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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]

Amos Partington

Died 1916

British Army 15610 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15610 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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James R Pendlebury

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/12810 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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William Lowe

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 7th. Battalion

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John Harrison

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 16372 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16372 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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George Arthur Horrocks

Died 1917

British Army 136391 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Griffiths

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 7594 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29562 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29562 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Glover

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16841 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16841 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Morris

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 17991 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Prescott

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 39055 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Preston

Died 1917

British Army 31832 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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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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Edmund O'connor

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 6282 Serjeant Scots Guards

British Army 6282 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Scots Guards

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William Moss

Died 1916

British Army 50224 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Peter Hartley

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army PS/8975 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/5487 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Tither

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2785 Private Manchester Regiment

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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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Henry Coop

Died 1918

British Army 64689 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Daniel Gerrard

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 19609 Private 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19609 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George William Burton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 49387 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 81st. Bty.

British Army 49387 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Bowling

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 85074 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 259th Siege Bty

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