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Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2]

9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff, Wales [1]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [1]

Cirencester, Gloustershire [1]

Coventry [1]

Crewe [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Drimeden Otagow [1]

Earby [1]

Far Headingley Vicarage, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Farnworth, Bolton [1]

Foleshill, Warwickshire [1]

Glynceiriog,Denbighshire [1]

Heaton Moor [1]

Hornsby [1]

Kaarimba, Victoria [1]

Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall [1]

King's Norton [1]

Knutsford [1]

Knutsford,Cheshire [1]

Lampeter, Cardiganshire [1]

Lavendon, Buckinghamshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1]

Lenton, Nottingham [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lucknow [1]

Lydney,Chepstow,Gloucestershire. [1]

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]

Mottisfont, Hampshire [1]

Nantwich, Ches [1]

Nottingham, England [1]

Penarth [1]

Poland - Russia [1]

Royston Hertfordshire [1]

Salford Lancashire [1]

Sheffield England [1]

Shoreham, Kent [1]

Solihull,Yardley,Worcestershire. [1]

South Koorg [1]

St.Giles, London [1]

Swansea [1]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [113]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [4]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [18]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

15th Hussars [1]

3rd Infantry Brigade [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [152]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Last name first letter

B [21]

H [18]

S [15]

M [14]

P [14]

D [12]

L [11]

W [10]

A [8]

F [8]

G [8]

T [8]

C [4]

I [4]

J [4]

E [3]

N [3]

R [3]

V [3]

K [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2] 9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Wales [1] Chesterton, Staffordshire [1] Cirencester, Gloustershire [1] Coventry [1] Crewe [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Doncaster [1] Drimeden Otagow [1] Earby [1] Far Headingley Vicarage, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Farnworth, Bolton [1] Foleshill, Warwickshire [1] Glynceiriog,Denbighshire [1] Heaton Moor [1] Hornsby [1] Kaarimba, Victoria [1] Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall [1] King's Norton [1] Knutsford [1] Knutsford,Cheshire [1] Lampeter, Cardiganshire [1] Lavendon, Buckinghamshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1] Lenton, Nottingham [1] Liverpool [1] Lucknow [1] Lydney,Chepstow,Gloucestershire. [1] Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1] Mottisfont, Hampshire [1] Nantwich, Ches [1] Nottingham, England [1] Penarth [1] Poland - Russia [1] Royston Hertfordshire [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Sheffield England [1] Shoreham, Kent [1] Solihull,Yardley,Worcestershire. [1] South Koorg [1] St.Giles, London [1] Swansea [1] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [113] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [13] Lieutenant [10] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [5] Serjeant [4] Driver [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [18] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Army Service Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 15th Hussars [1] 3rd Infantry Brigade [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [152] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [4]

Last name first letter

B [21] H [18] S [15] M [14] P [14] D [12] L [11] W [10] A [8] F [8] G [8] T [8] C [4] I [4] J [4] E [3] N [3] R [3] V [3] K [2] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

Edgar Davies

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 201160 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 201160 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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John Melean

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 302500 Tank Corps

British Army 39634 Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army T2/12239 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Robinson Duckworth

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/614/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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George Fellows

British Army 44035 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Alfred Longshaw

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10502 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Walter Kemeys Francis Goodall Warneford A.f.c.

Born 1895

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, North Sea Airship N.S. 11

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William George Upton

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 213 Squadron

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Hugh Evans

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 267549 24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Battalion

British Army 267549 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Alfred Agg

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15370 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ronald Andrew

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 32602 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army 50712 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Sydney Herbert Firth

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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George Beck

British Army 6229 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 6229 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Owen Jones

Died 1918

British Army L/24117 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward J Pratt

British Army B/19602 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Hubert William Lewis

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 16224 Private Welsh Regiment

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F W Holmes

British Army 9376 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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