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Westhoughton Lancashire [6]

Westhoughton [4]

Aspull [2]

Aspull Lancashire [2]

Westhoughton, Lancashire [2]

Accrington [1]

Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1]

Atherton Lancashire [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Chequerbert, Lancashire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Ffroncysyllte, Denbighshire [1]

Leyland Lancashire [1]

Liverpool Lancashire [1]

Lostock Bolton Lancashire [1]

Lostock, Bolton [1]

Rainford [1]

Skelmersdale, Lancashire [1]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

Warrington [1]

Westhoughton, Lancs [1]

Wrexham, Denbigh, England [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Driver [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Scots [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

152nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

8th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment. [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery 25th Siege Battery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

British Army [145]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [20]

B [15]

C [12]

M [12]

G [10]

R [10]

F [9]

W [9]

P [8]

S [8]

T [8]

D [6]

L [6]

J [4]

E [2]

O [2]

A [1]

I [1]

N [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [145]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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People [145] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Westhoughton Lancashire [6] Westhoughton [4] Aspull [2] Aspull Lancashire [2] Westhoughton, Lancashire [2] Accrington [1] Aspull Wigan Lancashire [1] Atherton Lancashire [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Chequerbert, Lancashire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Ffroncysyllte, Denbighshire [1] Leyland Lancashire [1] Liverpool Lancashire [1] Lostock Bolton Lancashire [1] Lostock, Bolton [1] Rainford [1] Skelmersdale, Lancashire [1] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1] Warrington [1] Westhoughton, Lancs [1] Wrexham, Denbigh, England [1]

Rank

Private [115] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Driver [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27] Royal Lancaster Regiment [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Scots [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 152nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 8th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment. [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment [1] Royal Garrison Artillery 25th Siege Battery [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

British Army [145] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

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

Contribution

Military Service [145]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

John Rudd

Died 1915

British Army 18548 Private South Wales Borderers

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William James Fairhurst

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15337 Private 8th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 30283 Private Border Regiment

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James Wise

Died 1918

British Army 47748 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 44656 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 44656 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Robert Crooks

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 39321 Private Royal Scots

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William Lowe

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 7th. Battalion

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Fred Clough

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16077 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16077 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Joseph Jefferson

Died 1918

British Army 67396 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Hilton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 54052 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Platt Bateson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 266171 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 266171 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Riley

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 16961 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16961 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Moss

Died 1916

British Army 50224 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Smith Rathbone

Died 1918

British Army 202784 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Pendlebury

Died 1916

British Army 16739 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Hodkinson

Died 1918

British Army 22866 Private Royal Scots

British Army 155808 Sapper Royal Engineers 173 Tunnelling Company

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Ellis Roberts

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3078 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 676320 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Beard

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 53975 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edward Bottomley

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 17923 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Ellis Williams

Died 1916

British Army 18067 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William Knowles Tyldesley

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2546 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Bashall

Died 1918

British Army 17240 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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