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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]

Bertram Smith

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army SE/21104 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Ronald Harcourt Sanderson

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Captain Royal Field Artillery

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James Roy

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1929 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 202382 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 202382 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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William Murfitt

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1346 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Euclid Tesla Voltaire Thursby

Born 1893

Died 1969

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Lewis C Weller

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army 1605 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1605 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Oliver Hamilton

Born 1881

British Army 1663 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 431933 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR/176288 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Mitchell

Born 1880

British Army 16927 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Alfred J Salway

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 22937 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Alfred W Clunie

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army 15497 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 301249 Private Labour Corps

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John Hare

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 17832 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 17832 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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Frederick Collinson

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2213 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2213 Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Harold Edward Ross

Born 1896

Died 1995

British Army 8941 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Charles Whitworth

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 305229 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Henry James Kirsopp

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 16359 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Harry Marks

Born 1883

Died 1921

British Army 68187 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 44751 Private Labour Corps

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Percy Webb

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 18512 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Edward D Sewell

Born 1892

British Army 90358 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Albert James

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army 75119 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 75119 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery

British Army 75119 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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Wilfred Toman

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 358176 Private Liverpool Regiment

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