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London [31]

Oldham [20]

Sydney New South Wales [20]

Belfast [18]

Oldham, Lancashire [16]

Manchester [14]

Toronto [14]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Newfoundland [10]

Salford, Lancashire [10]

Auckland [9]

Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [8]

Glasgow, Scotland [7]

Kensington, London [7]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [7]

St John's Newfoundland [7]

Addingham, Yorkshire [6]

Chester [6]

Dublin [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Bristol [5]

Clifton, Bristol [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Liverpool [5]

Aberdeen, Scotland [4]

Ashton under Lyne [4]

Birmingham [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Cambridge [4]

Cardiff, Wales [4]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Chelsea, London [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

London England [4]

Oldham Lancashire [4]

Rochdale, Lancashire [4]

Salford [4]

Scotland [4]

St John's, Newfoundland [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Bombay [3]

Brighton [3]

Rank

Private [1233]

Lieutenant [445]

Captain [441]

Second Lieutenant [439]

Major [166]

Corporal [139]

Lance Corporal [125]

Lieutenant Colonel [120]

Serjeant [104]

Sergeant [39]

Sapper [34]

Brigadier General [30]

Rifleman [27]

Gunner [26]

Trooper [25]

Temporary Captain [23]

Acting Captain [20]

Major General [19]

Acting Corporal [15]

Colonel [15]

Lieutenant General [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Driver [13]

Commander [12]

Company Sergeant Major [12]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Lieutenant Commander [12]

Flight Lieutenant [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

2nd Lieutenant [10]

General [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Sub Lieutenant [9]

Temporary Major [9]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Flight Commander [8]

Lance Sergeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7]

Midshipman [7]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Lieutenant-Commander [6]

Sub-Lieutenant [6]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Brevet Major [4]

Cadet [4]

Chaplain 4th Class [4]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [313]

Australian Infantry [232]

Canadian Infantry [135]

Lancashire Fusiliers [95]

Royal Flying Corps [80]

Somerset Light Infantry [72]

Royal Army Medical Corps [69]

Royal Engineers [68]

London Regiment [60]

Royal Field Artillery [56]

East Lancashire Regiment [50]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [46]

Gloucestershire Regiment [43]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [41]

Royal Air Force [37]

Royal Irish Rifles [30]

Royal Naval Air Service [28]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

West Riding Regiment [21]

Border Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Grenadier Guards [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Worcestershire Regiment [18]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Staff [16]

Service

British Army [2115]

Australian Imperial Force [333]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [251]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167]

Royal Navy [107]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [93]

Indian Army [23]

Other Empire Force [10]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [453]

H [278]

C [247]

M [221]

S [206]

A [198]

W [171]

G [148]

P [146]

D [135]

R [121]

T [117]

L [105]

F [101]

K [62]

E [61]

J [57]

N [46]

O [46]

V [25]

I [20]

Y [17]

Q [5]

U [5]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2976]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [834]

Australia [78]

Canada [58]

Ireland [32]

New Zealand [32]

India [13]

Turkey [4]

United States [3]

Malaysia [2]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Greece [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

Myanmar [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [2998] Stories Communities

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London [31] Oldham [20] Sydney New South Wales [20] Belfast [18] Oldham, Lancashire [16] Manchester [14] Toronto [14] Melbourne Victoria [13] Newfoundland [10] Salford, Lancashire [10] Auckland [9] Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [8] Glasgow, Scotland [7] Kensington, London [7] Macclesfield, Cheshire [7] St John's Newfoundland [7] Addingham, Yorkshire [6] Chester [6] Dublin [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Bristol [5] Clifton, Bristol [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Liverpool [5] Aberdeen, Scotland [4] Ashton under Lyne [4] Birmingham [4] Bridgwater, Somerset [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Cambridge [4] Cardiff, Wales [4] Chatham, Kent [4] Chelsea, London [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] London England [4] Oldham Lancashire [4] Rochdale, Lancashire [4] Salford [4] Scotland [4] St John's, Newfoundland [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Belfast, Northern Ireland [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Bombay [3] Brighton [3]

Rank

Private [1233] Lieutenant [445] Captain [441] Second Lieutenant [439] Major [166] Corporal [139] Lance Corporal [125] Lieutenant Colonel [120] Serjeant [104] Sergeant [39] Sapper [34] Brigadier General [30] Rifleman [27] Gunner [26] Trooper [25] Temporary Captain [23] Acting Captain [20] Major General [19] Acting Corporal [15] Colonel [15] Lieutenant General [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Driver [13] Commander [12] Company Sergeant Major [12] Company Serjeant Major [12] Lieutenant Commander [12] Flight Lieutenant [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] 2nd Lieutenant [10] General [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Sub Lieutenant [9] Temporary Major [9] Temporary Second Lieutenant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Flight Commander [8] Lance Sergeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7] Midshipman [7] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Lieutenant-Commander [6] Sub-Lieutenant [6] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [5] Temporary Brigadier General [5] Brevet Major [4] Cadet [4] Chaplain 4th Class [4]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [313] Australian Infantry [232] Canadian Infantry [135] Lancashire Fusiliers [95] Royal Flying Corps [80] Somerset Light Infantry [72] Royal Army Medical Corps [69] Royal Engineers [68] London Regiment [60] Royal Field Artillery [56] East Lancashire Regiment [50] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [46] Gloucestershire Regiment [43] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [41] Royal Air Force [37] Royal Irish Rifles [30] Royal Naval Air Service [28] Suffolk Regiment [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [25] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [25] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [24] Cheshire Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] West Riding Regiment [21] Border Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Grenadier Guards [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] Worcestershire Regiment [18] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Highland Light Infantry [16] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] Staff [16]

Service

British Army [2115] Australian Imperial Force [333] Canadian Expeditionary Force [251] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167] Royal Navy [107] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [93] Indian Army [23] Other Empire Force [10] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [453] H [278] C [247] M [221] S [206] A [198] W [171] G [148] P [146] D [135] R [121] T [117] L [105] F [101] K [62] E [61] J [57] N [46] O [46] V [25] I [20] Y [17] Q [5] U [5] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2976] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [834] Australia [78] Canada [58] Ireland [32] New Zealand [32] India [13] Turkey [4] United States [3] Malaysia [2] France [1] Germany [1] Greece [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] Myanmar [1] Sierra Leone [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

David George Minden Dundas

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Major 17th Infantry

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Michael Heaton-Ellis

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant H M S Taurus

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John Anthony

Died 1916

British Army 24106 Private Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Charles Thomas Dolman

Died 1917

British Army 10419 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Dolman

Died 1916

British Army 24263 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Whitehead Busfield

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 32002 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 32002 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Thomas Cordner

Died 1914

British Army 11254 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Frederick Charles Guy

Died 1916

British Army 5765 Private London Regiment

British Army 5765 Private London Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Albert Bath

Died 1916

British Army 2279 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Henry Hummerstone

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 8392 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Tom Falcon Hazell

Born 1892

Died 1946

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Arthur Thomas Jefferies

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 19211 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Busfield

Died 1917

British Army 41718 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4/5319 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202157 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion

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Herbert Bakewell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 12822 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 376974 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 4976 Private Manchester Regiment 1/10th Battalion

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Tom Cornish

Died 1916

British Army 25586 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Edward Darlington

Died 1918

British Army 2561 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 375712 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Beardsmore

Died 1916

British Army 20691 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Booth Daniels

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 6626 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Abraham Butterworth

Died 1917

British Army 31827 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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James Cleland

Died 1917

British Army 8096 Private Manchester Regiment 17th battalion manchest Battalion

British Army 8096 Private Manchester Regiment

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