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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]

George Richardson Forster

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 16/290 Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

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Hillgrove Croydon-Fowler

Died 1918

British Army 49171 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Stanley Kenworthy

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Richard Coppin Mellish

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2742 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Butler Cramsie

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ernest Gaul

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1652 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment Attached Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment Attached Leicestershire Regiment

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Geoffirey Stuart Dix

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Leonard William Armstrong

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 4400 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Henry Edward Percy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 750 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Harry Gordon Smith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 27719 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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George Sydney Robinson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/25152 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/25152 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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E P H Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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William Hanna

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 70076 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Trotter Loft

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 29271 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Murray Porritt

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Finlay Mccance

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Arthur Henry Tottenham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Leslie Robert Schrader Gunson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry William Hay Creasy

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Reginald Alderson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Lancashire Fusiliers

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