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Warrington, Lancashire [792]

Warrington [81]

Warrington England [52]

Warrington, Cheshire [21]

Warrington, Lancashire, England [4]

Warrington, Lancs [4]

Croft, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Culcheth, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

St Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Warrington Cheshire [3]

Warrington Lancashire [3]

Warrington, England [3]

Warrington,Lancashire. [3]

Earlestown, Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Latchford, Warrington [2]

Orford, Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Warrington, London [2]

Warrington, Olney, Bucks [2]

Arpley Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Bevey, Warrington [1]

Broomedge, Warrington [1]

Burtonwood Warrington [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]

Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire [1]

Howley, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Hulme, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Lancashire New Church Warrington [1]

Latchford (near Warrington) Cheshire [1]

Latchford, Warrington. [1]

Moore, Warrington, Cheshire [1]

Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Norley, Warrington [1]

Old Church, Warrington [1]

Orford, Warrington, Lancs [1]

Padgate, Warrington [1]

Padgate, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Penketh, Warrington [1]

Penketh, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Runcorn, Warrington [1]

Saint Anns Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Saint Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Saint Lukes Warrington [1]

St Mary's, Warrington, Lancashire [1]

St Pauls, Warrington [1]

Rank

Private [93]

Corporal [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Driver [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Deck Hand [5]

Sapper [5]

Sergeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Pioneer [2]

Seaman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

2/Cpl [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Dock Labourer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant RMA [1]

Lieutenant and 2nd Major [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [29]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Engineers [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st British Columbia Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Merchant Navy [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [579]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [249]

British Army [151]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [133]

H [120]

W [84]

M [82]

C [75]

S [70]

P [57]

L [56]

D [49]

G [47]

R [47]

T [44]

F [39]

J [36]

A [26]

N [16]

E [15]

O [15]

K [13]

Q [3]

U [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1016]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Warrington, Lancashire [792] Warrington [81] Warrington England [52] Warrington, Cheshire [21] Warrington, Lancashire, England [4] Warrington, Lancs [4] Croft, Warrington, Lancashire [3] Culcheth, Warrington, Lancashire [3] St Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [3] Warrington Cheshire [3] Warrington Lancashire [3] Warrington, England [3] Warrington,Lancashire. [3] Earlestown, Warrington, Lancashire [2] Latchford, Warrington [2] Orford, Warrington, Lancashire [2] Warrington, London [2] Warrington, Olney, Bucks [2] Arpley Warrington, Lancashire [1] Bevey, Warrington [1] Broomedge, Warrington [1] Burtonwood Warrington [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] Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire [1] Howley, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Hulme, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Lancashire New Church Warrington [1] Latchford (near Warrington) Cheshire [1] Latchford, Warrington. [1] Moore, Warrington, Cheshire [1] Newchurch, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Norley, Warrington [1] Old Church, Warrington [1] Orford, Warrington, Lancs [1] Padgate, Warrington [1] Padgate, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Penketh, Warrington [1] Penketh, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Runcorn, Warrington [1] Saint Anns Warrington, Lancashire [1] Saint Anns, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Saint Lukes Warrington [1] St Mary's, Warrington, Lancashire [1] St Pauls, Warrington [1]

Rank

Private [93] Corporal [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Gunner [10] Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [8] Driver [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Lance Corporal [7] Deck Hand [5] Sapper [5] Sergeant [5] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Leading Stoker [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Pioneer [2] Seaman [2] Serjeant Major [2] 2/Cpl [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Dock Labourer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant RMA [1] Lieutenant and 2nd Major [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [29] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Engineers [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS TIGER [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st British Columbia Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Merchant Navy [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment [1] East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [579] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [249] British Army [151] Australian Imperial Force [54] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [133] H [120] W [84] M [82] C [75] S [70] P [57] L [56] D [49] G [47] R [47] T [44] F [39] J [36] A [26] N [16] E [15] O [15] K [13] Q [3] U [3] V [3] Y [3] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1016] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [54] France [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Robert Linaker

Born 1893

Died 1984

British Army 7410 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7410 Private Dragoon Guards

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Joseph Buckley-Mellor

Died 1914

British Army 6455 Lance Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6455 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 South Lancashire Regiment

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Stanley Litton Hooper

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army L/13730 Gunner Royal Field Artillery A Battery

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John Howard

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 201422 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 238062 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 201422 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2/4 battalion.

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Fred Dunbobbin

Born 1883

Died 1959

British Army 238010 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 345 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 238010 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Holt

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 42012 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 26955 Private West Riding Regiment

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Walter Dunbobbin

Born 1883

Died 1952

British Army 5645 Private Hussars 11th

British Army 46079 Private Corps of Hussars 3rd

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John Bostock

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy CH/19897 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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James Mildoon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260294

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Herbert Sanders Hicks

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2982

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Thomas Solan

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3256 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3256 Private The Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jonathan Higham

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302708

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John William Heywood

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289964

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Samuel Gosling

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287735

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John Henry Ardern

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 75680 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Porteous

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164713

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Anthony Nolan

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 67753 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Adrian James Fleming

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296411

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Thomas Helsby

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142292

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Thomas Knot Gibbs

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106868

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