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Wigan, Lancashire [1349]

Wigan England [102]

Wigan, Lancashire, England [68]

Wigan [59]

Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [29]

Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [18]

Wigan Lancashire [18]

Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire [9]

Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire [8]

Standish, Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Wigan, Lancs [7]

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [6]

Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire [5]

Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Platt Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Wigan,Lancs [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]

Pemberton, Wigan [3]

Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Aspull Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Hindley, Wigan [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 Lancs [2]

Wigan, England [2]

Wigan, Lancashire, England. [2]

Wigan, Lincolnshire [2]

Wigan,Lancashire. [2]

44 Princess Street, Wigan [1]

5 Buckley, Terrace, Wigan [1]

All Saints - WIGAN [1]

Appleby Bridge Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Lancashire. [1]

Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1]

Aspull, Nr. Wigan. [1]

Aspull, Wigan England [1]

Aspull, nr Wigan [1]

Rank

Private [162]

Gunner [17]

Driver [14]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Corporal [13]

Deck Hand [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Serjeant [8]

Sapper [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

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]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Marine [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [34]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Labour Corps [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

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

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

1/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

105th Mahrattas [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1070]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [361]

British Army [239]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [194]

H [193]

M [157]

S [150]

C [132]

W [127]

A [108]

G [105]

L [103]

P [92]

R [86]

T [80]

D [79]

F [73]

J [45]

E [33]

K [29]

O [23]

N [17]

Y [7]

U [6]

I [5]

V [4]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1773]

Merchant Navy [65]

Country

United Kingdom [103]

India [4]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Wigan, Lancashire [1349] Wigan England [102] Wigan, Lancashire, England [68] Wigan [59] Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [29] Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire [18] Wigan Lancashire [18] Haigh, Wigan, Lancashire [9] Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire [8] Standish, Wigan, Lancashire [7] Wigan, Lancs [7] Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [6] Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire [5] Ince, Wigan, Lancashire [4] Platt Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [4] Wigan,Lancs [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] Pemberton, Wigan [3] Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [3] Aspull Wigan, Lancashire [2] Hindley, Wigan [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 Lancs [2] Wigan, England [2] Wigan, Lancashire, England. [2] Wigan, Lincolnshire [2] Wigan,Lancashire. [2] 44 Princess Street, Wigan [1] 5 Buckley, Terrace, Wigan [1] All Saints - WIGAN [1] Appleby Bridge Wigan, Lancashire [1] Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Lancashire. [1] Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1] Aspull, Nr. Wigan. [1] Aspull, Wigan England [1] Aspull, nr Wigan [1]

Rank

Private [162] Gunner [17] Driver [14] Stoker 1st Class [14] Corporal [13] Deck Hand [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Serjeant [8] Sapper [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] 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] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Steward [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Marine [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [34] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Field Artillery [21] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Naval Reserve [12] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] South Wales Borderers [10] Labour Corps [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Border Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS TIGER [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS CANADA [3] HMS Victory I [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warrior [2] Irish Guards [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] 1/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 105th Mahrattas [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1070] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [361] British Army [239] Australian Imperial Force [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [194] H [193] M [157] S [150] C [132] W [127] A [108] G [105] L [103] P [92] R [86] T [80] D [79] F [73] J [45] E [33] K [29] O [23] N [17] Y [7] U [6] I [5] V [4] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1773] Merchant Navy [65]

Country

United Kingdom [103] India [4] Canada [1] Germany [1] Isle of Man [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas Ellison

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 13176 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

British Army 13176 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battallion then 1st Battallion

British Army 13176 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battallion

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James Green

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 16710 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 65th Brigade

British Army L16710 Gunner RFA 65th Brigade

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Charles Rigby

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force 62nd Squadron and Royal Fusiliers

British Army Private Manchester Regiment

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Isaac Bentham

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 56905 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 56905 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery, 83rd Brigade

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John Patrick Green

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 56850 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 56850 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Martin Smith

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army

British Army 359259 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 1/10th [Scottish] Battalion [The Liverpool Scottish]

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Herbert Edward Gould

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3398 RN Sapper Royal Naval Division - Medical Unit Deal

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Richard Myers

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/1127 Corporal New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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William Henry Birchall

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 50591 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 50591 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Battalion

British Army T/3/029861 Royal Army Service Corps

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Richard Pell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army B/19818 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Stanley Corsellis Randall Randall

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army 219111 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Engineers

British Army WR 263162 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Engineers

British Army 1st Reserves 263162 2nd Regs 219111 Warrant Officer Class 1 61st Broad Gauge Workshop Co RE Royal Engineers

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John Lowe

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 78200 Driver Royal Field Artillery 139 Battery

British Army 78200 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 17th Battery

British Army 78200 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 20th Bde

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Richard Abrahams

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 7201 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Martin Connor

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 64804 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Patmore

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army L/3208 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Patrick Foy

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3/4038 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Anthony Swalwell

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army PS/10588 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/10588 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London) 29 & 9th Battalion

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Thomas Woodcock

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8387 Private Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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Allan Muir

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 2969 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment Transport

British Army Lieutenant Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/10th Btn. Liverpool Scottish

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William Lewis

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 18547 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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