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Rochdale Lancashire [29]

Rochdale Lancashire [16]

Manchester [6]

Littlebourgh Lancashire [4]

Great Fransham Norfolk [3]

Oldham Lancashire [3]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Great Dunham Norfolk [2]

Heywood Lancashire [2]

Leeds Yorkshire [2]

Littleborough Lancashire [2]

Milnrow Lancashire [2]

Shipdham Norfolk [2]

York [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Angus Dundee [1]

Ashton in Makerfield [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Barmby Moor Yorkshire [1]

Barnet Middlesex [1]

Baxenden Lancashire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Bury Lancashire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire Swavesey [1]

Carmarthen South Wales [1]

Caton Lancashire [1]

Clone Lancashire [1]

Cumberland Keswick [1]

Deeping st James Lincolnshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Facit Lancashire [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Fulham Middlesex [1]

Garstang, Lancashire [1]

Heanor Derbyshire [1]

Hebden Bridge Yorkshire [1]

Hemyock Devon [1]

Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Ipswich Suffolk [1]

Islington [1]

Kessingland, Suffolk [1]

Kidderminster [1]

Leamington Warwickshire [1]

Littleborough Lancashire [1]

Littleborourgh Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [145]

Driver [11]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman Private [1]

Sapper [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Border Regiment [3]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

12th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

58th Machine Gun Corps [1]

6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [193]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [42]

B [35]

A [19]

C [19]

H [15]

M [11]

T [11]

L [10]

P [10]

J [9]

W [9]

R [5]

G [4]

D [3]

K [2]

F [1]

I [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Rochdale Lancashire [29] Rochdale Lancashire [16] Manchester [6] Littlebourgh Lancashire [4] Great Fransham Norfolk [3] Oldham Lancashire [3] Bolton Lancashire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Great Dunham Norfolk [2] Heywood Lancashire [2] Leeds Yorkshire [2] Littleborough Lancashire [2] Milnrow Lancashire [2] Shipdham Norfolk [2] York [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Angus Dundee [1] Ashton in Makerfield [1] Ashton under Lyne [1] Barmby Moor Yorkshire [1] Barnet Middlesex [1] Baxenden Lancashire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn Lancashire [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Bury Lancashire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire Swavesey [1] Carmarthen South Wales [1] Caton Lancashire [1] Clone Lancashire [1] Cumberland Keswick [1] Deeping st James Lincolnshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Facit Lancashire [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1] Fulham Middlesex [1] Garstang, Lancashire [1] Heanor Derbyshire [1] Hebden Bridge Yorkshire [1] Hemyock Devon [1] Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Ipswich Suffolk [1] Islington [1] Kessingland, Suffolk [1] Kidderminster [1] Leamington Warwickshire [1] Littleborough Lancashire [1] Littleborourgh Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [145] Driver [11] Corporal [8] Gunner [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman Private [1] Sapper [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [44] Royal Field Artillery [13] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Border Regiment [3] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 12th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 58th Machine Gun Corps [1] 6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 9th Lancers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Devon Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [193] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [42] B [35] A [19] C [19] H [15] M [11] T [11] L [10] P [10] J [9] W [9] R [5] G [4] D [3] K [2] F [1] I [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Walter Tonge

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 31141 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harvey Bamford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 52242 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Boon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army R/15948 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/15948 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John W Armstrong

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 11678 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 241819 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold Rawson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army R/11007 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/11007 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Dunn

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10459 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Jones

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 16131 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Alexander Stanwell

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1335 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Hulton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 10058 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27028 Private Royal Scots

British Army 10058 Driver Machine Gun Corps

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Walker Butterworth

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3976 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201600 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 7976 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fred Waddington

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16771 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16771 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Joseph Wild

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 18230 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edward Lord

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 29607 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Albert Seal

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 10807 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 241322 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fred Kay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 202854 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Savage

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 8915 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Alfred Green

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17447 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 17447 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Mark Bottomley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 8767 Private 12th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 8767 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Albert Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 24765 Private Border Regiment

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George Henry Fretwell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 26775 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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