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Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Basingstoke [1]

Bedford [1]

Blithfield [1]

Bramley, Yorkshire [1]

Brookfield, Fremington, Devon [1]

Castleknock, Dublin [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Cumberland [1]

Fulstone, New Mill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Goole [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Heaton Norris, Lancashire [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1]

Houghton, near Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Kingussie Scotland [1]

Kirkby, Lancashire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester,Leicestershire [1]

Llangollen [1]

London [1]

Oxton, Birkenhead [1]

Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Perth [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Queenstown, County Cork [1]

Shrewsbury [1]

South Koorg [1]

St Bee's Cumberland [1]

St. Bees, Cumberland [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Ulverston, Lancashire [1]

Walthamstow Essex [1]

Whitechapel Lancashire [1]

Whitehaven [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [119]

Lieutenant [57]

Private [50]

Captain [39]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [6]

Major [6]

Temporary Captain [5]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Gunner [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Captain Fitter [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

London Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

General List [2]

General List Royal Flying Corps [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1]

12th Liverpool Regiment [1]

16th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [183]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [20]

B [18]

C [18]

S [18]

G [16]

H [15]

M [14]

P [12]

W [12]

J [10]

D [8]

F [8]

T [7]

A [6]

N [6]

K [5]

I [4]

L [4]

E [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Basingstoke [1] Bedford [1] Blithfield [1] Bramley, Yorkshire [1] Brookfield, Fremington, Devon [1] Castleknock, Dublin [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Cumberland [1] Fulstone, New Mill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Goole [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Heaton Norris, Lancashire [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1] Houghton, near Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Kingussie Scotland [1] Kirkby, Lancashire [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester,Leicestershire [1] Llangollen [1] London [1] Oxton, Birkenhead [1] Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Penrith, Cumberland [1] Perth [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Queenstown, County Cork [1] Shrewsbury [1] South Koorg [1] St Bee's Cumberland [1] St. Bees, Cumberland [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Ulverston, Lancashire [1] Walthamstow Essex [1] Whitechapel Lancashire [1] Whitehaven [1] Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [119] Lieutenant [57] Private [50] Captain [39] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [6] Major [6] Temporary Captain [5] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Flight Cadet [2] Gunner [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Captain Fitter [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Border Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [14] London Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] General List [2] General List Royal Flying Corps [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/6th Liverpool Regiment [1] 12th Liverpool Regiment [1] 16th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [183] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [20] B [18] C [18] S [18] G [16] H [15] M [14] P [12] W [12] J [10] D [8] F [8] T [7] A [6] N [6] K [5] I [4] L [4] E [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

William Finch

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Road Construction Coy.

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Edward Henry Burgh

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Ralph Mossop

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110311 Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

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Thomas Leslie Jackson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Gordon Warren

Died 1918

British Army 1639 Private London Regiment

British Army 630357 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Basil Haye

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Eric Minor Spink

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Eric Limont

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Kenneth William Frederick Fulton

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1894 Lance Corporal London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 1894 Acting Corporal London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 1894 Corporal London Regiment

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Percy Braidford

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army PS/2469 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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James Walter Stewart Thomson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2836 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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Lancelot Jackson

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Harold A Bristow

Died 1918

British Army GS/7696 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Benjamin Molyneux

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2303 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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John Walter Ewbank

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Captain Border Regiment

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John Martindale Hall

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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G S Sutton

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment 19th Bn.

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Robert George Alexander Dickey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment attached Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Tom Dalrymple Strathern

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Alan Rankin

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 1st/5th Bn. attd. "D" Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)

British Army 3044 Private Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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