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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]

Richard Nelson Bendyshe

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines Light Infantry Deal Battalion

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Albert Edward Stringer B. Sc.

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion Territorial

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Norman Lees Jennison

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2009 Private The Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion, TF

British Army Second Lieutenant The Manchester Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City)

British Army First Lieutenant The Manchester Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City)

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Walter Mills

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2154 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 375499 Private Manchester Regiment 1/10 Battalion

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Charles Edward Hudson

Born 1892

Died 1959

British Army Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Horace Coe

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10513 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10513 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Reginald David Turnbull

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 307750

Canadian Expeditionary Force 307750 Sergeant Canadian Field Artillery

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Gilbert Allen Griffiths

Born 1886

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1276

Australian Imperial Force 1276 Private 32nd Australian Infantry battalion

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Richard Douglas Miles

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 79350 Lance Serjeant Canadian Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers attached Royal Irish Fusiliers 4th Battalion att 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Richard Grimshaw Calvert

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 34758 Private Border Regiment 11th Battalion

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Frederick Stanley Maude, K.

Born 1864

Died 1917

British Army Colonel Staff

British Army Commander (Brigadier General) 14th Infantry Brigade HQ

British Army Colonel Head Quarters Staff

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Ernest Henry Hewitt

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Clement Gawler Aka Gordon Mead

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry, Alberta Regiment 49th Battalion

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Robert Grieve Moncrieff Scott

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1046 Private 32nd Australian Infantry battalion

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James Speddings

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 2742 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Herbert Staveacre

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Major Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Addison

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10531 Serjeant 11th Royal Scots

British Army 10531 Company Serjeant Major Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Hubert Jennings Imrie Harris

Born 1871

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 5th Light Horse

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Andrew Gillison

Born 1868

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Chaplain Captain Chaplain Department/Australian Troops att. 14th Battalion

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Roger Dyke Baker

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Major East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Brigadier/Major 13th Division Staff 38 Brigade

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