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Wigan England [102]

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Military Service [117]

Merchant Navy [65]

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United Kingdom [8]

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People [182] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wigan England [102] Wigan, Lancashire, England [68] Wigan, England [2] Wigan, Lancashire, England. [2] Aspull, Wigan England [1] Hindley Green Wigan Lancashire England [1] Orrell, Wigan England [1] Platt Bridge, Wigan, England [1] Poolstock Wigan Lancashire England [1] Wigan ENGLAND [1] Wigan Lancashire England [1] Wigan. Lancashire. England. [1]

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Private [8] Driver [2] Assistant Steward [1] Corporal [1] Gunner [1] private [1]

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Manchester Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] 4th Australian Pioneers [1] Australian Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings Own ( Liverpool Regiment ) [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Merchant Navy [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

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Australian Imperial Force [104] British Army [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

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B [20] H [19] C [16] W [15] S [14] M [13] A [12] G [10] D [9] R [9] T [9] P [8] F [6] L [6] E [4] O [4] K [3] J [2] N [2] U [1]

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Military Service [117] Merchant Navy [65]

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United Kingdom [8]

Edward Burns

Born 1880

Died 1954

British Army S/9690 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345590 Private Royal Highlanders

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Robert Smallshaw

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 17216 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st. Battalion

British Army 17216 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Caleb James Burton

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2078 Corporal 4th Australian Pioneers

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Charles Bushell

Died 1917

British Army 19560 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 28158 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st. Battalion

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Edward Thomas

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 74221 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 74221 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 11th. Bde.

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James Albert Stott

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14/24249 Private Manchester Regiment 11th. Battalion

British Army 41222 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th. Battalion

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Mark Turner Dando

Born 1897

Died 1946

Australian Imperial Force 2170A

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Harold Alker

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 24661 Private Kings Own ( Liverpool Regiment ) 18th Battalion

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William Stott

Died 1916

British Army 28074 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th. Battalion

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Dugald Sinclair Swalwell

Born 1882

Died 1957

Other Empire Force Assistant Steward Merchant Navy

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Charles Leonard Limb

Australian Imperial Force 4814

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Richard Fishwick

Australian Imperial Force 1691

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Walter Heathcote Benson

Australian Imperial Force 6936

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William Hudson

Australian Imperial Force

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Thomas Wilding Winstanley

Australian Imperial Force 19581

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George Leonard Seddon

Australian Imperial Force 7350

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Thomas Leyland

Australian Imperial Force 639

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Josiah Hesketh

Australian Imperial Force 12897

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William Norman Bleakley

Australian Imperial Force 4679

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Joseph Hill

Australian Imperial Force 3056

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