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Oldham, Lancashire [1388]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [116]

Oldham [108]

Oldham England [103]

Oldham Lancashire [72]

Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33]

Oldham Lancs [27]

Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18]

Oldham, Lancs [14]

Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13]

Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10]

Oldham, Yorkshire [9]

Chadderton, Oldham [5]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5]

Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Hollinwood, Oldham [4]

Oldham Lancashire. [4]

Oldham, England [4]

Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Saddleworth, Oldham [4]

Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Oldham, Hampshire [3]

Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3]

Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Werneth Oldham [3]

Chadderton Oldham [2]

Chadderton Oldham Lancs [2]

Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Greenfield Oldham [2]

Lees, Oldham [2]

Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oldham, Lancs. [2]

Oldham, Staffordshire [2]

Oldham,Lancashire. [2]

Oldham,Lancs [2]

Royton Oldham [2]

Royton, Oldham [2]

Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Shaw, Oldham [2]

Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2]

oldham [2]

21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1]

3 Prince Albert Street, Oldham [1]

Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1]

Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1]

Chadderton Oldham. [1]

Rank

Private [344]

Corporal [22]

Lance Corporal [20]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Driver [15]

Serjeant [15]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

private [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Rifleman [8]

Captain [7]

Sergeant [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Guardsman [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [169]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [4]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Manchester regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Lancashire Fuisilliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [842]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [565]

British Army [450]

Australian Imperial Force [109]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [293]

H [236]

W [204]

S [198]

C [177]

M [125]

L [96]

G [92]

T [88]

D [82]

P [81]

R [72]

K [63]

F [59]

A [52]

J [45]

N [42]

E [33]

O [29]

I [9]

U [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1957]

Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [207]

India [5]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Oldham, Lancashire [1388] Oldham, Lancashire, England [116] Oldham [108] Oldham England [103] Oldham Lancashire [72] Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [33] Oldham Lancs [27] Werneth, Oldham, Lancashire [18] Oldham, Lancs [14] Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire [13] Royton, Oldham, Lancashire [10] Oldham, Yorkshire [9] Chadderton, Oldham [5] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Hollinwood Oldham Lancashire [5] Lees, Oldham, Lancashire [5] Hollinwood, Oldham [4] Oldham Lancashire. [4] Oldham, England [4] Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [4] Saddleworth, Oldham [4] Moorside, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Mumps, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Oldham, Hampshire [3] Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3] Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire [3] Werneth Oldham [3] Chadderton Oldham [2] Chadderton Oldham Lancs [2] Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Greenfield Oldham [2] Lees, Oldham [2] Middleton, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancs. [2] Oldham, Staffordshire [2] Oldham,Lancashire. [2] Oldham,Lancs [2] Royton Oldham [2] Royton, Oldham [2] Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire [2] Shaw, Oldham [2] Watersheddings, Oldham, Lancashire [2] Westwood, Oldham, Lancashire [2] oldham [2] 21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1] 3 Prince Albert Street, Oldham [1] Bardsley, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire [1] Chadderton Oldham Lancashire. [1] Chadderton Oldham. [1]

Rank

Private [344] Corporal [22] Lance Corporal [20] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Driver [15] Serjeant [15] Ordinary Seaman [14] private [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lieutenant [9] Rifleman [8] Captain [7] Sergeant [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Bombardier [3] Guardsman [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Colour Sergeant [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [169] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Royal Field Artillery [25] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] South Wales Borderers [8] East Lancashire Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS VALIANT [4] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [4] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] HMS TIGER [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Manchester regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Lancashire Fuisilliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [842] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [565] British Army [450] Australian Imperial Force [109] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [293] H [236] W [204] S [198] C [177] M [125] L [96] G [92] T [88] D [82] P [81] R [72] K [63] F [59] A [52] J [45] N [42] E [33] O [29] I [9] U [4] Y [4] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1957] Merchant Navy [113]

Country

United Kingdom [207] India [5] Germany [1] New Zealand [1]

Herbert Ashton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 7290 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment "D" Company, attached 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regimentt 2nd/5th Battalion

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Walter Mills

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2154 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 375499 Private Manchester Regiment 1/10 Battalion

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Harry Blair

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 307234 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 581126 Private Labour Corps

British Army 307234 Private Manchester Regiment 10th Battalion

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Ben Howarth

Born 1882

Died 1938

British Army 171680 Driver Royal Field Artillery 31 Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army 171680 Driver Royal Field Artillery 3rd Reserve Brigade, Newcastle

British Army 171680 Driver Royal Field Artillery 31st Battery, Maryhill, Glasgow

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John Samuel Buckley

Born 1871

Died 1935

British Army 15131 Private Manchester Regiment

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Benjamin Spinner

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 26163 Private South Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Barratt

Born 1899

British Army 42885 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 42885 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

British Army 2456 Private Welsh Regiment 51st Graduated Battalion

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Thomas Cumberlidge

Born 1884

Died 1965

British Army Reserves [Yet to be mobilised]

British Army 75272 Private Manchester Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion (6th City)

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Alfred Heald

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 376878 Private Manchester Regiment 2/10th Bn

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Richard Hoyle

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 305879 Sargent 1/7th West Riding Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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John Pinder

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 902 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 902 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/10th Battalion

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George Brierley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 28097 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 28097 Private Manchester Regiment 24th Bn

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Herbert Houghton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army G/8224 Private Army Reserve (Home)

British Army G/8224 Private The Queen's Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/8224 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Fred Mitchell

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 13630 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 13630 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 13630 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Benjamin Pemberton

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army L/18137 Driver Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 170th Brigade

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Thomas Bradshaw

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7930 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7930 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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James Henry Burrows

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266196 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Reserve battalion

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Henry Bristol

Born 1885

Died 1950

British Army 7769 Private Manchester Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion (6th City)

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Joseph Donbavand

Born 1894

Died 1944

British Army 2332 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 2332 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Wild Faulkner

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 49071 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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