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Place of birth

Manchester [2]

Salford [2]

Acton, London [1]

Alverstoke [1]

Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Chester Le Street [1]

Chorlton [1]

Clayton Le Moors [1]

Clifton, Oxford [1]

Colone Struan Skye [1]

Davenham [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dinan [1]

Dover Kent [1]

Dowlais, Glamorganshire [1]

Gimsby Lancashire [1]

Glasgow Lanarkshire [1]

Grouville, Jersey [1]

Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Hull [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Monmouth [1]

New Mills, Derbyshire [1]

Newbridge Kildare [1]

Oxfordshire Bletchington [1]

Penton, Hampshire [1]

Peterborough [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Settle Yorkshire [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Skye [1]

Spennymoor [1]

St. Lawrence [1]

St. Margarets, London [1]

St. Peter Port Guernsey [1]

St. Peter, Jersey [1]

Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Stonehouse Devon [1]

Swansea Glamorgan [1]

Vittoriosa [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Serjeant [9]

Gunner [8]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Motor Mechanic [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Boy, 2nd Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman [1]

First Engineer [1]

Foreman [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

M.G. Sergeant [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's cook 1st class [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [21]

H.M.S. "Victory" [13]

Royal Jersey Militia [11]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Labour Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Training Reserve [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

H.M. Trawler "Helcia" [2]

H.M.S. "Hermione" [2]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [2]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

15th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

2nd Balloon Training Depot Richmond Park [1]

59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

7th Hussars [1]

7th Queen's Own Hussars [1]

Army Chaplain's Department 90th Infantry Brigade [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

H.M. Trawler "Owl" [1]

H.M. Yacht "Victoria and Albert" [1]

H.M.S "Excellent" [1]

H.M.S. "Excellence" [1]

H.M.S. "Excellent" [1]

H.M.S. "Faulknor" [1]

H.M.S. "Fisgard" [1]

H.M.S. "Pembroke" formerly H.M.S. "Dido" [1]

H.M.S. "Teviot" [1]

H.M.S. "Vernon" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory III" [1]

H.M.s. "Victory I" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS Calendonia [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

Service

British Army [95]

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [29]

C [25]

R [14]

H [12]

L [10]

S [10]

E [8]

P [7]

M [6]

W [6]

A [5]

D [5]

G [3]

K [3]

J [2]

N [1]

T [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

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People [149] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester [2] Salford [2] Acton, London [1] Alverstoke [1] Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Berkshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Chester Le Street [1] Chorlton [1] Clayton Le Moors [1] Clifton, Oxford [1] Colone Struan Skye [1] Davenham [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Derbyshire [1] Dinan [1] Dover Kent [1] Dowlais, Glamorganshire [1] Gimsby Lancashire [1] Glasgow Lanarkshire [1] Grouville, Jersey [1] Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Hull [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Monmouth [1] New Mills, Derbyshire [1] Newbridge Kildare [1] Oxfordshire Bletchington [1] Penton, Hampshire [1] Peterborough [1] Portsmouth [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Settle Yorkshire [1] Shoreditch, London [1] Skye [1] Spennymoor [1] St. Lawrence [1] St. Margarets, London [1] St. Peter Port Guernsey [1] St. Peter, Jersey [1] Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Stonehouse Devon [1] Swansea Glamorgan [1] Vittoriosa [1]

Rank

Private [56] Serjeant [9] Gunner [8] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Chief Petty Officer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Motor Mechanic [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Boy, 2nd Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Writer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Fireman [1] First Engineer [1] Foreman [1] Greaser [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] M.G. Sergeant [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's cook 1st class [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [21] H.M.S. "Victory" [13] Royal Jersey Militia [11] Royal Field Artillery [7] Labour Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Training Reserve [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] H.M. Trawler "Helcia" [2] H.M.S. "Hermione" [2] H.M.S. "Victory I" [2] H.M.S. "Victory II" [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] 15th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 2nd Balloon Training Depot Richmond Park [1] 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 7th Hussars [1] 7th Queen's Own Hussars [1] Army Chaplain's Department 90th Infantry Brigade [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] H.M. Trawler "Owl" [1] H.M. Yacht "Victoria and Albert" [1] H.M.S "Excellent" [1] H.M.S. "Excellence" [1] H.M.S. "Excellent" [1] H.M.S. "Faulknor" [1] H.M.S. "Fisgard" [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke" formerly H.M.S. "Dido" [1] H.M.S. "Teviot" [1] H.M.S. "Vernon" [1] H.M.S. "Victory III" [1] H.M.s. "Victory I" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS Calendonia [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS Minotaur [1]

Service

British Army [95] Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [29] C [25] R [14] H [12] L [10] S [10] E [8] P [7] M [6] W [6] A [5] D [5] G [3] K [3] J [2] N [1] T [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Arnold Robert Courtis

Born 1900

British Army 50900 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Ellis

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 19885 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas Witts

Born 1899

Died 1966

British Army 46600 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4 Battalion

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Herbert White

Born 1889

British Army S4/217879 Private Army Service Corps

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James Entwistle

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 97703 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 97703 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Makepeace

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army 184800 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Edward Beckwith

Born 1875

Died 1919

Royal Navy 281274 Chief Stoker H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Philip Edward Mauger

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 108134 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Auguste Francois Jouanne

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Private Royal Jersey Militia 1st Bn.

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Thomas Burke

Born 1871

British Army 7171 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 16th Bn

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James Lydon

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 8826 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frederick Alfred Richard Cornish

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 111255 Private Tank Corps

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William Barter Stooke Duder

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 235083 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Alwin Claydon Bailey

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Dewan

British Army 7179 Company Serjeant Major Manchester Regiment

British Army 7179 Warrant Officer Class 2 Manchester Regiment

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Ivy Annetts

Born 1878

Died 1920

Royal Navy PO/8750 Private H.M. Yacht "Victoria and Albert"

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Arthur Henry Browne

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy PO/6049 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Tom Clayton

Born 1869

Died 1918

Royal Navy RMA/3819 Corporal Royal Marine Artillery

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James Blake

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy PO/2015 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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James Edward William Betts

Born 1875

Died 1918

Royal Navy 277057 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Teviot"

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