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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]

Eric Delaney Tyzack

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army M2/02108 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest Samuel Brown

Born 1875

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry New South Wales Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Infantry

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Richard Richardson King

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 17789 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 17789 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Rodney Francis Richardson

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 18th/3rd Battalion

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Katy Beaufoy

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Assistant Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service H.M.H.S. Glenart Castle

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Henry Colt Arthur Hoare

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorset Yeomanry

British Army Acting Captain Dorset Yeomanry

British Army Captain Dorset Yeomanry

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Edward Kerr Anderson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 2/5th highland Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 2/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion (Territorial)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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John Reginald Philpott

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Robert Akid

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 33964 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 33964 Private Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

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Hon. Cecil Edwardes

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force, Yeomanry seconded Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Territorial Force, Yeomanry seconded Machine Gun Corps

British Army Acting Captain Tank Corps

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Julian Royds Gribble

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest George Boas

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 5th Battalion att 13th Battalion

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Alexander Hunter Witherow

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Arthur Gerald Vavasour Yates

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Eustace Lockhart Maxwell

Born 1878

Died 1916

Indian Army Captain 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)

Indian Army Major Manchester Regiment 11th king edward's own lancers (probyn's horse), attached 23rd manchest Battalion

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Mervyn Hugh Cobbe

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy Captain

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Charles Hamilton Anderson

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

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Bernard Forde

Born 1865

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Theodore Keeble

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 152367 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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