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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]

David William Palmer

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1167

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Arthur Green

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 24196 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 24196 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 50646 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 50646 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Gedge

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 5209 Private Leinster Regiment

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Ernest Turney

Died 1920

British Army 1821 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Lancelot Sanderosn

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 28179 Cadet Household Battalion Officer Cadet Battalion

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Charles Harold Rogers Gedge

Born 1876

Died 1970

British Army 541114 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Benjamin Crabtree

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army T4/1464 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Wilfred Wilson Thompson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1590 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Ezra Stephenson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 14388 Private West Riding Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Clifton Thexton

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3399

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James Dowbiggin Angus

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 24092 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 26260 (Incomplete) Private Royal Scots

British Army 26260 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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George Edward Nelson

Died 1918

British Army 240012 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 137 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Company Quartermaster Sergeant

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William Pellick

Died 1919

British Army 20408 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

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Edward Winder

Died 1915

British Army T5/2213 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Herbert Hunter

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 296 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Robinson

Died 1918

British Army 201090 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 360861 Private Labour Corps

British Army 20239 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Hobson

Born 1895

Died 1945

Royal Navy K20678

Royal Navy Stoker

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Joseph Sydney Andrews

Born 1891

Died 1945

Royal Navy K58497

Royal Navy D/K58497 Chief Stoker

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John Reginald Heath Gattey

Born 1880

Died 1944

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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