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Tranmere, Cheshire [48]

Tranmere, Cheshire, England [41]

Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [37]

Tranmere, Birkenhead [9]

Tranmere [7]

Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Higher Tranmere, Cheshire [2]

Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, England [2]

19 Railway Rd, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Lancashire [1]

31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Claughton, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead [1]

Near Tranmere, Cheshire [1]

Rock Ferry, Tranmere, Wirral [1]

St John's, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

St Paul's, Tranmere, Cheshire [1]

Tranmere Birkenhead Cheshire [1]

Tranmere Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Tranmere England [1]

Tranmere, Birkenhead, England [1]

Tranmere, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [51]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [2]

3rd Class Waiter [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Master [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Platoon Sergeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Yeoman Of Signals [1]

Signals Petty Officer [1]

Stewardess [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [4]

London Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

10 Kings Liverpool (Scottish) Regiment [1]

17th Lancers [1]

1st Lancashire Hussars [1]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

4th Reinforcements [1]

Army reserve [1]

Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Denbighshire Yeomanry [1]

HMS Anson [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Sabrina [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

KIng's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Life Guards [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps late East Kent Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Guards [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine: S.S. "Hesperian" (Glasgow) [1]

Mercantile Marine: SS Lusitania (Liverpool) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63]

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [16]

B [13]

D [13]

M [13]

S [12]

J [11]

W [11]

C [9]

F [9]

G [8]

K [8]

L [7]

P [7]

T [6]

R [5]

E [4]

N [3]

A [2]

O [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114]

Merchant Navy [43]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [161] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tranmere, Cheshire [48] Tranmere, Cheshire, England [41] Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [37] Tranmere, Birkenhead [9] Tranmere [7] Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Higher Tranmere, Cheshire [2] Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, England [2] 19 Railway Rd, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Lancashire [1] 31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Claughton, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead [1] Near Tranmere, Cheshire [1] Rock Ferry, Tranmere, Wirral [1] St John's, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] St Paul's, Tranmere, Cheshire [1] Tranmere Birkenhead Cheshire [1] Tranmere Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Tranmere England [1] Tranmere, Birkenhead, England [1] Tranmere, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [51] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [2] 3rd Class Waiter [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Engineer Commander [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Master [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Platoon Sergeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Yeoman Of Signals [1] Signals Petty Officer [1] Stewardess [1] Temporary Captain [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [23] Liverpool Regiment [9] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [4] London Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 10 Kings Liverpool (Scottish) Regiment [1] 17th Lancers [1] 1st Lancashire Hussars [1] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 4th Reinforcements [1] Army reserve [1] Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Denbighshire Yeomanry [1] HMS Anson [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Sabrina [1] HMS Thunderer [1] KIng's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] Life Guards [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps late East Kent Regiment [1] Machine Gun Guards [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine: S.S. "Hesperian" (Glasgow) [1] Mercantile Marine: SS Lusitania (Liverpool) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63] Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [16] B [13] D [13] M [13] S [12] J [11] W [11] C [9] F [9] G [8] K [8] L [7] P [7] T [6] R [5] E [4] N [3] A [2] O [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114] Merchant Navy [43]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Australia [1] Canada [1]

William Billington Fletcher

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296396

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Harold Cooper

Born 1899

Died 1987

British Army 35968 Private Border Regiment

British Army 75016 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 63384 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Hugh Cyril Kenion

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 31 Serjeant King Edward's Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Andrew Lyon Windemer

Born 1884

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force 623193 Private Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre

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Alfred Alderwood

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2191 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2191 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Albert Hough

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1057 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 350042 Private Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion

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Leonard Holmes Cooper

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 16413 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army GS3485 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William J Bryde

Born 1895

Died 1953

British Army 1431 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 200175 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Cecil Magnus Bellis

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1440 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Ernest Oliver

Died 1918

British Army 362435 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 94th Siege Bty

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Gomer Stanley Roberts

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2325 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Stanley Wood

Died 1916

British Army 16879 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Price

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 45725 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd, 11th Battalion

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Thomas Sproul Robertson

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 25336 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Francis J Bryde

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 11349 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55975 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 310429 Private Royal Engineers

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Richard John H Fazackerley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 10335 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Clifford Childes

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10394 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Parsons

Died 1916

British Army W/89 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Henry Johnson Fairlem

Born 1882

Died 1960

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Frederick Joseph Kevan

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 7583 Private London Regiment

British Army 393670 Rifleman London Regiment 9th Battalion

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