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Liverpool [34]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Gateacre, Lancashire [2]

Liscard, Cheshire [2]

liverpool [2]

34 Brighton St, Liverpool [1]

41 Fonthill Rd, Liverpool [1]

86 Racliffe Street, Everton, Liverpool [1]

Ashton-upon-Mersey [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Formby [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Polesworth, Warwickshire [1]

Rock Ferry [1]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1]

Seaforth, Lancashire [1]

Seaforth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

St Pauls, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Sukkur, Sindh Province [1]

Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1]

Toxteth Park [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1]

Toxteth, Lancashire [1]

Watford [1]

Widnes [1]

Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [64]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Lieutenant [14]

Captain [9]

Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Rifleman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Gunner [4]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Corporal (paid) [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1]

Commander [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman [1]

Gunner / Acting Bombardier [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman (Rank reduced at own request) [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Commander [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Commander [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [36]

King's Liverpool Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

The King's Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

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

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th King's Liverpool Scottish [1]

10th Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th Scottish Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

13th Motor Cycle [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

5th Liverpools [1]

5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

7th Liverpool Regiment Transport [1]

8th Liverpool Regiment [1]

Attached to the Queens Westminster Rifles [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Gurkha Rifles [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Mars [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hawke Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [101]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [25]

E [10]

M [10]

A [9]

C [9]

S [9]

F [8]

L [8]

H [6]

D [4]

P [4]

G [3]

J [2]

R [2]

T [2]

N [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Canada [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool [34] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Gateacre, Lancashire [2] Liscard, Cheshire [2] liverpool [2] 34 Brighton St, Liverpool [1] 41 Fonthill Rd, Liverpool [1] 86 Racliffe Street, Everton, Liverpool [1] Ashton-upon-Mersey [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Formby [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] Polesworth, Warwickshire [1] Rock Ferry [1] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1] Seaforth, Lancashire [1] Seaforth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] St Pauls, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Sukkur, Sindh Province [1] Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1] Toxteth Park [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1] Toxteth, Lancashire [1] Watford [1] Widnes [1] Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [64] Second Lieutenant [29] Lieutenant [14] Captain [9] Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Rifleman [6] Serjeant [6] Gunner [4] Sergeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Bombardier [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Corporal (paid) [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant Lieutenant [1] Commander [1] Driver [1] Fireman [1] Gunner / Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman (Rank reduced at own request) [1] Second Corporal [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Commander [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Commander [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [36] King's Liverpool Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [10] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] Cheshire Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] The King's Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th King's Liverpool Scottish [1] 10th Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th Scottish Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] 13th Motor Cycle [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 5th Liverpools [1] 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 7th Liverpool Regiment Transport [1] 8th Liverpool Regiment [1] Attached to the Queens Westminster Rifles [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Gurkha Rifles [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Mars [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hawke Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [101] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [25] E [10] M [10] A [9] C [9] S [9] F [8] L [8] H [6] D [4] P [4] G [3] J [2] R [2] T [2] N [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Canada [1] Malaysia [1]

Alfred Edward Fazakerley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 17052 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 18/17052 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion

British Army 17052 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Matthew Jones

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 23830 Private Grenadier Guards

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Frederick Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 879 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 200051 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Allan Dawson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army

British Army 22976 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 20th

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 22nd Company

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John Thompson Baxendale

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 30th Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 681435 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade

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John Henry Fitzsimmons

Died 1915

British Army 2499 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army South Lancashire Regiment 3rd

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William James Eaglesfield

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 240117 Sergeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 1257 Serjeant King's Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Richard William Longmaid

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1551 Royal Field Artillery 1st West Lancashire

Other Empire Force 763081 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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John Stamp Garthorne Burrell

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Malcolm Duncan

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2105 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment Transport

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment Transport

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John Lesbirel

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 292880 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Stanley Reay

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army PS/3182 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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John Sefton

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639225

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639225 Private Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion

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Frederick Meek

Died 1918

British Army 21963 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 21963 Private Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion

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Edward Marc

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 242194 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Matthew J Hamilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14502 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14502 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Hamilton Morrison

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 200798 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 200798 Private The King's Liverpool Regiment 2/7th Battaliok

British Army 200798 Private The King's Liverpool Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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William Henry Irving Elliott

Born 1890

Died 1917

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John J Corkish

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 203097 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Frank Morris

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 19939 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 19939 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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