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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]

Robinson Bracewell

Born 1877

Died 1919

Royal Navy 270477 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class H M S Minesweeper Kinross

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Herbert James Haslam

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1390 Private Australian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Arthur John Laver

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 52 Corporal 13th Battalion

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Frank Hudson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 25284 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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William Cottrell

Born 1885

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 460040

Canadian Expeditionary Force 460040 Private Canadian Infantry 44th Battalion New Brunswick Regiment

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Sidney Frank William Harold Green

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3036 Serjeant Australian Infantry 59th Battalion

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James Braznell

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 9245 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 9245 Corporal Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 9245 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Frank Stooke

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11811 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edwin Henry Dibben

Born 1882

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4183A Private Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

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Mahlon Lambert Boyle

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion

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Cyril Hayter

Born 1891

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/63 Lieutenant Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Maurice Corigliano

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2011 Private Australian Infantry 32 Battalion

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George Croft

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2006 Private Australian Infantry

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Benedict John Arthur Dunstan

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4483 Private Australian Infantry 54 Battalion

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Charles Henry Hawcroft

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 188 Private Australian Infantry 30th Battalion

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Walter James Kavanagh

Born 1872

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4220

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Charles Keith Jago Rooke

Born 1868

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 64 Corporal Australian Infantry 12th Infantry Battalion

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William Henry Christian Rose

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1087 Company Sergeant Major Australian Infantry 55th Battalion

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Stewart Roy Luxmoore Hockin

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 622 Trooper Australian Light Horse

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Frank Isaac Steed

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 755 Corporal Australian Infantry 30th Battalion

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