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West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [149]

West Derby, Lancashire [104]

West Derby, Liverpool [59]

West Derby Liverpool [22]

West Derby, Lancashire, England [15]

West Derby [12]

West Derby Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

West Derby,Liverpool,Lancashire. [8]

West Derby England [3]

West Derby Lancashire [3]

West Derby Liverpool Lancashire [3]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2]

West Derby district, Lancashire [2]

West Derby, Derbyshire [2]

15 St David's Road, Walton, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1]

Bootle West Derby [1]

Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1]

Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1]

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

Everton, West Derby district, Lancashire [1]

Everton,West Derby,Liverpool. [1]

Huyton, Lancashire [1]

Litherland, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Liverpool (West Derby) [1]

Liverpool District of West Derby [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, West Derby [1]

Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Rural West Derby- Lancaster County [1]

Sandforth Road, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Seaforth, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Walton Liverpool,West Derby,Lancashire [1]

Waterloo, West Derby, Lancashire [1]

Wavertree, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Wavertree,West Derby,Lancashire. [1]

West -Derby Liverpool [1]

West DErby (Liverpool) [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 registration district, Liverpool [1]

West Derby, Cheshire [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, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [122]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [20]

Corporal [17]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [12]

Gunner [10]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [6]

Sergeant [6]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Driver [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1]

2nd Class Waiter [1]

2nd Lieutenant - Flying Officer [1]

2nd Lt [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commandant and Matron [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flying Officer [1]

LCpl [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [58]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [18]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

King's Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal Engineers [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Labour Corps [9]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

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

Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Regiment of Artillery [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

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]

5th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [214]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144]

Royal Navy [63]

Other Empire Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [46]

C [44]

S [42]

W [41]

M [36]

H [32]

G [24]

A [23]

D [22]

F [18]

P [17]

R [17]

T [16]

J [13]

E [12]

L [10]

K [8]

O [5]

N [4]

V [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [401]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [112]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [149] West Derby, Lancashire [104] West Derby, Liverpool [59] West Derby Liverpool [22] West Derby, Lancashire, England [15] West Derby [12] West Derby Liverpool, Lancashire [9] West Derby,Liverpool,Lancashire. [8] West Derby England [3] West Derby Lancashire [3] West Derby Liverpool Lancashire [3] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [2] West Derby district, Lancashire [2] West Derby, Derbyshire [2] 15 St David's Road, Walton, West Derby, Liverpool [1] Attrill, West Derby Lancashire [1] Bootle West Derby [1] Bootle, West Derby, County of Lancaster [1] Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire, England [1] Church Street, Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Everton, West Derby district, Lancashire [1] Everton,West Derby,Liverpool. [1] Huyton, Lancashire [1] Litherland, West Derby, Liverpool [1] Liverpool (West Derby) [1] Liverpool District of West Derby [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, West Derby [1] Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Rural West Derby- Lancaster County [1] Sandforth Road, West Derby, Liverpool [1] Seaforth, West Derby, Liverpool [1] Walton Liverpool,West Derby,Lancashire [1] Waterloo, West Derby, Lancashire [1] Wavertree, West Derby, Liverpool [1] Wavertree,West Derby,Lancashire. [1] West -Derby Liverpool [1] West DErby (Liverpool) [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 registration district, Liverpool [1] West Derby, Cheshire [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, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [122] Second Lieutenant [32] Lieutenant [26] Captain [20] Corporal [17] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [12] Gunner [10] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Sapper [6] Sergeant [6] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Driver [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1] 2nd Class Waiter [1] 2nd Lieutenant - Flying Officer [1] 2nd Lt [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commandant and Matron [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Flying Officer [1] LCpl [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [58] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [18] Royal Field Artillery [17] King's Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal Engineers [11] Army Service Corps [9] Labour Corps [9] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Border Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Regiment of Artillery [2] Scots Guards [2] Tank Corps [2] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 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] 5th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [214] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144] Royal Navy [63] Other Empire Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [46] C [44] S [42] W [41] M [36] H [32] G [24] A [23] D [22] F [18] P [17] R [17] T [16] J [13] E [12] L [10] K [8] O [5] N [4] V [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [401] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [112] China [1] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

John Crawford Stainton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2111 Private Liverpool Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Wellham

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 865 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 345675 Private Labour Corps

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William James Royden

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army 2256 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3450 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 355114 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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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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Thomas Farrell

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 7886 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 66643 Second Lieutenant Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2nd Lt Tank Corps

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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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James Woolley

Born 1866

Died 1915

British Army 22507 Private 5th King's (Liverpool) Regiment No 14 Supply Company

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William Henry Gilbertson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 30094 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 30094 Serjeant Royal Corps of Engineers Postal Section

British Army 30094 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Roland Godefroy Hornby

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army 1724 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer 53 Squadron

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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John Mcnair

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2940 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment 1/5th

British Army 2940 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2940 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment 1/5th

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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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Thomas Staniford Cairns

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2159 Private Liverpool Regiment

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