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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 Hodgkiss Critchley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6600 Manchester Regiment

British Army 277333 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd./7th. Battalion

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George Simpson Stott

British Army 33578 Private Machine Gun Corps.

British Army 33578 Transport Serjeant Machine Gun Corps.

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Alfred Stott

British Army 240736 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment. 2nd./5th. Battalion

British Army 240736 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment. 1st./5th. Battalion

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F L Stott

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps.

British Army 5072 Manchester Regiment 3rd./10th. Battalion

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Allan Stout

British Army 38853 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Seville Stott

British Army 41453 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Lewis Stott

British Army 375043 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry Stott

British Army 3955 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110533 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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William Harle Stott

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Richard John Swanton

Born 1903

Died 1918

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 20934 - (Formerly 373060, in Royal Army Service C) Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion - Formerly Royal Army Service Corps.

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William Stott

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy 5/141 Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

Royal Navy 5/141 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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John Stott

British Army 85420 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edwin Stott

British Army 104148 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Joseph Stott

British Army 201130 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 201130 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Virgo

Born 1897

British Army 22989 Private Lancashire Fusiliers attached Trench Mortar Battery

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