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Boothstown, Lancashire [1]

Burrington, Somerset, England [1]

Cadishead (Barton) [1]

Carrington, Cheshire [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Irlam Lancashire [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [103]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Border Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

55th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1]

6th Manitoba Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Imperial Camel Corps [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Mexico City (Hong Kong) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Scots [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18]

P [13]

B [12]

S [10]

W [10]

H [9]

T [8]

A [7]

F [5]

J [5]

D [4]

G [4]

R [4]

C [3]

E [3]

O [3]

I [2]

K [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [125] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Boothstown, Lancashire [1] Burrington, Somerset, England [1] Cadishead (Barton) [1] Carrington, Cheshire [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Irlam Lancashire [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [103] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Border Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 55th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1] 6th Manitoba Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Imperial Camel Corps [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Mexico City (Hong Kong) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Scots [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [114] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18] P [13] B [12] S [10] W [10] H [9] T [8] A [7] F [5] J [5] D [4] G [4] R [4] C [3] E [3] O [3] I [2] K [2] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

George Hubert Darley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3336 6th Manitoba Regiment

British Army 43614 Private 6th Manitoba Regiment

British Army 235647 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Luke Taylor

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 26969 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 34956 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 26969 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Henry Johnson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 251046 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Scott

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59867

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59867 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Dennis

Died 1915

British Army 2688 Private Royal Scots

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Sydney Shelmerdine

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J35222

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Albert Edward Beard

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1052 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Stanley Rogerson

Born 1898

Royal Navy 1929 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Arthur Atkinson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202296 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest N Whitelegg

Died 1917

British Army 4337 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 291532 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Tom Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13696 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Pearson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 215027 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Darnton

Died 1917

British Army 12559 Private South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12559 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Pollard

Died 1915

British Army 2818 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Shepherd

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 25919 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frederick O Hickson

British Army 52252 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Briggs

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 29371 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 29371 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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George H Bracegirdle

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 26965 South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36249 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Wheaton

Died 1915

British Army 13714 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Wilde

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 31219 Private Manchester Regiment

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