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Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [6]

Preston, Lancashire [5]

Accrington [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Barbon, Kendal, Westmoreland [1]

Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bradley, Yorkshire [1]

Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Carnaduff, County Londonderry [1]

Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Crossens, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1]

Dalton in Furness [1]

Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Dundee [1]

Egremont, Cumberland [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Glasson Dock, Lancashire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Halewood, Widnes [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hindsford, Atherton, Manchester [1]

Karachi, Bombay [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Kitt Green, Wigan [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Latchford, Warrington [1]

Little Wenlock, Horsehay, Shropshire [1]

Madeley, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Mold, Flintshire, Wakes [1]

Much Hoole, Lancashire [1]

Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Pontisford Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Preston [1]

Ramsbottom [1]

Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Ramsbottom, Lancashire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Reddish, Manchester [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Settle, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [34]

Lance Corporal [24]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [17]

Serjeant [10]

Bombardier [7]

Sergeant [4]

Guardsman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Pioneer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Acting Battery Sergeant Major) [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Battery Quarter Master Sergeant) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Military Foot Police [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Military Police Corps [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Military Mounted Police [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

12th Lancers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

28th Artists Rifles [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Dragoon Guards (The Bays) [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Triumph [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Imperial Yeomary [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Territorial Force [1]

Service

British Army [96]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [12]

W [12]

H [11]

C [8]

G [8]

P [8]

B [7]

M [7]

R [6]

A [5]

L [5]

D [3]

F [2]

T [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

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People [97] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [6] Preston, Lancashire [5] Accrington [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Barbon, Kendal, Westmoreland [1] Biddulph, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bradley, Yorkshire [1] Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Carnaduff, County Londonderry [1] Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Crossens, Southport, Lancashire [1] Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1] Dalton in Furness [1] Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1] Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Dundee [1] Egremont, Cumberland [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Glasson Dock, Lancashire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Halewood, Widnes [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hindsford, Atherton, Manchester [1] Karachi, Bombay [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kitt Green, Wigan [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Latchford, Warrington [1] Little Wenlock, Horsehay, Shropshire [1] Madeley, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Mold, Flintshire, Wakes [1] Much Hoole, Lancashire [1] Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Pontisford Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Preston [1] Ramsbottom [1] Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire [1] Ramsbottom, Lancashire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Reddish, Manchester [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Settle, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [34] Lance Corporal [24] Corporal [17] Gunner [17] Serjeant [10] Bombardier [7] Sergeant [4] Guardsman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Officer Cadet [1] Pioneer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 (Acting Battery Sergeant Major) [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 (Battery Quarter Master Sergeant) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [18] Military Foot Police [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Grenadier Guards [7] Military Police Corps [6] Scots Guards [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Engineers [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Military Mounted Police [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] 12th Lancers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 28th Artists Rifles [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] 5th Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Dragoon Guards (The Bays) [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Triumph [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] Imperial Yeomary [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Territorial Force [1]

Service

British Army [96] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [12] W [12] H [11] C [8] G [8] P [8] B [7] M [7] R [6] A [5] L [5] D [3] F [2] T [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Egypt [1] India [1]

Thomas Hall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army P/1873 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army P/1873 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

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Harold Grime

Died 1917

British Army L/24522 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 150 Brigade

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Walter Arlie Collis

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6934 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Anderson

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1422 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 45th Brigade

British Army 1422 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 5th Battery, 45th Brigade

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Joseph Chamley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4637 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 202014 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion

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John Sydney Mattock

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 45863 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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William James Sharp

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 202015 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/7th Battalion

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Joseph Simm

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Border Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 202029 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd/5th (T) Battalion

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James Greenhalgh

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 266981 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

British Army 266981 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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William George Lucas

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14004 Lance Serjeant Coldstream Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 14004 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Edward Heald

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 69427 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 23rd Stationary Hospital

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John Edward Arkwright

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9019 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9019 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Rhodes

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 7493 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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Walter Seed

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army P/1309 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army 37768 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Whalley

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 15056 Guardsman Grenadier Guards Reserves

British Army 15056 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 15056 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Harry Probyn

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army T2954 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 438195 Sapper Royal Engineers 427 (East Lancashire) Field Company

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John Bennett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29985 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Harry Pope

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7179 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Alfred Victor Smith

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Thomas Pollitt

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army P/1756 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army P/1756 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

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