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Lancaster [15]

Lancaster district [12]

Lancaster, Lancashire [6]

Yarmouth district [6]

Norwich district [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Smallburgh district [4]

Great Yarmouth [3]

Old Buckenham [3]

Yarmouth [3]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Blofield [2]

Bromley [2]

Cambridge [2]

Halton on Lune [2]

Norwich [2]

Old Buckenham Norfolk [2]

Redhill [2]

Shrewsbury [2]

Aldsworth [1]

Askin, Lancs [1]

Athlunkard, Co, Limerick [1]

Attleborough [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Axminster district [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsley district [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Barton Turf [1]

Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Blofield district [1]

Bolton [1]

Bramhall, Cheshire [1]

Cartmel [1]

Chelsea district [1]

Chester le Street district [1]

Chesterton district [1]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Clerkenwell in London [1]

Cockermouth, Westmorland [1]

Coleford, Gloucestershire [1]

Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Dalton-In-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dudley [1]

East Ruston [1]

Eton district [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Fleggburgh [1]

Rank

Private [225]

Gunner [17]

Corporal [15]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Hand [1]

2nd Lt [1]

AM2 [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Section Leader [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Gun Layer [1]

Gun Layer 2nd Class [1]

Gunner (Signaller) [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman 3 [1]

Pioneer [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [63]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [37]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Border Regiment [10]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Royal Navy [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [113]

B [26]

H [26]

S [24]

W [24]

M [22]

C [21]

P [16]

T [15]

D [14]

L [12]

A [9]

N [7]

R [7]

F [6]

K [5]

J [4]

E [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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People [359] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lancaster [15] Lancaster district [12] Lancaster, Lancashire [6] Yarmouth district [6] Norwich district [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Smallburgh district [4] Great Yarmouth [3] Old Buckenham [3] Yarmouth [3] Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Blofield [2] Bromley [2] Cambridge [2] Halton on Lune [2] Norwich [2] Old Buckenham Norfolk [2] Redhill [2] Shrewsbury [2] Aldsworth [1] Askin, Lancs [1] Athlunkard, Co, Limerick [1] Attleborough [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Axminster district [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsley district [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Barton Turf [1] Barton Turf, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Blofield district [1] Bolton [1] Bramhall, Cheshire [1] Cartmel [1] Chelsea district [1] Chester le Street district [1] Chesterton district [1] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1] Clerkenwell in London [1] Cockermouth, Westmorland [1] Coleford, Gloucestershire [1] Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1] Dalton-In-Furness, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dudley [1] East Ruston [1] Eton district [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Fleggburgh [1]

Rank

Private [225] Gunner [17] Corporal [15] Driver [13] Serjeant [12] Captain [10] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [10] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Hand [1] 2nd Lt [1] AM2 [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Cadet [1] Chief Section Leader [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Conductor [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Fireman [1] Gun Layer [1] Gun Layer 2nd Class [1] Gunner (Signaller) [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman 3 [1] Pioneer [1]

Unit

Royal Lancaster Regiment [63] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [37] Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Norfolk Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] Border Regiment [10] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310] Royal Navy [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [113] B [26] H [26] S [24] W [24] M [22] C [21] P [16] T [15] D [14] L [12] A [9] N [7] R [7] F [6] K [5] J [4] E [3] I [2] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [316] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Jonathan Valentine Gedge

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 29112 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40497 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Isaac Watson

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11026

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11026 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Frederick Poole

British Army 30078 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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George William Foster

British Army 241741 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Gedge

British Army 1606 Private Norfolk Regiment 4th

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John Teasdale

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 2105 Private Non-Combatant Corps

Other Empire Force 2105 Private Non Combatant Corps

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George Gedge

Born 1893

Died 1962

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Arthur George Pannell

Born 1888

Died 1941

Royal Navy 229395

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Frederick Coulton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 17769 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 86523 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Jackson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 57371 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Allen

Died 1915

British Army 23542 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 4473 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Miller Bingham

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Claud Lacey Yea Dering

Born 1885

Died 1943

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Magnificent

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Percy Gedge Twyman

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Sth/555 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 10th (st Battalion

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Joseph Masheder

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T3/02265 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/3/022650 Driver Army Service Corps

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Percy Walter Frank Gedge

Born 1883

Died 1939

British Army 385100 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

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David Arthur Gedge

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 53140 Sapper Royal Engineers 8th Signal Coy.

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Cecil Bertie Gedge

Born 1866

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 3rd city of lond Battalion

British Army 669 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment Commissioned June 1915

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Simon William Richmond Mewburn

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Captain Hussars

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