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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Aberdeen [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Gloucester [2]

37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

48 1/2 Spital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

92 Leslie Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Amritsar [1]

Batala, Punjab [1]

Birmingham [1]

Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario [1]

Dublin City, County Dublin [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Heanor, Derbyshire [1]

Kirkby Malham, N Yorks [1]

Kirkcaldy [1]

Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall, Fife [1]

Kirkintilloch, Dumbartsonshire, Scotland [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Peterculter, Aberdeenshire [1]

Rattray, Perth [1]

Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Simla [1]

St Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Rank

Private [22]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [7]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Driver [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Scots [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1]

5th Dragoons Guards [1]

5th Dragoons Guards Attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

9th Reinforcements [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Cornwall Cadet Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS "Marmora" [1]

HMS "Roxburgh" [1]

HMS "Victory" [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Eaglet." [1]

Officer Training Corps [1]

Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Reinforcements Williamstown [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Park [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Siege & Heavy Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [42]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Royal Navy [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [9]

R [8]

B [5]

M [5]

E [4]

H [4]

S [4]

T [4]

W [3]

J [2]

L [2]

P [2]

D [1]

G [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [5] Aberdeen [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Gloucester [2] 37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] 48 1/2 Spital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] 92 Leslie Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Amritsar [1] Batala, Punjab [1] Birmingham [1] Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario [1] Dublin City, County Dublin [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Heanor, Derbyshire [1] Kirkby Malham, N Yorks [1] Kirkcaldy [1] Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall, Fife [1] Kirkintilloch, Dumbartsonshire, Scotland [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Peterculter, Aberdeenshire [1] Rattray, Perth [1] Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Simla [1] St Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Rank

Private [22] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [7] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Captain [3] Major [3] Driver [2] Sapper [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain 2nd Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Scots [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1] 5th Dragoons Guards [1] 5th Dragoons Guards Attached Royal Flying Corps [1] 9th Reinforcements [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corp [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Cornwall Cadet Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS "Marmora" [1] HMS "Roxburgh" [1] HMS "Victory" [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Eaglet." [1] Officer Training Corps [1] Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Reinforcements Williamstown [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Park [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Siege & Heavy Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [42] Australian Imperial Force [5] Royal Navy [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [9] R [8] B [5] M [5] E [4] H [4] S [4] T [4] W [3] J [2] L [2] P [2] D [1] G [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Australia [3] Canada [3] India [2] Ireland [1]

Frederick Harper

Died 1918

British Army 251965 Acting Serjeant Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

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Sidney Albert Johnstone

Died 1916

British Army 61868 Driver Royal Horse Artillery "T" Battery

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Herbert Eckersall

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14561 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frederick Alfred Knight

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 905177

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Harold Cliffe Speakman

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Private Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Robert Torrance

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 222389 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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The Marquess Of Douro, Arthur Charles Wellesley

Born 1876

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Special List

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

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Joseph Domakin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3271 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3271 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry 1st/1st

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Henry Arthur Cran England

Born 1899

Died 1921

British Army 92983 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd/1st Highland Field Ambulance

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Bernard Conyngham Corfield, Mid

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Hay

Died 1917

British Army 23414 Private Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army 3849 Private Labour Corps 7th Company

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Conrad Laurence Corfield

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Redfern

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 34732 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 42113 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Twittey

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14716 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 14716 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Maurice Adam Black

Died 1917

British Army Major 5th Dragoons Guards

British Army Major 5th Dragoons Guards Attached Royal Flying Corps

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