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Wigan, Lancashire [1349]

Wigan, Lancashire, England [68]

Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [29]

Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [18]

Wigan Lancashire [18]

Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire [9]

Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire [8]

Standish, Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire [5]

Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Platt Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Golborne, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Ince Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Lower Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Aspull Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Ince Wigan Lancashire [2]

Ince near Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Pemberton near Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Poolstock, Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Saint Thomas Wigan, Lancashire [2]

St George's, Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Tyldesley, Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire, England. [2]

Wigan,Lancashire. [2]

Appleby Bridge Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Lancashire. [1]

Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1]

Aspwell Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Billinge near Wigan Lancashire [1]

Bottling Wood, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Dalton, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Doisy Hill, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Garswood, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Golborne Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Goose Green, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Higher Ince near Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Highfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Hindley Green Wigan Lancashire England [1]

Hindley Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Hindley, Nr Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [101]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Deck Hand [10]

Gunner [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Driver [8]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Marine [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1]

Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker or Wheeler [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS TIGER [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

105th Mahrattas [1]

10th Jats [1]

10th Jats and 45th Squadron Royal Flying Corps [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

7th South African Infantry [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1051]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [360]

British Army [141]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [176]

H [168]

M [137]

S [134]

W [113]

C [104]

A [94]

L [94]

G [89]

P [80]

R [78]

D [69]

T [69]

F [63]

J [42]

E [27]

K [27]

O [22]

N [16]

Y [7]

I [5]

U [5]

V [4]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1551]

Merchant Navy [65]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

India [4]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Wigan, Lancashire [1349] Wigan, Lancashire, England [68] Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [29] Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [18] Wigan Lancashire [18] Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire [9] Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire [8] Standish, Wigan, Lancashire [7] Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [6] Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire [5] Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [4] Platt Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [4] Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Golborne, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Ince Wigan, Lancashire [3] Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Lower Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Aspull Wigan, Lancashire [2] Ince Wigan Lancashire [2] Ince near Wigan, Lancashire [2] Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire [2] Pemberton near Wigan, Lancashire [2] Poolstock, Wigan, Lancashire [2] Saint Thomas Wigan, Lancashire [2] St George's, Wigan, Lancashire [2] Tyldesley, Wigan, Lancashire [2] Wigan, Lancashire, England. [2] Wigan,Lancashire. [2] Appleby Bridge Wigan, Lancashire [1] Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Lancashire. [1] Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1] Aspwell Wigan, Lancashire [1] Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Billinge near Wigan Lancashire [1] Bottling Wood, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Dalton, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Doisy Hill, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Garswood, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Golborne Wigan, Lancashire [1] Goose Green, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Higher Ince near Wigan, Lancashire [1] Highfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Hindley Green Wigan Lancashire England [1] Hindley Wigan, Lancashire [1] Hindley, Nr Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [101] Stoker 1st Class [14] Deck Hand [10] Gunner [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Driver [8] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [4] Able Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Steward [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Marine [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1] Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker or Wheeler [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Labour Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS TIGER [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS CANADA [3] HMS Victory I [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warrior [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 105th Mahrattas [1] 10th Jats [1] 10th Jats and 45th Squadron Royal Flying Corps [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 7th South African Infantry [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1051] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [360] British Army [141] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [176] H [168] M [137] S [134] W [113] C [104] A [94] L [94] G [89] P [80] R [78] D [69] T [69] F [63] J [42] E [27] K [27] O [22] N [16] Y [7] I [5] U [5] V [4] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1551] Merchant Navy [65]

Country

United Kingdom [67] India [4] Canada [1] Germany [1] Isle of Man [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Joseph Lowe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281720

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John Johnson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88207

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James Shaw

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54636

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John Samuel Hall

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305376

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John Cowley

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 36915 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th. Battalion

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William Hindley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148987

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Edward Langtry

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84542

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John Byers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67346

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Thomas Richard Stretch

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 47826 Private Manchester Regiment

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Charles Stretch

Born 1896

Died 1931

British Army 16764 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Hooton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193208

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George Atherton

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS5985 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive II

Royal Navy SS5985 Able Seaman HMS Flirt

Royal Navy SS5985 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

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Thomas Albert Cheetham

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77387

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John Davenport

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264057

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James Taylor Phillips

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294727

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John Jones

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305659

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James Woods

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167408

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John Sinclair Downham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295819

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Abraham Wilkes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80823

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Peter Ormshaw Howarth

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134296

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