barber

Born 1895

British Army 239335 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 44959 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Douglass Green

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2399 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7th Batalion

British Army 2399 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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Thomas James Short

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 6360 Private South Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edwin Leigh

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 117002 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Kennealy

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 9745 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 9745 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9745 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Harold Lewis Beeston

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 332 Private London Regiment 5th (City of London)

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Battalion

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Zaccheus Holme

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2166 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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