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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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Place of birth

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]

John Stanley Richmond Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army M1/5908 Private Army Service Corps 8th. Divisional Ammunition Park

British Army M1/5908 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles Bushell

Died 1917

British Army 19560 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 28158 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st. Battalion

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Charles Owen

Died 1918

British Army T1/1957 Driver Army Service Corps No2 Lab. Co.

British Army T1/1957 Private Army Service Corps. No. 2 Lab. Co.

British Army B/202248 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 10th. Battalion

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William Blease

Died 1916

British Army 19226 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st. Battalion

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John William West

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 24798 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24798 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 17th. Bde. Ammunition Col.

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Jonathan Riding

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 16086 Private Durham Light Infantry 12th. Battalion

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Daniel Parry

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 14514 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 14514 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st. Battalion

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Walter Unsworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 16872 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 140731 Private Machine Gun Corps 19th. Battalion

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Robert Smallshaw

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 17216 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st. Battalion

British Army 17216 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Daniel Holland

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army W/3788 Driver Royal Field Artillery 121st. Bde.

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Alfred Anderson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21178 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th. Battalion

British Army 21178 Private "4th. Bn." The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Samuel Hopwood

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 12326 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th. Battalion

British Army 12326 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st./4th. Battalion

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John Harry Hanford Stott

Died 1916

British Army 8303 Private Manchester Regiment 17th. Battalion

British Army 8303 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment. 21st. Battalion

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James Stott

Died 1915

British Army 1511 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Cameron Highlanders. 4th. Battalion

British Army 1511 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Cameron Highlanders. 4th. Battalion

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Thomas Kelly

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 12993 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th. Battalion

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Robert Travers

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 20423 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 20423 Private Welsh Regiment Depot.

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George Thomas Barnes

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 13349 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 13349 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Arthur Stott

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2085 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 265298 Serjeant West Riding Regiment. 1st./6th. Battalion

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James Henry Gerrard

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 15821 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 8th. Battalion

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Harold Hardman

Died 1918

British Army 060668 Private. Army Service Corps.

British Army 34679 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st. Battalion

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