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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]

Wilfred Joseph Hastings Blinch

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 999 Lance Corporal 15th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 999 Lance Corporal 15th (The King's) Hussars 13th Bn.

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Kenneth Harris Allen

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2061 Private 5th Liverpools

British Army 2051 Lieutenant 13th Motor Cycle

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 13th Battalion

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R F B Dickinson

British Army Captain Scottish Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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Donald Eastwood

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1769 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

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Leslie Eastwood

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th

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William R. Firkins

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 331079 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3451 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 331079 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Arthur Henry Beer

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 1st West Lancashire Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery West Lancashire Brigade

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Charles Thurston Bowring

Born 1888

Died 1916

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Sydney Raymond Allen

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2003 Private 1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Isabel Adam

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army MS/1016 Private Army Service Corps 6th Unit

British Army MS/1016 Acting Sergeant Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery A Battery, 307 BDE

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Arthur De Bels Adam

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 17238 Temporary Captain KIng's Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion

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Kenneth Burrell

Born 1893

British Army 3102 Private 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Gurkha Rifles 2/8th Battalion

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Geoffrey Fitzbrown

Died 1916

British Army P/2686 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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