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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]

Charles Maltby Broadbent

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645658

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645658 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645658 Private 54th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 54th Battalion

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Edward Hulton Taylor

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen Mary's Own Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Charles Edward Tudor-Jones

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Milton Lewis

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army Captain Frontier Force Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arthur Robert Burton

Born 1873

Died 1918

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 94th Russell's Infantry

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John Bowler Karran

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 9th Battalion

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Robert E Quine

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 347515 Private Labour Corps

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Rupert Edward Holden Lockley

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Major West African Field Force attached Gordon Highlanders

British Army Major Gordon Highlanders

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Stanley Burnet

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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William Andrew Turnbull

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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John Oscar Pilkington

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 21425 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 20th Squadron

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Bass Durant Capper

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 28262 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Captain Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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William Beckton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th (Flintshire) Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th (Flintshire) Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th (Flintshire) Battalion

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Richard Claude Cain, D.f.c.

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Thomas Edward Moore-Lane

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

British Army Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

British Army Captain Indian Army

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