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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]

James Wilson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 944 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 944 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Rimmer

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 57824 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Holland

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 32950 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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James Joseph Ryan

Born 1892

Royal Navy Z/1488 Royal Naval Division

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John Frost

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 16031 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16031 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16031 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion.

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Clarence Alldred

British Army 15877 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Sudlow

British Army 3764 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John R S Bond

British Army 33627 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 29254 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Eve

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18232 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh)

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Thomas Allen

Died 1916

British Army 28784 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 28784 Drummer Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd (Garrison) Battalion.

British Army 23705 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

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William Furness

British Army 17351 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frederick Edge

British Army 40877 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 41528 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas H Owens

British Army 15719 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph E Morgan

British Army R 3685 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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J Mower

British Army 3169 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 125126 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Ogden

British Army 31066 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry Hingston

British Army R3686 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Richard Partington

British Army R3688 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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David Platt

British Army 37138 Private Liverpool Regiment

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George Ackerley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 13635 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 13635 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 13635 Private Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

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