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St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [20]

Preston, Lancs [6]

Blackpool, Lancs [5]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Lytham, Lancs [4]

Blackburn, Lancs [3]

Burnley, Lancs [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Bolton, Lancs [2]

Cuckney, Worksop, Notts [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Kelsall, Salford, Lancs [2]

Lichfield, Staffs [2]

London [2]

Lytham, Lancashire [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester England [2]

Manchester, Lancs [2]

Prescot, Lancs [2]

Rochdale, Lancs [2]

St Annes On Sea England [2]

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire. [1]

Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorks [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. [1]

Astley, Lancashire [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Barton upon Irwell [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire. [1]

Bond St, Sunderland, Co Durham [1]

Boxford, Suffolk [1]

Briningham, Walsingham, Norfolk [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton-on-Trent [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1]

Bury, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [222]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [20]

Corporal [19]

Gunner [18]

Captain [17]

Serjeant [12]

Driver [11]

Sapper [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Commander [2]

Lieut [2]

Pioneer [2]

Pte [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd Lt [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

A. Mech 2 [1]

Acting Sgt [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [28]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

1st Belgian Chasseurs de Pied [3]

3rd Belgian Chasseur de Pied [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

HMS Castor [2]

Infantry [2]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancs Regt [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [322]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Other Empire Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Canadian Navy [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [48]

B [47]

W [39]

M [22]

C [21]

F [21]

R [21]

S [21]

A [19]

P [19]

G [18]

T [15]

D [14]

K [12]

L [12]

J [9]

E [7]

I [7]

N [5]

O [3]

U [3]

V [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [20] Preston, Lancs [6] Blackpool, Lancs [5] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Lytham, Lancs [4] Blackburn, Lancs [3] Burnley, Lancs [3] Poplar, London [3] Bolton, Lancs [2] Cuckney, Worksop, Notts [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Kelsall, Salford, Lancs [2] Lichfield, Staffs [2] London [2] Lytham, Lancashire [2] Manchester [2] Manchester England [2] Manchester, Lancs [2] Prescot, Lancs [2] Rochdale, Lancs [2] St Annes On Sea England [2] St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire, England [1] Altrincham, Cheshire. [1] Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorks [1] Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. [1] Astley, Lancashire [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Barton upon Irwell [1] Battersea, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire. [1] Bond St, Sunderland, Co Durham [1] Boxford, Suffolk [1] Briningham, Walsingham, Norfolk [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton-on-Trent [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1] Bury, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [222] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [20] Corporal [19] Gunner [18] Captain [17] Serjeant [12] Driver [11] Sapper [7] Acting Corporal [5] Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private 2nd Class [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Chaplain [2] Commander [2] Lieut [2] Pioneer [2] Pte [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd Lt [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] A. Mech 2 [1] Acting Sgt [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1] Chaplain to the Forces Reverend [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Chief Officer [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] First Lieutenant [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Commander [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35] Royal Lancaster Regiment [28] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [10] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Coldstream Guards [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] 1st Belgian Chasseurs de Pied [3] 3rd Belgian Chasseur de Pied [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Australian Infantry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] HMS Castor [2] Infantry [2] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancs Regt [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [322] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Other Empire Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Canadian Navy [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [48] B [47] W [39] M [22] C [21] F [21] R [21] S [21] A [19] P [19] G [18] T [15] D [14] K [12] L [12] J [9] E [7] I [7] N [5] O [3] U [3] V [2] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47] New Zealand [1]

James William Wilson

Born 1885

Died 1961

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Ralph Thomas Percy Bayley

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727063

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727063 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Williamson

Born 1888

Died 1977

British Army 45051 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 29081 Private Manchester Regiment 26th Reserve Battalion

British Army 45051 Private Machine Gun Corps 2nd Battn

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Albert James Balaam

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 503

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James Crichton Pain

Born 1895

Died 1938

British Army Captain Devonshire Regt 9th Battalion

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John May Gibbs

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 36510 Private Worcestershire Regiment Depot

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Hugh Leycester Hornby

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Infantry Brigade

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

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Thomas Kendal

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 121044 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Hopewell

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 8646 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 25543 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 25543 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Arthur Daniel Graves

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army F/2443 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Stephen Burdess

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 49079 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 99079 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur Reginald Dean

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12794 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Cartmell

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy 12525/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Harry Morris

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5358 Private The Royal Fusiliers 20th (Service) Battalion (3rd Public Schools)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army First Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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George William Steggall

Born 1893

Died 1948

British Army DM2/097487 Private Army Service Corps

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John Jackson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5131 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Isaac Frederick Welbourn

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 5182 Private Lancers

British Army L/5182 Private Lancers

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Frederick Thomas Conder

Born 1900

Died 1994

Royal Navy MB 3093 Chief Motor Mechanic RNVR

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Cyril Bluhm

Born 1885

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 1/8th manchest Battalion

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Hardy Falconer Parsons

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/2nd Battalion, attd. 14th (Service) Battalion

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