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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [38]

Birkenhead [32]

Liverpool [12]

Tranmere, Birkenhead [7]

Brampton, Cumberland [3]

London [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bristol [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Gateacre, Lancashire [2]

Huyton Quarry, Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire [2]

Marsden, Yorkshire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oxford [2]

Oxton, Cheshire [2]

Penshurst, Kent [2]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2]

West Derby, Liverpool [2]

153 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1]

3 Halkin Street West, London [1]

31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Aguilas [1]

Ashton on Ribble, Lancashire, England [1]

Bebington, Cheshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire England [1]

Blechynden House, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bolton [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bridge of Weir, Nr Glasgow [1]

Brighton [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton upon Trent [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calverley, Yorkshire [1]

Camarthen, Wales [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Carmarthen [1]

Cashel, Ireland [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chester [1]

Rank

Private [242]

Second Lieutenant [92]

Captain [60]

Lieutenant [60]

Lance Corporal [33]

Corporal [27]

Serjeant [22]

Major [19]

Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Sergeant [13]

2nd Lieutenant [11]

Driver [9]

Gunner [6]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Major General [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

A Mech 2 [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Wireless Operator [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

71453 [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Marshal (Head of Flying Training Command) [1]

Air Marshal (retired) [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Unit

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [74]

Cheshire Regiment [54]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

The Cheshire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Air Force [10]

King's Liverpool Regiment [9]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment [4]

King Edward's Horse [4]

Kings Liverpool Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

The KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment [4]

1st Lancashire Hussars [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

3rd Balloon Wing [2]

Denbighshire (Hussars) Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

HMS "Viknor" [2]

KIng's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Service

British Army [393]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Royal Navy [20]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [46]

B [45]

M [42]

W [40]

S [35]

C [33]

R [30]

H [25]

D [24]

G [20]

E [18]

F [16]

J [16]

T [16]

A [12]

L [12]

N [11]

O [8]

K [5]

Y [4]

U [3]

V [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [445]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [341]

Canada [10]

Australia [6]

Ireland [5]

India [4]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [465] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [38] Birkenhead [32] Liverpool [12] Tranmere, Birkenhead [7] Brampton, Cumberland [3] London [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bristol [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Gateacre, Lancashire [2] Huyton Quarry, Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire [2] Marsden, Yorkshire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oxford [2] Oxton, Cheshire [2] Penshurst, Kent [2] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2] West Derby, Liverpool [2] 153 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] 19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1] 3 Halkin Street West, London [1] 31 Hampden Street, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Aguilas [1] Ashton on Ribble, Lancashire, England [1] Bebington, Cheshire [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire England [1] Blechynden House, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bolton [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bridge of Weir, Nr Glasgow [1] Brighton [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton upon Trent [1] Calcutta [1] Calverley, Yorkshire [1] Camarthen, Wales [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Carmarthen [1] Cashel, Ireland [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chester [1]

Rank

Private [242] Second Lieutenant [92] Captain [60] Lieutenant [60] Lance Corporal [33] Corporal [27] Serjeant [22] Major [19] Lieutenant Colonel [17] Sergeant [13] 2nd Lieutenant [11] Driver [9] Gunner [6] Rifleman [6] Sapper [6] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Sergeant [3] Brigadier General [3] Major General [3] Staff Serjeant [3] A Mech 2 [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Cadet [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Squadron Leader [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Wireless Operator [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 71453 [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Marshal (Head of Flying Training Command) [1] Air Marshal (retired) [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Assistant Clerk [1]

Unit

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [74] Cheshire Regiment [54] Liverpool Regiment [31] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] The Cheshire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Air Force [10] King's Liverpool Regiment [9] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Canadian Infantry [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment [4] King Edward's Horse [4] Kings Liverpool Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] The KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment [4] 1st Lancashire Hussars [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] 3rd Balloon Wing [2] Denbighshire (Hussars) Yeomanry [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] HMS "Viknor" [2] KIng's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Service

British Army [393] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Royal Navy [20] Australian Imperial Force [14] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [46] B [45] M [42] W [40] S [35] C [33] R [30] H [25] D [24] G [20] E [18] F [16] J [16] T [16] A [12] L [12] N [11] O [8] K [5] Y [4] U [3] V [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [445] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [341] Canada [10] Australia [6] Ireland [5] India [4] Egypt [1] France [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Albert Egbert Jefferies

Died 1916

British Army 51681 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 19th Battalion

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Lionel Aymar Satge De Thoren

British Army Captain Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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William Frederick North

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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R K Walsh

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Mark P Purvis

British Army 1268 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 287503 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 771613 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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William Thornton Wilkinson

British Army Captain and Adjutant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain and Adjutant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Edmund Clifford Smith

Born 1896

British Army Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

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Gwyn Gwyn-Thomas

Born 1871

Died 1946

British Army lieutenant colonel Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion (Bankers)

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)

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George Ferdinand Hay Faithfull

Born 1888

Died 1942

Indian Army Captain 126th Baluchistan Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Balloon Wing

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Andrew Barton 'banjo' Paterson

Born 1864

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force Major 6th Squadron, 2nd Australian Remount Unit

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James Barnes

Died 1914

British Army 7091 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Riley

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 3839 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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A K Mackenzie

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

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Alfred James Innes

Died 1917

British Army 6351 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/6357 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 13th Battalion

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James Caunce Robinson

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy 18562 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 2nd Royal Marines Battalion

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Algernon Hamilton Stannus Goff

Born 1863

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Schultz

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Christmas Hughes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46808 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Rhys Campbell Ffolliott Powell

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Raymond Clarke Cannon

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 1574 Private /Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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