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Manchester Lancashire [123]

Salford Lancashire [47]

Manchester [40]

Ilfracombe Devon [33]

Sale Cheshire [29]

Altrincham Cheshire [26]

Altrincham Cheshire. [18]

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [18]

Pendleton Salford Lancashire [14]

Oldham Lancashire [13]

Ilfracombe, Devon [11]

Altrincham, Cheshire [9]

St Johns Newfoundland [9]

Bolton Lancashire [7]

Liverpool Lancashire [7]

London [7]

Bury Lancashire [6]

Newfoundland [6]

Salford Lancashire. [6]

Broughton Salford Lancashire [5]

Hulme Manchester [5]

Lancashire [5]

Preston, Lancs [5]

Sale, Cheshire [5]

Salford, Lancashire [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [4]

Belfast [4]

Cheshire [4]

Hyde Cheshire [4]

Manchester Lancashire. [4]

Oldham Lancashire. [4]

Pendleton Salford [4]

Salford [4]

Ancoats Manchester Lancashire [3]

Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [3]

Ashton under Lyne [3]

Barnstable Devon [3]

Blackpool, Lancs [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Glasgow [3]

Kensington London [3]

Pendleton Lancashire [3]

St John's, Newfoundland [3]

Stretford Lancashire [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Timperley Cheshire [3]

Accrington Lancashire [2]

Bacup Lancashire [2]

Birchington Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1218]

Second Lieutenant [170]

Lance Corporal [125]

Serjeant [98]

Corporal [95]

Lieutenant [81]

Captain [74]

Gunner [35]

Sergeant [19]

Sapper [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Major [14]

Driver [13]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Pioneer [8]

Temporary Captain [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Lance Sergeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Drummer [2]

First Lieutenant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal. [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieut [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance/Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [721]

Lancashire Fusiliers [232]

Cheshire Regiment [76]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [42]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Border Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [21]

Labour Corps [21]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Scots [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Australian Infantry [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Newfoundland Regiment [8]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

The Royal Scots [8]

1st South African Infantry [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Manchester [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1637]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Royal Navy [18]

South African Services [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [4]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [214]

B [192]

H [179]

S [148]

C [147]

M [127]

R [85]

T [85]

L [81]

G [76]

A [67]

D [56]

P [53]

K [51]

F [50]

E [35]

J [32]

N [22]

O [19]

V [14]

Y [12]

I [10]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1702]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1206]

Canada [24]

New Zealand [18]

Australia [9]

Ireland [8]

South Africa [6]

India [5]

France [3]

Jersey [2]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Manchester Lancashire [123] Salford Lancashire [47] Manchester [40] Ilfracombe Devon [33] Sale Cheshire [29] Altrincham Cheshire [26] Altrincham Cheshire. [18] St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [18] Pendleton Salford Lancashire [14] Oldham Lancashire [13] Ilfracombe, Devon [11] Altrincham, Cheshire [9] St Johns Newfoundland [9] Bolton Lancashire [7] Liverpool Lancashire [7] London [7] Bury Lancashire [6] Newfoundland [6] Salford Lancashire. [6] Broughton Salford Lancashire [5] Hulme Manchester [5] Lancashire [5] Preston, Lancs [5] Sale, Cheshire [5] Salford, Lancashire [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [4] Belfast [4] Cheshire [4] Hyde Cheshire [4] Manchester Lancashire. [4] Oldham Lancashire. [4] Pendleton Salford [4] Salford [4] Ancoats Manchester Lancashire [3] Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [3] Ashton under Lyne [3] Barnstable Devon [3] Blackpool, Lancs [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Glasgow [3] Kensington London [3] Pendleton Lancashire [3] St John's, Newfoundland [3] Stretford Lancashire [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Timperley Cheshire [3] Accrington Lancashire [2] Bacup Lancashire [2] Birchington Kent [2]

Rank

Private [1218] Second Lieutenant [170] Lance Corporal [125] Serjeant [98] Corporal [95] Lieutenant [81] Captain [74] Gunner [35] Sergeant [19] Sapper [15] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Major [14] Driver [13] Lance Serjeant [13] Temporary Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Pioneer [8] Temporary Captain [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Lance Sergeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Drummer [2] First Lieutenant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal. [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieut [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance/Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [721] Lancashire Fusiliers [232] Cheshire Regiment [76] Royal Berkshire Regiment [42] Durham Light Infantry [36] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Royal Field Artillery [31] Border Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [29] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [24] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Devonshire Regiment [21] East Lancashire Regiment [21] Labour Corps [21] London Regiment [20] Royal Scots [19] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] South Lancashire Regiment [17] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Royal Flying Corps [10] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [9] South Wales Borderers [9] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Australian Infantry [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Newfoundland Regiment [8] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] The Royal Scots [8] 1st South African Infantry [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Manchester [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1637] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Royal Navy [18] South African Services [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [4] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [214] B [192] H [179] S [148] C [147] M [127] R [85] T [85] L [81] G [76] A [67] D [56] P [53] K [51] F [50] E [35] J [32] N [22] O [19] V [14] Y [12] I [10] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1702] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1206] Canada [24] New Zealand [18] Australia [9] Ireland [8] South Africa [6] India [5] France [3] Jersey [2] China [1] Egypt [1] Isle of Man [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Scott Gladstone Morton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6281 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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James Henry Taylor

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 308675 Private The King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Labour Coy.

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Claude Fitzgerald S Burton

Born 1895

Died 1916

South African Services 1916 Lance Sergeant 1st South African Infantry "D" Company.

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Alfred H Hopkinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 46817 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Norman Victor Fitton

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force A20159 16th Battalion "A Coy"

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Samuel Fordesman

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 19386 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Frank Mariner Sumpster

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion, Attn 53rd T.M. Bty.

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Ernest Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 706029 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Sergeant. Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Hetherington Williams

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 41555 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.

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John Inions

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 12653 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Herman Schaefer

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 44112 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Thomas Edwards

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army 1097 Shoeing Smith Royal Engineers East Lancashire Divisional Signal Company

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James Richard Cox

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 1483 Private Manchester Regiment 8th Reserve Battalion

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John H Dykeman

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 67222 Driver Royal Field Artillery 25th Division Ammunition Col.

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Walter Barratt

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/6538 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy DA 20489 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 20489/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Wallington."

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John Bowyer

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 12280 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Joseph Woolley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20134 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 20134 Private Manchester 22nd Battaliion

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Albert Watson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army W/2044 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2044 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery, 119th Brigade

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John Blain

Born 1864

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 18812

Canadian Expeditionary Force 18812 Private Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion

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William James Grange

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3138 Private Manchester Regiment 1/7th manchest Battalion

British Army 3138 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/7th Battalion.

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