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62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Chester [2]

21 Oulton Close, Newton, Chester [1]

317 Childer Thornton R.S.D [1]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [1]

Birkenhead, Liverpool [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Church Cottages, Chelford [1]

Deptford,Surrey [1]

Dodcunwilksley, Cheshire [1]

Kingsley [1]

Lache Dennis, Cheshire [1]

Lawrence [1]

Little Compton, near Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Glos [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Merthyr, Glamorgan [1]

Newtown, Chester [1]

Northwich [1]

Nottingham [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Saltney, Chester [1]

Seacombe [1]

St Mary's, Chester [1]

St.Oswald's, Chester [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1]

Whitegate, Wilmslow [1]

Widnes [1]

Willaston, Chester [1]

Winsford [1]

Wootton Bassett [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Gunner [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [7]

Driver [5]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Driver/Signaller [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing & Carriage Smith Corporal [1]

Shoeing & Carriage Smith Sergeant [1]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith Corporal [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [48]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

3rd Divisional Cyclist Company [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Kings Own ShropShire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1]

No.2 General Hospital [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Otago Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [127]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [16]

W [15]

B [12]

L [12]

S [12]

H [11]

C [8]

G [8]

D [7]

P [7]

R [6]

T [5]

F [3]

J [3]

A [1]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

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62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Chester [2] 21 Oulton Close, Newton, Chester [1] 317 Childer Thornton R.S.D [1] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester [1] Birkenhead, Liverpool [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Cheshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Church Cottages, Chelford [1] Deptford,Surrey [1] Dodcunwilksley, Cheshire [1] Kingsley [1] Lache Dennis, Cheshire [1] Lawrence [1] Little Compton, near Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Glos [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Merthyr, Glamorgan [1] Newtown, Chester [1] Northwich [1] Nottingham [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Saltney, Chester [1] Seacombe [1] St Mary's, Chester [1] St.Oswald's, Chester [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1] Whitegate, Wilmslow [1] Widnes [1] Willaston, Chester [1] Winsford [1] Wootton Bassett [1]

Rank

Private [94] Gunner [16] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [7] Driver [5] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Driver/Signaller [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shoeing & Carriage Smith Corporal [1] Shoeing & Carriage Smith Sergeant [1] Shoeing and Carriage Smith Corporal [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [48] Royal Field Artillery [13] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Engineers [4] Labour Corps [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 3rd Divisional Cyclist Company [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Kings Own ShropShire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1] No.2 General Hospital [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Otago Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [127] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [16] W [15] B [12] L [12] S [12] H [11] C [8] G [8] D [7] P [7] R [6] T [5] F [3] J [3] A [1] K [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

Albert Darlington

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 13123 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13123 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13123 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Gribbin

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army B/226 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army B/226 Private Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

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Henry Langley

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 21974 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Edwin Alfred Roberts

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 45571 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 45571 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Edward Lethbridge

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 13146 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 13146 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 'C' Company 6th Battalion

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Charles Shepherd

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 9741 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9741 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edward Mulloy

Died 1917

British Army 4660 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 39340 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 39430 Private South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion

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John Hughes

Died 1917

British Army 200658 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Henry Jacks

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 13910 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 13910 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Stanley George Watson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2224 Drummer Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2224 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2224 Drummer Cheshire Regiment 1 Platoon, A Company

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John Warburton

Died 1918

British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps XIX

British Army 203 West Lancashire Divisional Cycling Company

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Joseph Procter

Died 1917

British Army 46539 Private Machine Gun Corps 24th Battalion

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Alfred Flynn

British Army 8208 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Bowers

Born 1895

British Army 7821 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11563 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 39th Battalion

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Joseph Gilhooley

Died 1917

British Army 979 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 685208 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 685208 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 'C' Battery 277th Army Brigade

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Robert Webster

Died 1918

British Army 18476 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Peter Monaghan

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1742 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 1742 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion

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John William Royle

Died 1966

British Army 350550 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Leighton

Died 1941

British Army 58189 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Wingfield

Died 1962

British Army 38915 Private South Wales Borderers

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