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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [611]

Liverpool [119]

London [69]

Liverpool, Lancashire [50]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [41]

Birkenhead [22]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19]

Tranmere, Cheshire [15]

Dublin [14]

Kensington, London [14]

Seacombe, Cheshire [13]

Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [12]

Chester [11]

Edinburgh, Scotland [10]

Glasgow, Scotland [10]

Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9]

St Mary's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

West Derby, Lancashire [9]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [8]

Coventry, Warwickshire [8]

Toxteth Park, Lancashire [8]

Birkenhead England [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Calcutta [7]

Liscard, Cheshire [7]

Manchester [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Wallasey, Cheshire [7]

Bebington, Cheshire [6]

Bootle, Lancashire [6]

Burnley, Lancashire [6]

Battersea, Surrey [5]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

St Peter's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Bootle, Liverpool [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Chelsea, London [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Gravesend, Kent [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Oxton, Cheshire [4]

Poona [4]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [4]

Southsea, Hampshire [4]

St Anne's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Rank

Private [1603]

Lieutenant [844]

Second Lieutenant [827]

Captain [740]

Major [201]

Lance Corporal [183]

Corporal [162]

Serjeant [128]

Gunner [117]

Sapper [78]

Driver [69]

Lieutenant Colonel [58]

Able Seaman [47]

Acting Corporal [41]

2nd Lieutenant [26]

Sergeant [21]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Rifleman [18]

Bombardier [15]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Pioneer [15]

Temporary Captain [13]

Trooper [12]

Pilot 1st Class [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Staff Nurse [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [10]

Colonel [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Boat Hand [8]

Captain and Adjutant [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Sub-Lieutenant [8]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Midshipman [6]

Second-Lieutenant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Brevet Major [5]

Commander [5]

Drummer [5]

Guardsman [5]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [601]

Liverpool Regiment [344]

Royal Field Artillery [196]

Royal Engineers [185]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [112]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [99]

Royal Army Medical Corps [97]

South Lancashire Regiment [85]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Manchester Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

Army Service Corps [58]

South Wales Borderers [58]

Lancashire Fusiliers [57]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [54]

Grenadier Guards [53]

Royal Naval Division [53]

Labour Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps [50]

Middlesex Regiment [45]

London Regiment [44]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [44]

Worcestershire Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [40]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39]

King's Liverpool Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

Gloucestershire Regiment [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [37]

Scots Guards [37]

Coldstream Guards [36]

Welsh Regiment [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

Durham Light Infantry [34]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [34]

Royal Flying Corps [34]

Gordon Highlanders [30]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Australian Infantry [29]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Irish Guards [29]

Royal Sussex Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [28]

Connaught Rangers [28]

Devonshire Regiment [28]

Royal Air Force [28]

East Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [3789]

Royal Navy [211]

Australian Imperial Force [126]

Indian Army [72]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65]

Other Empire Force [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

A [421]

B [407]

M [350]

H [331]

C [328]

W [316]

S [297]

D [235]

P [207]

R [194]

L [183]

G [180]

T [148]

F [146]

J [123]

E [107]

K [84]

O [81]

N [71]

V [27]

I [22]

Y [18]

U [9]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4178]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1618]

Ireland [28]

India [26]

South Africa [22]

Canada [12]

New Zealand [6]

Egypt [4]

Australia [3]

Bermuda [3]

Malta [3]

Germany [2]

Sierra Leone [2]

Belgium [1]

Chile [1]

France [1]

Ghana [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Kenya [1]

Mauritius [1]

Singapore [1]

Sudan [1]

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People [4288] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [611] Liverpool [119] London [69] Liverpool, Lancashire [50] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [41] Birkenhead [22] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19] Tranmere, Cheshire [15] Dublin [14] Kensington, London [14] Seacombe, Cheshire [13] Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire [12] Chester [11] Edinburgh, Scotland [10] Glasgow, Scotland [10] Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9] St Mary's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] West Derby, Lancashire [9] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [8] Coventry, Warwickshire [8] Toxteth Park, Lancashire [8] Birkenhead England [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Calcutta [7] Liscard, Cheshire [7] Manchester [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Wallasey, Cheshire [7] Bebington, Cheshire [6] Bootle, Lancashire [6] Burnley, Lancashire [6] Battersea, Surrey [5] Brighton, Sussex [5] Exeter, Devon [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] St Peter's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Bootle, Liverpool [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Chelsea, London [4] Edinburgh [4] Gravesend, Kent [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Oxton, Cheshire [4] Poona [4] Scarborough, Yorkshire [4] Southsea, Hampshire [4] St Anne's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Rank

Private [1603] Lieutenant [844] Second Lieutenant [827] Captain [740] Major [201] Lance Corporal [183] Corporal [162] Serjeant [128] Gunner [117] Sapper [78] Driver [69] Lieutenant Colonel [58] Able Seaman [47] Acting Corporal [41] 2nd Lieutenant [26] Sergeant [21] Acting Serjeant [19] Stoker 1st Class [19] Rifleman [18] Bombardier [15] Company Serjeant Major [15] Pioneer [15] Temporary Captain [13] Trooper [12] Pilot 1st Class [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Staff Nurse [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Temporary Second Lieutenant [10] Colonel [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Boat Hand [8] Captain and Adjutant [8] Leading Seaman [8] Sub-Lieutenant [8] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Brigadier General [6] Midshipman [6] Second-Lieutenant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Brevet Major [5] Commander [5] Drummer [5] Guardsman [5]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [601] Liverpool Regiment [344] Royal Field Artillery [196] Royal Engineers [185] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [112] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [99] Royal Army Medical Corps [97] South Lancashire Regiment [85] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Manchester Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [60] Army Service Corps [58] South Wales Borderers [58] Lancashire Fusiliers [57] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [54] Grenadier Guards [53] Royal Naval Division [53] Labour Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps [50] Middlesex Regiment [45] London Regiment [44] Royal Lancaster Regiment [44] Worcestershire Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [40] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39] King's Liverpool Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] Gloucestershire Regiment [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [37] Scots Guards [37] Coldstream Guards [36] Welsh Regiment [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] Durham Light Infantry [34] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [34] Royal Flying Corps [34] Gordon Highlanders [30] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Australian Infantry [29] East Lancashire Regiment [29] Irish Guards [29] Royal Sussex Regiment [29] Border Regiment [28] Connaught Rangers [28] Devonshire Regiment [28] Royal Air Force [28] East Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [3789] Royal Navy [211] Australian Imperial Force [126] Indian Army [72] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65] Other Empire Force [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

A [421] B [407] M [350] H [331] C [328] W [316] S [297] D [235] P [207] R [194] L [183] G [180] T [148] F [146] J [123] E [107] K [84] O [81] N [71] V [27] I [22] Y [18] U [9] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [4178] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1618] Ireland [28] India [26] South Africa [22] Canada [12] New Zealand [6] Egypt [4] Australia [3] Bermuda [3] Malta [3] Germany [2] Sierra Leone [2] Belgium [1] Chile [1] France [1] Ghana [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Kenya [1] Mauritius [1] Singapore [1] Sudan [1]

Owen Samuel Hancock

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 7263 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 7263 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Vernon Dudley Bramsdon Bransbury

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William James Clare

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 23748 Corporal Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Malcolm Bentley

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alexander Ellis

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41325 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 3302 Private Royal Field Artillery 48th Training Reserve Battalion

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John Henry Brennan

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th (Vol.) Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers att. 1st Battalion (23rd Foot)

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William Donnelly

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 63547 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3445 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Evelyn Ridley Bradford

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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Cecil Charles Alexander Ratcliff-Gaylard

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 167 Private 1st Infantry Division 2nd Battalion

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Harold John Martin Edgar

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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Charles Arthur Hugh Brett

Born 1865

Died 1914

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Regiment

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Peter Howell

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 160656 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 40585 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William Henry Greening

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 4456 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 242035 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 242035 Private Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Black

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4290 Private 10th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

British Army 4290 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Henry Griffiths

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 39418 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 39418 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9510 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Samuel Henry Delves

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 944011 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Frank Anstey

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 343 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 1/1st Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 614026 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Joseph Fowler

Born 1880

Died 1923

British Army 5873 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 5873 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 5873 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Robert Ferguson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 11099 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 11099 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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John Flynn

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 60954 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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