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Liverpool [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Beaminster [1]

Dromara Co.Down Northern Ireland [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Herefordshire Hope under Wm Dinmore [1]

Irvine, Scotland [1]

Lathbury, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1]

Liverpool, Toxteth Park [1]

Malpas, Cheshire [1]

Oswestry [1]

Overton, Flintshire [1]

Oxford [1]

St Peter, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Stourbridge [1]

West Deby, Liverpool [1]

Yardley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Gunner [18]

Lance Corporal [16]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [14]

Bombardier [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Scots Guards [16]

Grenadier Guards [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Irish Guards [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Machine Gun Guards [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Dragoons [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

3rd Dragoons Guards [1]

5th King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Euryalus [1]

HMS Turbulent [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

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

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

Liverpool Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment attached Manchester Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Military Police Corps [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [135]

Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

B [15]

H [13]

C [12]

D [11]

M [11]

S [11]

R [10]

W [8]

J [7]

T [6]

G [5]

K [5]

A [4]

F [4]

L [4]

P [4]

E [2]

N [2]

V [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [135]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [138] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Beaminster [1] Dromara Co.Down Northern Ireland [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Herefordshire Hope under Wm Dinmore [1] Irvine, Scotland [1] Lathbury, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1] Liverpool, Toxteth Park [1] Malpas, Cheshire [1] Oswestry [1] Overton, Flintshire [1] Oxford [1] St Peter, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Stourbridge [1] West Deby, Liverpool [1] Yardley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [79] Gunner [18] Lance Corporal [16] Serjeant [16] Corporal [14] Bombardier [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Driver [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [23] Scots Guards [16] Grenadier Guards [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11] Coldstream Guards [8] Irish Guards [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Machine Gun Guards [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Dragoons [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] 3rd Dragoons Guards [1] 5th King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Euryalus [1] HMS Turbulent [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] Liverpool Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment attached Manchester Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Military Police Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [135] Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

B [15] H [13] C [12] D [11] M [11] S [11] R [10] W [8] J [7] T [6] G [5] K [5] A [4] F [4] L [4] P [4] E [2] N [2] V [2] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [135]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

T T Cooke

British Army 14181 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Thomas W Royle

British Army L/37634 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert G Ward

Died 1919

British Army 594 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 622159 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

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Frederick Dacre

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 165288 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Birchall

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 22248 Private Coldstream Guards

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Alexander Capewell

Died 1915

British Army 5162 Private Scots Guards

British Army 5162 Serjeant Scots Guards

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Charles William Harding

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 4262 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201778 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Walter Johnson

Died 1914

British Army 6700 Private Scots Guards

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John Magill

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 13045 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 13045 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Patrick Forde

Died 1915

British Army 7881 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 7881 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 7881 Lance Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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James Kelly

Died 1915

British Army 2038 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2038 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Arthur Golder

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5342 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13394 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 5342 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Richard Foley Ashworth

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army L/24474 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/24474 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Thomas Bidder

Died 1915

British Army 8632 Private Coldstream Guards

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Stanley Davies

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20451 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 37015 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Albert Tarbuck

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 164893 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Laurence Wignall

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 7719 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Percy James Ratcliffe

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15974 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 15974 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred Shannon

Died 1915

British Army 10309 Private Scots Guards

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Ernest Knowles

Died 1918

British Army 29929 Private Grenadier Guards

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