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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]

Charles Bower

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4477 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 40553 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 40553 Private Worcestershire Regiment Depot

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Albert E Musgrave

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 18126 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Carver Barlow

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 9 Squadron

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William Brown

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 54165 Private Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

British Army 54165 Private Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Joseph Dempsey

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 10887 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Leonard

Born 1897

British Army W/2435 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ephriam Turner

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 12370 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 12370 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Jackson

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79585 Private 31st Battalion

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Ronald Goodier Blythe

Born 1890

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23454

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Frederick Arthur Pickles

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3291 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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William Wilkinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15482 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15482 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph Higginbotham

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 30435 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Charles Scholes

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 21496 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Alfred Almond

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 52167 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3044 Manchester Regiment

British Army 52167 Lance Corporal King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Battalion

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John Bennett

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9384 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9384 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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James Carney

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 1758 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Sykes

Born 1889

Died 1956

British Army 15062 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15062 private Cheshire Regiment 12th Batallion

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Samuel Deakin

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 40723 Driver Royal Engineers 61st Field Coy.

British Army 40723 Driver Royal Engineers

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Reginald Dyson Mallinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

British Army 220373 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

British Army 220373 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Reserve Brigade

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John Henry Stanley

Born 1858

Died 1918

British Army WR/325568 Sapper Royal Engineers

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