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Fleetwood [28]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [11]

Barrow-in-Furness [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, [2]

Preston [2]

Widnes [2]

10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1]

2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

25 Flag St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

28 Warren Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

5 St David's Rd, Preston, Lancashire, [1]

6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

6 Garfield Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Anderton, Cheshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Bolton [1]

Braddan, Isle of Man [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury [1]

Chadderton, Manchester [1]

Chatburn, Lancashire [1]

Chatham, Kent, [1]

Clifton, nr. Manchester [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire, [1]

Heywood, Bury [1]

Honington, Suffolk [1]

Hull [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Ireby, Cumberland [1]

Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Kollefjord, Streymoy [1]

Layton, Blackpool [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lytham [1]

Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Paddington Middlesex [1]

Pemberton, Wigan [1]

Pilling, Lancashire [1]

Pontisford Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Prestwich, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [114]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [7]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

A/Captain [1]

Act. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [60]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [54]

Royal Engineers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

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

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

107th Squadron [1]

8th Irish Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Lightning" [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Lancashire [1]

King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery. [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [149]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [23]

B [18]

M [17]

C [16]

W [16]

H [13]

R [8]

A [7]

F [7]

G [6]

D [5]

L [5]

P [4]

T [3]

K [2]

E [1]

I [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [140]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

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People [156] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fleetwood [28] Fleetwood, Lancashire [11] Barrow-in-Furness [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Fleetwood, Lancashire, [2] Preston [2] Widnes [2] 10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1] 2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 25 Flag St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 28 Warren Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 5 St David's Rd, Preston, Lancashire, [1] 6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 6 Garfield Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] Anderton, Cheshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Blackpool or Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Bolton [1] Braddan, Isle of Man [1] Burnley [1] Bury [1] Chadderton, Manchester [1] Chatburn, Lancashire [1] Chatham, Kent, [1] Clifton, nr. Manchester [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire, [1] Heywood, Bury [1] Honington, Suffolk [1] Hull [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Ireby, Cumberland [1] Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [1] Kollefjord, Streymoy [1] Layton, Blackpool [1] Liverpool [1] Lytham [1] Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Paddington Middlesex [1] Pemberton, Wigan [1] Pilling, Lancashire [1] Pontisford Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Prestwich, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire, [1]

Rank

Private [114] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [9] Serjeant [7] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] A/Captain [1] Act. Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Chief Engineer [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [60] Royal Lancaster Regiment [54] Royal Engineers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 107th Squadron [1] 8th Irish Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Lightning" [1] HMS Bulwark [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Lancashire [1] King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Mercantile Marine [1] North Lancashire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery. [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [149] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [23] B [18] M [17] C [16] W [16] H [13] R [8] A [7] F [7] G [6] D [5] L [5] P [4] T [3] K [2] E [1] I [1] J [1] N [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [154] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [140] Egypt [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1]

James Hugh Forrest

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12487 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12487 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Weedon

British Army 2632 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Patrick Mountain

Died 1916

British Army 1967 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1967 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John Mcgreevy

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T5/1958 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1958 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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Peter Mcgreevy

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army T5/1059 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1059 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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James Fletcher

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 7319 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7319 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Hall Sheard Salthouse

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1995 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Bn.

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Walter Sankey

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 5251 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 5251 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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James Rose

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4141 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4141 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Irvin

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 13171 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion

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Sergeant Nicholas Leadbetter

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53475 Sergeant 107th Squadron

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Thomas Barnes Cowpe

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 35816 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas Barton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 18164 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 323338 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 323338 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Gallagher

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13271 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13271 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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William Poole

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 67775 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 67775 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Cuthbert Vivian Gaulter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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