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West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [149]

West Derby, Lancashire [104]

West Derby, Lancashire, England [15]

West Derby Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

West Derby,Liverpool,Lancashire. [8]

West Derby Lancashire [3]

West Derby Liverpool Lancashire [3]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2]

West Derby district, Lancashire [2]

Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1]

Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Everton, West Derby district, Lancashire [1]

Huyton, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Walton Liverpool,West Derby,Lancashire [1]

Waterloo, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Wavertree,West Derby,Lancashire. [1]

West Derby Burnpool, Lancashire [1]

West Derby Garston Lancashire [1]

West Derby Lancashire (near Liverpool) [1]

West Derby reg district, Lancashire [1]

West Derby, Kirkdale, Lancashire [1]

West Derby, Lancashire England [1]

West Derby, Lancashire, [1]

West Derby, Lancashire, UK [1]

West Derby, Lancashire. [1]

West Derby, Litherland, Lancashire [1]

West Derby,Lancashire [1]

West Kirby or Derby. Lancashire [1]

west derby liverpool, lancashire [1]

west derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Gunner [5]

Driver [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1]

2nd Class Waiter [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commandant and Matron [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Member [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pilot 1st Class [1]

Second-Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary Captain /Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [29]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

King's Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Scots Guards [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2]

1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th Liverpool Regiment [1]

17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Liverpool Pals [1]

18th Liverpool Regiment [1]

18th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Liverpool Pals [1]

4th West Riding Regiment [1]

5th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Auxiliary Home Hospital [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Divisional Signal Company [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Guards [1]

HMCS Niobe [1]

HMS Armadale Castle [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS WARRIOR [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140]

British Army [126]

Royal Navy [38]

Other Empire Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [33]

C [32]

S [31]

W [30]

M [28]

H [24]

A [18]

D [17]

G [16]

P [13]

R [13]

F [12]

J [9]

T [9]

L [8]

E [7]

K [7]

O [4]

N [3]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [288]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

China [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [149] West Derby, Lancashire [104] West Derby, Lancashire, England [15] West Derby Liverpool, Lancashire [9] West Derby,Liverpool,Lancashire. [8] West Derby Lancashire [3] West Derby Liverpool Lancashire [3] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2] West Derby district, Lancashire [2] Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1] Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Everton, West Derby district, Lancashire [1] Huyton, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Walton Liverpool,West Derby,Lancashire [1] Waterloo, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Wavertree,West Derby,Lancashire. [1] West Derby Burnpool, Lancashire [1] West Derby Garston Lancashire [1] West Derby Lancashire (near Liverpool) [1] West Derby reg district, Lancashire [1] West Derby, Kirkdale, Lancashire [1] West Derby, Lancashire England [1] West Derby, Lancashire, [1] West Derby, Lancashire, UK [1] West Derby, Lancashire. [1] West Derby, Litherland, Lancashire [1] West Derby,Lancashire [1] West Kirby or Derby. Lancashire [1] west derby liverpool, lancashire [1] west derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [70] Second Lieutenant [20] Captain [13] Lieutenant [13] Corporal [11] Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Gunner [5] Driver [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1] 2nd Class Waiter [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commandant and Matron [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Member [1] Naval Cadet [1] Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pilot 1st Class [1] Second-Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Corporal [1] Sister [1] Squadron Leader [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary Captain /Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [29] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Army Service Corps [6] King's Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [5] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Scots Guards [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2] 1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th Liverpool Regiment [1] 17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Liverpool Pals [1] 18th Liverpool Regiment [1] 18th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Liverpool Pals [1] 4th West Riding Regiment [1] 5th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Auxiliary Home Hospital [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Divisional Signal Company [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Guards [1] HMCS Niobe [1] HMS Armadale Castle [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS WARRIOR [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140] British Army [126] Royal Navy [38] Other Empire Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [33] C [32] S [31] W [30] M [28] H [24] A [18] D [17] G [16] P [13] R [13] F [12] J [9] T [9] L [8] E [7] K [7] O [4] N [3] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [288] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [75] China [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Herbert Procter

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army 3156 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

British Army 200996 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3/5th Battalion

British Army 200996 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Frederick Howard Willis

Born 1876

Died 1965

British Army 37354 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37354 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Leslie Elsworth

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 242167 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5 Battalion

British Army 5968 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 6th (Rifle) Battalion

British Army 5968 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 6th (Rifle) Battalion

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David Rowatt

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Allan Mcculloch

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Honorary Captain East Surrey Regiment 12

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Robert Harold Alderson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15781 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th (Service) Battalion (1st City) (Liverpool Pals)

British Army 15781 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21st (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 15781 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th (Service) Battalion (1st City) (Liverpool Pals)

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Frank Charles Alderson

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 1365 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th (Rifle) Battalion (T)

British Army 793 Sapper Royal Engineers Western (Army Troops) Signal Company

British Army 1495 Private Royal Army Medical Corps, (T) 1st Western General Military Hospital

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Thomas Bell

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 370953 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2922 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2922 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Radcliffe

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army M2/202308 Private Army Service Corps

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Lucy Melton Swain

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service 2nd Eastern General Hospital [Brighton]

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service Dardanelles/Egypt

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Frederick James Holt

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 18442 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army K/18442 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

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Septimus Jabez Ridgway

Born 1869

Died 1944

British Army 695 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 528562 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Crook

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 16493 Private Scots Guards

British Army 16493 Private Guards

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Edward Fowlds

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 12476 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Joseph Heron

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94767 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Frederic Devereux Jessop

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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David Saville Burrow

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 229480 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3A Reserve Brigade

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Eric Arnold Cleaver

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 9th east Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Frederick John Rugen

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 51920 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick Ashcroft

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 15566 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army 5236 Inns of Court Officers Training Corps 6/5

British Army 15566 Private 17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Liverpool Pals 17th Battalion

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