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Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Ballachurry, Andreas, Isle of Man [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Benares [1]

Bengal [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Wirral [1]

Castletown, Isle of Man [1]

Castletown, Isle of Wight [1]

Douglas [1]

Egremont, Cheshire [1]

Fallowfield, Manchester [1]

Ford, Devon [1]

Hackney [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hunterville [1]

Johannesburg, Transvaal [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Maghull, Lancs [1]

Manchester ENGLAND [1]

Monimail, Fifeshire [1]

P [1]

Peel, Isle of Man [1]

Penrith,Cumberland. [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Sale, Cheshire [1]

Saltburn, Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough [1]

Sudbury, Suffolk [1]

Swindon [1]

Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1]

Tralee Co Kerry [1]

Winster, Derbyshire [1]

Yorks Ossett [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [49]

Private [38]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [28]

Lance Corporal [9]

Major [8]

Corporal [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Cadet [1]

Commander [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Indian Army [5]

London Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Officer Training Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [1]

17th Cavalry, deputy Political Resident to Persia [1]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

31st British Columbia Horse [1]

4th Royal Scots [1]

54th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) [1]

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) [1]

93rd Burma Infantry [1]

94th Russell's Infantry [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Canadian Forces [1]

Canadian Infantry Brigade [1]

Canadian Scottish [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [116]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [18]

B [17]

M [14]

C [10]

T [10]

H [9]

G [7]

A [6]

L [6]

N [6]

E [5]

P [5]

R [5]

W [4]

F [3]

J [3]

K [3]

D [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Ireland [1]

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People [135] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire [2] Ballachurry, Andreas, Isle of Man [1] Bedfordshire [1] Belfast [1] Benares [1] Bengal [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Wirral [1] Castletown, Isle of Man [1] Castletown, Isle of Wight [1] Douglas [1] Egremont, Cheshire [1] Fallowfield, Manchester [1] Ford, Devon [1] Hackney [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hunterville [1] Johannesburg, Transvaal [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Lymm, Cheshire [1] Maghull, Lancs [1] Manchester ENGLAND [1] Monimail, Fifeshire [1] P [1] Peel, Isle of Man [1] Penrith,Cumberland. [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Sale, Cheshire [1] Saltburn, Yorkshire [1] Scarborough [1] Sudbury, Suffolk [1] Swindon [1] Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1] Tralee Co Kerry [1] Winster, Derbyshire [1] Yorks Ossett [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [49] Private [38] Lieutenant [30] Captain [28] Lance Corporal [9] Major [8] Corporal [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Commander [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Second Engineer [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Indian Army [5] London Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Engineers [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Officer Training Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [1] 17th Cavalry, deputy Political Resident to Persia [1] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 31st British Columbia Horse [1] 4th Royal Scots [1] 54th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) [1] 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) [1] 93rd Burma Infantry [1] 94th Russell's Infantry [1] 9th Lancers [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Canadian Forces [1] Canadian Infantry Brigade [1] Canadian Scottish [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [116] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4] Royal Navy [4] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [18] B [17] M [14] C [10] T [10] H [9] G [7] A [6] L [6] N [6] E [5] P [5] R [5] W [4] F [3] J [3] K [3] D [1] O [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Ireland [1]

George Ewan Christian Thomson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

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Peter Alexander Mccraken

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army TR/2/24437 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Geoffrey Parker

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Percival Kermode Moore

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 203844 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Arthur Needham

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 113395 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Leonard Needham

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 21084 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Geoffrey Morris Rigby

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Henry Irvine Shakespear, C.i.e.

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Captain 17th Cavalry, deputy Political Resident to Persia

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John Gell

Born 1887

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1167

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William Ismay Spooner Hartley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Battalion

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Norman Hirst Lawrence Matear

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Reuben Sutcliffe

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3033 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Reginald John Lowcock

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

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Hugh Mcalister Allan-Black

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army GS/77570 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Scott

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Commander HMS Good Hope

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Idwal Benjamin Humphrey

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Hayhurst

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Alan W Wright

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15103 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Edwin Shimmin

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3743 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Gerald Herbert Johnson Barrett

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain 93rd Burma Infantry

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