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Place of birth

Salford, Lancashire [5]

Manchester [4]

Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [2]

Grimsby [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell district [1]

Billesdon district, Leicestershire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brechin, Forfarshire [1]

Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1]

Camberwell district [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chester [1]

Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Chorlton, Manchester [1]

Cork [1]

Didsbury, Manchester [1]

Dublin [1]

East Ravendale, Lincolnshire [1]

Edgbaston [1]

Fallowfield, Manchester [1]

Hawerby, Lincolnshire [1]

Highfield Hall, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Hollingford House, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Hull [1]

Kings Norton Birringham, Warwicks [1]

Kirkdale Vale, Liverpool [1]

Leeds [1]

Louth, Lincolnshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Northampton [1]

Old Trafford, Manchester [1]

Paulton, Somerset [1]

Ravendale Hall, Lincolnshire [1]

Rockingham Terrace, Tankersley, Yorkshire [1]

Salford [1]

Salisbury [1]

Scovel Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Southampton [1]

Stretford, Lancashire [1]

Swinhope, Caistor district, Lincolnshire [1]

Swinton, Lancashire [1]

Tankersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Upholland, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Urmston, Lancashire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [51]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Gunner [12]

Driver [10]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Cadet [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Lt-Col [acting] [1]

Orderly [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Army Reserve [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Training Reserve [4]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

4th Hussars [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Entrenching Battalion [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1]

33rd Punjabis [1]

3rd Balloon Wing [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Class Z Reserve [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Department of Aircraft Production [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Duke of Cornwll's Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

General List [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Eagle III [1]

HMS Sabrina [1]

Service

British Army [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [4]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [15]

B [13]

S [13]

C [11]

F [8]

M [8]

L [7]

H [6]

A [5]

N [5]

K [4]

R [4]

D [2]

E [2]

J [2]

G [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [98]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Salford, Lancashire [5] Manchester [4] Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [2] Grimsby [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1] Barton upon Irwell district [1] Billesdon district, Leicestershire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brechin, Forfarshire [1] Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1] Camberwell district [1] Cheshire [1] Chester [1] Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Chorlton, Manchester [1] Cork [1] Didsbury, Manchester [1] Dublin [1] East Ravendale, Lincolnshire [1] Edgbaston [1] Fallowfield, Manchester [1] Hawerby, Lincolnshire [1] Highfield Hall, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Hollingford House, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Hull [1] Kings Norton Birringham, Warwicks [1] Kirkdale Vale, Liverpool [1] Leeds [1] Louth, Lincolnshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Northampton [1] Old Trafford, Manchester [1] Paulton, Somerset [1] Ravendale Hall, Lincolnshire [1] Rockingham Terrace, Tankersley, Yorkshire [1] Salford [1] Salisbury [1] Scovel Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Southampton [1] Stretford, Lancashire [1] Swinhope, Caistor district, Lincolnshire [1] Swinton, Lancashire [1] Tankersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Upholland, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Urmston, Lancashire [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [51] Captain [15] Lieutenant [15] Gunner [12] Driver [10] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Cadet [7] Acting Corporal [5] Major [5] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colonel [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Lt-Col [acting] [1] Orderly [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Manchester Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Army Reserve [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Training Reserve [4] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 4th Hussars [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Entrenching Battalion [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Officer Cadet Battalion [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1] 33rd Punjabis [1] 3rd Balloon Wing [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Class Z Reserve [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Department of Aircraft Production [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Duke of Cornwll's Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] General List [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Eagle III [1] HMS Sabrina [1]

Service

British Army [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [4] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [15] B [13] S [13] C [11] F [8] M [8] L [7] H [6] A [5] N [5] K [4] R [4] D [2] E [2] J [2] G [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [98]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Australia [1] India [1]

William Nelson

Born 1869

British Army 194 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Elric Reginald Birch

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Major Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Tom East

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army 20427 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 20427 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 266556 Private South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Smith

British Army 29866 Private Army Reserve

British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

British Army 29866 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd

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Charles Wenham

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 28180 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th

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Frank Douglas Sowerby

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Cadet Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Corps of Hussars 4th Hussars

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Henry Skipworth

Born 1892

British Army 89736 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 14th Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Edward Watkin

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Cannell

British Army 288 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 438002 Sapper Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers 427th Field Company

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Malcolm Nicholson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps 4th Wing Headquarters

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps 22nd Wing

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 6th Brigade

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Edwin Crockett

British Army M2/222736 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Army Reserve

British Army M2/222736 Private Army Service Corps Base MT Depot, Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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Ernest Graham Falkner

Born 1899

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet

British Army Army Reserve

British Army 767081 Private London Regiment 2/28th Battalion (Artists Rifles)

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Ernest Driver

Born 1888

British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Printing Company

British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd Field Survey Company

British Army 203136 Sapper Royal Engineers 6th Field Survey Company

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Joseph Lockwood Ward

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 60602 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Morton

Born 1897

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 29th

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st

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Frederick William Aimson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 24173 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Cecil George Sandbrook Rawlings

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1784 Lance Corporal London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

British Army 1784 Lance Corporal London Regiment (The Rangers) 1/12th Battalion

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Frank Robinson

British Army 12/494 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12/494 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 12th

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George Richard Robinson

Born 1881

Died 1965

British Army 6018 Private York and Lancaster Regiment Depot

British Army 6018 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

Royal Navy TS 6465 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

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Gordon Laurie

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 17319 Private Training Reserve 61st Battalion

British Army 30053 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st

British Army 30053 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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