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Ormskirk, Lancashire [18]

Southport, Lancashire [18]

Liverpool [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [8]

Scarisbrick, Lancashire [8]

Birkdale, Lancashire [7]

Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [7]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [6]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bootle, Liverpool [2]

Crewe [2]

Glasgow [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Manchester [2]

Southport [2]

Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Wrexham [2]

Altoona [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackpool England [1]

Blechynden House, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bolton England [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bootle [1]

Bowen, Queensland [1]

Buckley, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Burnley [1]

Burnley, Lancs [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Buttevant [1]

Cainham, Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Camarthen, Wales [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [757]

Second Lieutenant [226]

Lance Corporal [148]

Captain [102]

Lieutenant [89]

Corporal [88]

Serjeant [71]

Rifleman [45]

Gunner [38]

Major [19]

Driver [17]

Sapper [14]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Trooper [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Reverend [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [566]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [81]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53]

Cheshire Regiment [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

King's Liverpool Regiment [36]

South Lancashire Regiment [32]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Royal Engineers [30]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Royal Flying Corps [18]

Labour Corps [17]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [16]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment Transport [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Officer Training Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Australian Infantry [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1276]

Royal Navy [40]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138]

H [123]

W [120]

M [117]

S [102]

C [101]

R [92]

P [80]

G [72]

L [58]

J [56]

D [54]

T [51]

E [43]

A [42]

F [36]

O [22]

K [18]

N [18]

I [8]

V [8]

Y [5]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1359]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [650]

Australia [4]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

Greenland [1]

India [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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People [1367] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ormskirk, Lancashire [18] Southport, Lancashire [18] Liverpool [17] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Birkenhead, Cheshire [8] Scarisbrick, Lancashire [8] Birkdale, Lancashire [7] Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, Lancashire [7] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [6] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bootle, Liverpool [2] Crewe [2] Glasgow [2] Kensington, London [2] Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancs [2] Liverpool England [2] Manchester [2] Southport [2] Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Wrexham [2] Altoona [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkdale, Lancashire, England [1] Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackpool England [1] Blechynden House, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bolton England [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bootle [1] Bowen, Queensland [1] Buckley, Flintshire, Wales [1] Burnley [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Buttevant [1] Cainham, Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Camarthen, Wales [1] Camden Town, London [1] Cardiff [1] Cheshire England [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [757] Second Lieutenant [226] Lance Corporal [148] Captain [102] Lieutenant [89] Corporal [88] Serjeant [71] Rifleman [45] Gunner [38] Major [19] Driver [17] Sapper [14] Lance Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Company Serjeant Major [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [4] Temporary Major [4] Trooper [4] Brigadier General [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Reverend [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [566] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [81] Royal Field Artillery [61] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53] Cheshire Regiment [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [37] King's Liverpool Regiment [36] South Lancashire Regiment [32] Machine Gun Corps [30] Royal Engineers [30] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Manchester Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Royal Flying Corps [18] Labour Corps [17] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [16] London Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment Transport [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Grenadier Guards [7] Officer Training Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Australian Infantry [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [5] Middlesex Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1276] Royal Navy [40] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138] H [123] W [120] M [117] S [102] C [101] R [92] P [80] G [72] L [58] J [56] D [54] T [51] E [43] A [42] F [36] O [22] K [18] N [18] I [8] V [8] Y [5] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1359] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [650] Australia [4] Ireland [3] Canada [2] Greenland [1] India [1] Russian Federation [1]

Charles Hesketh

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army 13173 Sergeant Liverpool Regiment 11th. ( Pioneer ) Battalion

British Army 42075 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 15th. ( Pioneer ) Battalion

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Frederick Mckay

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 5045 Company Quarter Master Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 5045 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Patrick Gannon

Born 1874

Died 1926

British Army 13087 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 424135 Private Labour Corps

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James Henry Simpson

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 240123 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment 1/6th Bn

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Matthias Porter

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 4459 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266712 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/7th

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Ernest Edward Bryan

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 15755 Company Sergeant King's Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 15755 King's Liverpool Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army King's Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion also called 1st City Battalion

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Charles Cain

Born 1883

Died 1950

British Army 43539 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 54382 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick Sharp

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 557 Private Australian Infantry 3rd Bn.

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William Cris Pass

Born 1891

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3318 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 30th Sqdn.

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James Edward Sutcliffe

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34633 Flight Serjeant

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Matthew Gannon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4232 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4232 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/7th

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Thomas Albert Pennington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 40177 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Pennington

Born 1877

Died 1939

British Army 16478 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 202333 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 202333 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/9th Battalion

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Edwin Ibbotson

Died 1917

British Army 107328 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Bn.

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William T Hunt

Died 1917

British Army 43489 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 4th Bn.

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Charles Gamble Bishop

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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James Charters

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5313 Private 24th Bn.

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John Hughes

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12090 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division H.M.S. "Suva."

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Albert Fredrick Horton

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2823

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John Joseph Gannon

Born 1886

Died 1935

British Army 4421 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266690 Private 7th King's Liverpool Regiment

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