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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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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]

Walter Raymond Robertson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5082 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Edward Gonne

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Thomas William Hiscoke

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1518 Sapper Royal Engineers 512th Field Company

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Noel Milford Henson Atkinson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1214 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1214 2nd Lt Royal Fusiliers, East Lancs Regiment 18th Bn

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Robert Edmund Thomas More Noel

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers attached Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force 6th Battalion

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Frank Dulcken Purser

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Frank Neville Hudson

Born 1897

Died 1922

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Captain Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Edward Cuthbert Norsworthy

Born 1879

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry

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William Alexander

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20726

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20726 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Duncan Ian Bowen Lloyd

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant 1/5th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

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Roger John Brownlow Keyes

Born 1872

Died 1945

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Raleigh

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Immortalite

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Charles Norman Brockbank

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Captain 18th Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain The Kings Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Edward Bartleman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3538 Private 4th Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 5th seaforth highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 5th Sutherland and Caithness Highland

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Charles James Chabot

Born 1890

Died 1981

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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John Henry Patterson

Born 1867

Died 1947

British Army Temporary Major /Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Staff

British Army Supernumerary Major (Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel) Essex Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Zion Mule Corps

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Roy Mellor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment City Battalions 22 Battalion

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Richard Aveline Maybery

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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John Henry Algernon Anson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS King George V

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS King George V

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Spencer John Bent

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army 8581 Company Serjeant Major East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8581 Acting Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ivor Bertie Gurney

Born 1890

Died 1937

British Army 241281 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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