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Warrington, Lancashire [792]

Warrington, Lancashire, England [4]

Croft, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Culcheth, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

St Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Warrington Lancashire [3]

Warrington,Lancashire. [3]

Earlestown, Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Orford, Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Arpley Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Burtonwood, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Collins Green Burtonwood Warrington Lancashire [1]

Ditton, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Earlestown near Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Earlstown,Warrington,Lancashire. [1]

Fairfield, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Golborne, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Howley, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Hulme, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Lancashire New Church Warrington [1]

Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Padgate, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Penketh, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Saint Anns Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Saint Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

St Mary's, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Stockton Heath, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Wargrave, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Warrington, Lancashire (now Cheshire) [1]

Warrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Warrington, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and 2nd Major [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

1st British Columbia Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Benbow." [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

HMS St Vincent [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [248]

British Army [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

H [96]

W [66]

M [64]

C [58]

S [55]

L [47]

P [47]

G [42]

R [40]

T [36]

J [34]

D [33]

F [27]

A [22]

N [16]

O [14]

K [13]

E [12]

Q [3]

U [3]

V [3]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [829]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Warrington, Lancashire [792] Warrington, Lancashire, England [4] Croft, Warrington, Lancashire [3] Culcheth, Warrington, Lancashire [3] St Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [3] Warrington Lancashire [3] Warrington,Lancashire. [3] Earlestown, Warrington, Lancashire [2] Orford, Warrington, Lancashire [2] Arpley Warrington, Lancashire [1] Burtonwood, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Collins Green Burtonwood Warrington Lancashire [1] Ditton, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Earlestown near Warrington, Lancashire [1] Earlstown,Warrington,Lancashire. [1] Fairfield, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Golborne, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Howley, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Hulme, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Lancashire New Church Warrington [1] Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Padgate, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Penketh, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Saint Anns Warrington, Lancashire [1] Saint Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [1] St Mary's, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Stockton Heath, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Wargrave, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Warrington, Lancashire (now Cheshire) [1] Warrington, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Warrington, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [34] Stoker 1st Class [10] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Lance Corporal [5] Deck Hand [4] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and 2nd Major [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS Monmouth [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS TIGER [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 1st British Columbia Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Benbow." [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Nomad [1] HMS St Vincent [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] HMS Warrior [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [248] British Army [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] H [96] W [66] M [64] C [58] S [55] L [47] P [47] G [42] R [40] T [36] J [34] D [33] F [27] A [22] N [16] O [14] K [13] E [12] Q [3] U [3] V [3] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [829] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Joseph Henry Shaw

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186373

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Edward Daintith

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296605

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Frank Ernest Shaw

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20486

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George Scott

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143180

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David Rushton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401954

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John Morrin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51612

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George Henry Cook

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165780

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Charles Marshall

Died 1917

British Army 201765 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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William Overend

Died 1918

British Army 202944 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Brayshaw Kay

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 102870 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Herbert Hirst

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 47449 Private South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Hewitt

Died 1917

British Army 5342 Private Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 2nd Battalion

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Abraham Wilkinson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14175

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Jonathan Higham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302708

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John Davenport

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295062

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John William Heywood

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289964

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Frederick Craythorne

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4244

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William Houghton Owen

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263672

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John Porteous

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164713

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Charles Duckworth

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37607 Boy Telegraphist HMS Flirt

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