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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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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]

Percy Voltelin Heath

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards

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William Bastard

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Charles Paget O'brien-Butler

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Attached Lancers/Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Carson

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 12203 Serjeant Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Alfred Anstey

Born 1874

Died 1940

British Army Subaltern Devonshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Hugh Laurents Chenevix Baldwin

Born 1878

Died 1914

Indian Army Lieutenant 58th Rifles

British Army Rifle Brigade 7th

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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James Owens

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army W/1115 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Allan Humphrey Harden

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Phillip Anstey

Born 1875

Died 1933

British Army 2540 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th

British Army 2540 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 26161

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Robert Sayers

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army L/5161 Company Serjeant Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Henry Robert Augustus Adeane

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

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Frederick Herbert Dow

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 7044 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Jones

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 25076 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 31002 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203904 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Edward Stanley Ashcroft

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 15556 Lance Corporal King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th King's (Liverpool) Regiment - 1st Liverpool Pals

British Army 5235 Lance Corporal Inns of Court Officers Training Corps 6/5

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Reginald John Petty Devenish Aldridge

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Lionel Mackinder

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 11539 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 11539 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Alexander Browning

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

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Harry Ben Williams

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3248 Serjeant Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Thomas Edmund John Anstey

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1613 Corporal City of London Yeomanry No. 3 Troop, D Squadron

British Army 1613 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1613 Corporal City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Arthur Hugh Bazett

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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