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Place of birth

Manchester [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Liverpool [2]

Salford [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Altricham, Cheshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bennington, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolton [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Booterstown, Co Dublin [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Co. Monaghan [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dowlais, Glamorganshire [1]

Downton, Wiltshire [1]

Edmonton, Hertfordshire [1]

Ellesmere Port [1]

Flixton, Lancashire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Heworth, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Hurlford, Ayrshire [1]

Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Aryshire [1]

Hylton, County Durham [1]

Islington [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

London, Greater London [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Nelson, Lancashire [1]

New Mills, Derbyshire [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Pokeston Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

Possil Park, Larnarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Gunner [6]

Captain [5]

Serjeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Bombardier [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

A/Sergeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Flight Clerk [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Boy, 2nd Class [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Machinist (recess) and Gauger [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Clerk [1]

Sowar [1]

Sto. 2 [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

HMS Marlborough [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS Calendonia [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS Leander [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Wildfire [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers Transport [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [92]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [21]

C [15]

H [11]

M [11]

W [11]

B [9]

T [6]

G [5]

R [5]

K [4]

P [4]

F [3]

L [3]

A [2]

N [2]

D [1]

J [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [89]

Ireland [3]

Australia [1]

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People [116] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester [7] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Liverpool [2] Salford [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Altricham, Cheshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bennington, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Booterstown, Co Dublin [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Co. Monaghan [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dowlais, Glamorganshire [1] Downton, Wiltshire [1] Edmonton, Hertfordshire [1] Ellesmere Port [1] Flixton, Lancashire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Heworth, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Hurlford, Ayrshire [1] Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Aryshire [1] Hylton, County Durham [1] Islington [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] London, Greater London [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] New Mills, Derbyshire [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Pokeston Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Possil Park, Larnarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [56] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Gunner [6] Captain [5] Serjeant [4] Sapper [3] Bombardier [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] A/Sergeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Flight Clerk [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Boy, 2nd Class [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Flight Clerk [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Machinist (recess) and Gauger [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Second Class Air Mechanic [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Clerk [1] Sowar [1] Sto. 2 [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Marines Medical Unit [6] Army Service Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] HMS Marlborough [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Scots Guards [2] Scottish Rifles [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Light Horse [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS Calendonia [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS Leander [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Wildfire [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lancashire Fusiliers Transport [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [92] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [21] C [15] H [11] M [11] W [11] B [9] T [6] G [5] R [5] K [4] P [4] F [3] L [3] A [2] N [2] D [1] J [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [89] Ireland [3] Australia [1]

Sidney Witts

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 43134 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Samuel Chedgzoy

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army 15839 Private Scots Guards

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John William Makin

Born 1895

Died 1982

Royal Navy 3799 Royal Marines Medical Unit

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Richard Foster

Born 1889

Died 1945

British Army 916 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Mcnerney

Born 1876

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139709

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John Birrell Smallshaw

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 77902 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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John James Blacklaw Borthwick

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army F/14 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Walter White

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 13th (Kent and Sussex) Fire Command RGA

British Army 96956 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 236th Siege Bty RGA

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Joseph William Henry Makepeace

Born 1881

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) First Class Air Mechanic

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Corporal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Corporal

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John Lordon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 649 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 204931 Private Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Pickston

Born 1880

Died 1972

British Army 231028 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Herbert J Clinton

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army 24422 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 959 Private Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion

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William F Connolly

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1547 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 1547 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 5th Battalion

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Dorothy Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1992

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Munitions Industry Ponders End Shell Factory

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Timothy J G Coleman

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army F/904 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Mossell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 8337 Private Royal Fusiliers

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James F Keech

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 21319 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Francis Thomas Skelton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16146 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 16146 Private 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 16146 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Frank Hodgkinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1244 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers Transport

British Army 711506 Lance Corporal Royal Artillery Transport

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Bertram Cox

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7671 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7671 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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