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Chester [52]

Chester, Cheshire [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Liverpool [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead [2]

Manchester [2]

Warrington [2]

Aston, Warwwickshire [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Ballingary, Co. Limerick [1]

Ballymena [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Baltimore, Maryland [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bathurst, New South Wales [1]

Belgrave, Leicester [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blyth South Australia [1]

Boggabilla New South Wales [1]

Booligal New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Buckley, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Captains Flat New South Wales [1]

Chakrata, Bengal. 08th March 1882 [1]

Charlton, Woolwich [1]

Churton, Cheshire [1]

Derby England [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Galway [1]

Gent [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Glenelg South Australia [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Haydock, Lancashire [1]

Hobart [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Hoole, Cheshire [1]

Hounslow England [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Kent England [1]

Kiama New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [118]

Lieutenant [25]

Lance Corporal [15]

Captain [14]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [9]

Serjeant [9]

Major [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [6]

Staff Nurse [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Honorary Captain [2]

Matron [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Gunner [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Technical) [1]

Munition Worker [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Seaman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Soldaat 2 kl BV [1]

Staff Nurse and Sister [1]

Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

War Artist [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [53]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Australian Infantry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3]

Australian Army Medical Corps [3]

Australian Army Nursing Service [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

2nd Light Horse Brigade [2]

3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [2]

4th Light Horse Brigade [2]

9th Bhopal Infantry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Indian Army [2]

Irish Guards [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [2]

"E" Training Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

10th Light Horse [1]

14th Australian General Hospital [1]

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Royal Hussars [1]

1st F S E [1]

1st Life Guards [1]

1st Light Horse Regiment [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

39th Battalion AIF [1]

3rd Australian Light Horse [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

5th Australian Field Ambulance [1]

Service

British Army [165]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [28]

B [27]

C [27]

W [24]

S [16]

G [15]

D [13]

H [13]

F [11]

K [11]

J [10]

P [10]

R [10]

A [8]

E [8]

L [4]

V [4]

N [3]

T [3]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [234]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Australia [3]

Belgium [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [246] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chester [52] Chester, Cheshire [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Liverpool [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birkenhead [2] Manchester [2] Warrington [2] Aston, Warwwickshire [1] Auckland NZ [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Ballingary, Co. Limerick [1] Ballymena [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Baltimore, Maryland [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bathurst, New South Wales [1] Belgrave, Leicester [1] Birmingham England [1] Blyth South Australia [1] Boggabilla New South Wales [1] Booligal New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Buckley, Flintshire, Wales [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Captains Flat New South Wales [1] Chakrata, Bengal. 08th March 1882 [1] Charlton, Woolwich [1] Churton, Cheshire [1] Derby England [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Galway [1] Gent [1] Gibraltar [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Hambleden, Buckinghamshire [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Haydock, Lancashire [1] Hobart [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Hoole, Cheshire [1] Hounslow England [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Kent England [1] Kiama New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [118] Lieutenant [25] Lance Corporal [15] Captain [14] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal [9] Serjeant [9] Major [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Driver [6] Gunner [6] Sapper [6] Staff Nurse [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [3] Honorary Captain [2] Matron [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Gunner [1] Flight Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Technical) [1] Munition Worker [1] Munitions Worker [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Seaman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Soldaat 2 kl BV [1] Staff Nurse and Sister [1] Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] War Artist [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [53] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Engineers [10] Labour Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Australian Infantry [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Welsh Regiment [4] 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3] Australian Army Medical Corps [3] Australian Army Nursing Service [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 2nd Light Horse Brigade [2] 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [2] 4th Light Horse Brigade [2] 9th Bhopal Infantry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Indian Army [2] Irish Guards [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [2] "E" Training Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] 10th Light Horse [1] 14th Australian General Hospital [1] 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Royal Hussars [1] 1st F S E [1] 1st Life Guards [1] 1st Light Horse Regiment [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 39th Battalion AIF [1] 3rd Australian Light Horse [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] 5th Australian Field Ambulance [1]

Service

British Army [165] Australian Imperial Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [4] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [28] B [27] C [27] W [24] S [16] G [15] D [13] H [13] F [11] K [11] J [10] P [10] R [10] A [8] E [8] L [4] V [4] N [3] T [3] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [234]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Australia [3] Belgium [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Michael Rogers

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 8538 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 8538 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Wilfred Wannostrocht Giblin

Born 1872

Australian Imperial Force Australian Army Medical Corps

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Army Medical Corps

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William Edward Lodewyk Hamilton Crowther

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 5th Australian Field Ambulance

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Army Medical Corps 7th Field Ambulance

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Maurice Maxwell

Born 1886

Australian Imperial Force 8648 Corporal Army Service Corps 4th Depot Unit of Supply

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 39th Battalion AIF

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Cyril Victor Clarence Wright

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force

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Arthur Mainwaring Maxwell

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Lieutenant 52nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 52nd Battalion

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Patrick Vincent Michael Ryan

Born 1881

Australian Imperial Force 1837

Australian Imperial Force 1837 7th Austrealian Light Horse

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Duncan Struan Maxwell

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 12610

Australian Imperial Force 447 Private 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment C Squadron

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry 52nd Battalion

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Andrew Sumpter

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 35147 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 35147 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Gowland

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Patrick Mcdonald

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 25051 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Kenneth Graeme Maxwell

Born 1884

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Charlotte Elizabeth Evans

Born 1889

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

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Claude Cadman Easterbrook

Australian Imperial Force 32

Australian Imperial Force Captain 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Major 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Reginald Frank William Taylor

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Lieutenant 26th Battalion

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John Welsh

Died 1918

British Army 10681 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Henry Southby

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry 39th Battalion AIF

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Rose Creal

Born 1867

Australian Imperial Force Matron Australian Army Nursing Service

Australian Imperial Force Matron Australian Army Nursing Service 14th Australian General Hospital

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Lionel Edwin Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 786

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William Pears Nicholes

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 36

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry 39th Battalion AIF

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