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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]

James Daugherty

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 78741 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 78741 Corporal Royal Engineers W. 19 Motor Air Line Section

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Jean-Baptiste Verdoodt

Died 1918

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Francis Bashall

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 39578 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Harry Stent

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John William Makin

Born 1895

Died 1982

Royal Navy 3799 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Frederick Humphreys

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 29791 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard George Cusker

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 533105 Company Serjeant Major 7th Queen's Own Hussars

British Army 45680 Serjeant 7th Hussars

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Rasila

Indian Army Rifles Frontier Force 59 Battalion

Indian Army 4935 Sepoy 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

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John Orlando Corbishley

Born 1881

Died 1955

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 2nd Class HMS Calendonia

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 1st Class HMS Calendonia

Royal Navy 3279 Boy, 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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