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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]

Robert Riley

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 53013 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Timlin

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 2427 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 464126 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Bleasdale

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army S/3533 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Richard Snape

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4869 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Procter

British Army 19822 Private Border Regiment

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David Gedge

Born 1881

Died 1949

British Army 19858 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd

British Army 235062 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Edward Lawrence Gedge

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army 26929 Private Norfolk Regiment norfolk regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas De La Rue

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

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George Willie Gedge

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army 46005 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army G/66367 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Herbert Gedge

Born 1885

Died 1966

British Army 47192 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Henry Gardner

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 73985 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 72 Brigade

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Edward Victor Monks

Died 1917

British Army 4426 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201551 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Herbert Satterthwaite

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment 2/5 Battalion

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Mark Whitehead

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5316 Private Inns of Court Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment Transport

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Joseph Park Wilson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 66765 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Corless

Died 1917

British Army 6693 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17738 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18739 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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James Huxtable

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/618 Royal Naval Division

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Robert James Walker

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 306996 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/8th Battalion

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William Henry Dawson

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4674

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Edward Hoggarth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army T5/2118 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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