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Place of birth

Waterfoot, Lancashire [54]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [9]

Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire [3]

Lumb, Waterfoot, Lancashire [2]

Waterfoot, Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Cowpe, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1]

Newchurch-in Rossendale, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1]

Piercy, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Waterfoot (not Waterloo), Lancashire [1]

Waterfoot, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

A.B. [1]

A/Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Driver [1]

O.S. [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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

HMS MONMOUTH [1]

HMS Nivid II [1]

HMS TRIUMPH [1]

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

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Welch Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

B [14]

H [12]

W [7]

M [6]

S [6]

T [6]

D [5]

C [4]

A [3]

F [3]

R [3]

L [2]

P [2]

G [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [1]

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People [76] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Waterfoot, Lancashire [54] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [9] Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire [3] Lumb, Waterfoot, Lancashire [2] Waterfoot, Bacup, Lancashire [2] Cowpe, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1] Newchurch-in Rossendale, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1] Piercy, Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Waterfoot (not Waterloo), Lancashire [1] Waterfoot, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Waterfoot, Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [43] Corporal [5] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] A.B. [1] A/Lance Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Driver [1] O.S. [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Raglan" [1] HMS MONMOUTH [1] HMS Nivid II [1] HMS TRIUMPH [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Training Reserve [1] Welch Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

B [14] H [12] W [7] M [6] S [6] T [6] D [5] C [4] A [3] F [3] R [3] L [2] P [2] G [1] K [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [74]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [1]

Roger Rawlinson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237364

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John William Wallwork

Born 1897

British Army 31011 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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John Fielding

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139785

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Robinson Whittaker

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 28418 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36679 Private Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Albert Dawkes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 21096 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 242029 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion.

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James Henry Wilson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 27739 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 48995 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion

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James Henry Clegg

Died 1918

British Army 242025 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Herbert Dean

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 22604 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Aynge

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219991

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Wainwright Barnes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 24777 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Corlett

Born 1895

British Army 1424 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240084 Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Henry Maden

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245633

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Harold Haworth

Died 1918

British Army 48739 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 62074 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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James Barnes

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS107330 Stoker 1st Class HMS TRIUMPH

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John Arthur Willcocks

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K22003 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nivid II

Royal Navy K22003 Stoker 2nd Class HMS MONMOUTH

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Richard Silverwood

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14901

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Roscoe Taylor

Born 1892

Royal Navy J50704 O.S.

Royal Navy J50704 A.B.

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Harry Lawrence Digby

Born 1898

British Army 50531 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 28247 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Clement Albert Greenoff

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116211

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Allan Barnes

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4081

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