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Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [48]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England. [12]

Manchester [8]

Leigh, Lancashire, England [7]

Astley, Lancashire, England [6]

Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4]

Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3]

Tyldesley, Lancashire [3]

Atherton, Lancashire, England [2]

Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2]

Bolton [2]

Burnley [2]

Darlington [2]

Halifax [2]

Hindley, Lancashire, England. [2]

Hindsford, Lancashire, England [2]

Hindsford, Lancashire, England. [2]

Leigh Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Leigh. Lancashire. [2]

Mells, Somerset [2]

Middlesbrough [2]

Oldham [2]

Oldham, Lancs. [2]

St. Helens [2]

Tyldesley, Lancashire. [2]

Wigan, Lancashire, England [2]

'Old Swan' Liverpool. England. [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland. [1]

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ashby-de-la-zouch [1]

Ashton - Under - Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-Under-Lynne. Lancashire. England. [1]

Aspull, Lancashire, England. [1]

Astley [1]

Astley, Lancashire, England. [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Atherton, Lancashire, England. [1]

Atherton. Lancashire. England. [1]

Bacup [1]

Bacup. Lancashire. [1]

Balham. London. [1]

Ballydehob, Co Cork [1]

Barnsley. Yorkshire. [1]

Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1]

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1]

Berthengarn, Flint, England [1]

Birmingham. Warwick. [1]

Blackfriars [1]

Rank

Private [1260]

Corporal [121]

Gunner [97]

Driver [81]

Serjeant [77]

Lance Corporal [67]

Second Lieutenant [55]

Sapper [42]

Lieutenant [33]

Captain [31]

Pioneer [22]

Acting Corporal [18]

Bombardier [17]

Rifleman [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Guardsman [6]

Major [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Private. [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Corporal. [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Driver./Lance Bombardier [2]

Engineer Clerk Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal. [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st. Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

A. Bombardier [1]

A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [150]

Lancashire Fusiliers [136]

Labour Corps [134]

Royal Field Artillery [110]

Royal Engineers [70]

Liverpool Regiment [69]

Army Service Corps [60]

Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

West Riding Regiment [53]

Army Service Corps. [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps. [42]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [39]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Durham Light Infantry [36]

Royal Army Service Corps. [35]

Cheshire Regiment [31]

Machine Gun Corps. [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

Manchester Regiment. [23]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers. [20]

East Lancashire Regiment. [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers. [17]

Border Regiment [16]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps. [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

South Lancashire Regiment. [15]

Liverpool Regiment. [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Engineers. [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers. [13]

Durham Light Infantry. [12]

Labour Corps. [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment. [12]

Border Regiment. [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps. [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Defence Corps. [11]

Royal Field Artillery. [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment. [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1735]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1471]

H [38]

B [36]

C [25]

W [25]

P [20]

R [17]

A [16]

G [16]

T [14]

D [12]

M [12]

J [11]

F [9]

L [9]

E [7]

K [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

N [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1752]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [323]

Canada [5]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [48] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England. [12] Manchester [8] Leigh, Lancashire, England [7] Astley, Lancashire, England [6] Leigh, Lancashire, England. [4] Oldham. Lancashire. England. [3] Tyldesley, Lancashire [3] Atherton, Lancashire, England [2] Blackburn. Lancashire. England. [2] Bolton [2] Burnley [2] Darlington [2] Halifax [2] Hindley, Lancashire, England. [2] Hindsford, Lancashire, England [2] Hindsford, Lancashire, England. [2] Leigh Lancashire [2] Leigh, Lancashire [2] Leigh. Lancashire. [2] Mells, Somerset [2] Middlesbrough [2] Oldham [2] Oldham, Lancs. [2] St. Helens [2] Tyldesley, Lancashire. [2] Wigan, Lancashire, England [2] 'Old Swan' Liverpool. England. [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Scotland. [1] Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ashby-de-la-zouch [1] Ashton - Under - Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-Under-Lynne. Lancashire. England. [1] Aspull, Lancashire, England. [1] Astley [1] Astley, Lancashire, England. [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Atherton, Lancashire, England. [1] Atherton. Lancashire. England. [1] Bacup [1] Bacup. Lancashire. [1] Balham. London. [1] Ballydehob, Co Cork [1] Barnsley. Yorkshire. [1] Bedford. Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1] Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1] Berthengarn, Flint, England [1] Birmingham. Warwick. [1] Blackfriars [1]

Rank

Private [1260] Corporal [121] Gunner [97] Driver [81] Serjeant [77] Lance Corporal [67] Second Lieutenant [55] Sapper [42] Lieutenant [33] Captain [31] Pioneer [22] Acting Corporal [18] Bombardier [17] Rifleman [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Lance Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Captain [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Guardsman [6] Major [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Private. [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Corporal. [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Driver./Lance Bombardier [2] Engineer Clerk Corporal [2] Lance Corporal. [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st. Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] A. Bombardier [1] A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) [1] Able Seaman [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [150] Lancashire Fusiliers [136] Labour Corps [134] Royal Field Artillery [110] Royal Engineers [70] Liverpool Regiment [69] Army Service Corps [60] Royal Garrison Artillery [59] West Riding Regiment [53] Army Service Corps. [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Royal Army Medical Corps. [42] King's Own Scottish Borderers [39] Machine Gun Corps [37] Durham Light Infantry [36] Royal Army Service Corps. [35] Cheshire Regiment [31] Machine Gun Corps. [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] Manchester Regiment. [23] London Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] East Lancashire Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers. [20] East Lancashire Regiment. [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Lancashire Fusiliers. [17] Border Regiment [16] Royal Army Ordnance Corps. [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] South Lancashire Regiment. [15] Liverpool Regiment. [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Engineers. [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers. [13] Durham Light Infantry. [12] Labour Corps. [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment. [12] Border Regiment. [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps. [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Defence Corps. [11] Royal Field Artillery. [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] West Yorkshire Regiment. [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1735] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1471] H [38] B [36] C [25] W [25] P [20] R [17] A [16] G [16] T [14] D [12] M [12] J [11] F [9] L [9] E [7] K [4] O [3] Y [3] I [2] N [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1752] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [323] Canada [5] South Africa [2] United States [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Edward Bootle

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 56510 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Greenwood Baker

Born 1889

Died 1970

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 150433 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 134th. Heavy Battery

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Peter Birchall

Died 1918

British Army 28503 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19th. Battalion

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Abel Stott

Born 1874

British Army Private Army Service Corps./Labour Corps.

British Army 306694 Private Labour Corps. 730. Lab. Coy.

British Army 19165 Private Army Service Corps. 728. Lab. Coy.

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Archibald Joseph Swalwell

Born 1885

Died 1928

British Army 9/2645 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st./9th. Battalion

British Army 323510 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st./9th Battalion

British Army 325310 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st/9th.Battalion

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John Miller Stott

Born 1889

British Army 24488 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd. Battalion (Reserve)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122184 A. Mech. 3. (Labourer) Royal Flying Corps.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122184 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Kite Balloon Section (BP)

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Herbert Houghton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1622 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240308 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240308 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st./5th. Battalion

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Henry Knowles

Died 1917

British Army 2783 Private Manchester Regiment 5th. Battalion

British Army 43785 Private Manchester Regiment 18th. Battalion

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Albert Whittle

Died 1916

British Army 26366 Private "11th. Bn." Liverpool Regiment 11th. Battalion

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Joseph Swindells

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 7181 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd. Battalion

British Army 7181 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st. Battalion

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Patrick Mcvay

Died 1916

British Army 12264 Private Border Regiment 8th. Battalion

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Frederick Stott

Born 1878

British Army 17468 Private Border Regiment 11th. Battalion 'Lonsdale Battalion'

British Army 64478 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd. Garrison Battalion

British Army P/15196 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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Edward Rawle

British Army T2SR/02897 Driver Army Service Corps. No 1. Corps.

British Army T2SR/02897 Driver Army Service Corps. 37th. Reserve Park

British Army T2SR/02897 Driver Army Service Corps. 3rd. B.H.T.D.

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Snowden Longfellow

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army M2/098166 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/098166 Acting Corporal Royal Army Service Corps.

British Army M2/098166 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps.

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James Henry Weilding

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 9503 Private Manchester Regiment 17th. Battalion

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George Herbert Stott

Born 1893

British Army 17/15517 Corporal Liverpool Regiment.

British Army 113571 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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John Trumble

Died 1916

British Army 13940 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th. Battalion

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Harry Berry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12748 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241996 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241996 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st./5th. Battalion

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Levi Sutton

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 18/163 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/163 Pte Durham Light Infantry 15th Bn

British Army 18/163 Pte 18(Service)(1st County) Durham Pals

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John George Butterfield

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 99906 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 99906 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 230th. Siege Battery

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