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Widnes, Lancashire [430]

Widnes, Lancashire, England [108]

Widnes [52]

Widnes England [22]

Widnes, Lancs [8]

Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [6]

Widnes, Cheshire [5]

Widnes Lancashire [3]

Widnes, Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Appleton, Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Widnes, near Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Ditton, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Halewood, Widnes [1]

Hough Green, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Lancashire Widnes [1]

St Mary's, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Widnes Lancs [1]

Widnes, Lancashire. [1]

Widnes, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Widnes, Lancs. [1]

Widnes, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Widnes,Prescot,Lancashire. [1]

Widnes,Prescott,Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Sapper [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Gunner [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fusilier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Priate [1]

Private / Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [30]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS Victory I [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

3rd Balloon Wing [1]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Glatton [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Implacable [1]

HMS King Edward VII [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

Service

Royal Navy [290]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124]

British Army [110]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [73]

B [65]

M [63]

W [48]

S [45]

D [43]

R [40]

C [37]

L [36]

A [32]

J [31]

G [29]

P [21]

F [18]

K [18]

O [18]

T [10]

I [9]

N [7]

Y [6]

E [5]

Contribution

Military Service [544]

Merchant Navy [107]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

India [1]

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People [654] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Widnes, Lancashire [430] Widnes, Lancashire, England [108] Widnes [52] Widnes England [22] Widnes, Lancs [8] Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire [6] Widnes, Cheshire [5] Widnes Lancashire [3] Widnes, Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Appleton, Widnes, Lancashire [2] Widnes, near Liverpool, Lancashire [2] 6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Ditton, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Halewood, Widnes [1] Hough Green, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Lancashire Widnes [1] St Mary's, Widnes, Lancashire [1] Widnes Lancs [1] Widnes, Lancashire. [1] Widnes, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Widnes, Lancs. [1] Widnes, Prescot, Lancashire [1] Widnes,Prescot,Lancashire. [1] Widnes,Prescott,Lancashire. [1]

Rank

Private [81] Stoker 1st Class [11] Sapper [8] Able Seaman [6] Lance Corporal [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Gunner [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Filter Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Fusilier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Priate [1] Private / Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

South Lancashire Regiment [30] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS Victory I [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Victory II [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 3rd Balloon Wing [1] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Glatton [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Implacable [1] HMS King Edward VII [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS OPAL [1]

Service

Royal Navy [290] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124] British Army [110] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [73] B [65] M [63] W [48] S [45] D [43] R [40] C [37] L [36] A [32] J [31] G [29] P [21] F [18] K [18] O [18] T [10] I [9] N [7] Y [6] E [5]

Contribution

Military Service [544] Merchant Navy [107]

Country

United Kingdom [39] India [1]

Cranmer Tom Parkes

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army M/321981 Private Army Service Corps 717 M.T Coy

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Peter Edward Or Edmund Burke

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 546003 Private Labour Corps Western Command Labour Centre

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Alfred Hackney

Born 1879

British Army 25535 Driver Royal Field Artillery 119 Battery

British Army 25535 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Battalion

British Army 25535 Driver Royal Field Artillery 84th Brigade

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Thomas Mottershead

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1396 Sergeant 25 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1396 Sergeant 20 Squadron

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Albert Dodd

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant No. 11 Kite Balloon Section 19th Balloon Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 3rd Balloon Wing 19th Balloon Company

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Fred Peake

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 57184 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24608 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Irvin

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 13171 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion

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Rose Hannah Herriman

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy G6238

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Eric Fitzbrown

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12641 Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion (2nd Liverpool Pals)

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Charles Gallagher

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13271 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13271 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Asprey

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2377 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 2377 Private / Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Thomas Jones

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 31239 Private Yorkshire Regiment 16th Labour Bn.

British Army 12840 Private Labour Corps 22nd Coy

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Frederick Sinnott

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 716 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 716 Lance Corporal Leinster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Benjamin Southwell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 40572 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Bott

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 63576 Fusilier Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/5th (Flintshire) Battalion

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William Dodd

Born 1895

British Army W/876 Lance Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army W/876 Warrant Officer Class 2 Cheshire Regiment

British Army W/876 2nd Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Harry Locke

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 12079 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 12079 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Battalion

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James Johnson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 212th Siege Battery

British Army 97734 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 212th Siege Battery

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Harold Tomlinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army R9762 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army B203417 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203417 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Harry Probyn

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army T2954 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 438195 Sapper Royal Engineers 427 (East Lancashire) Field Company

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