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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]

Percy Stringer

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 14/24046 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 41241 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Mcmahon

Died 1916

British Army 2928 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 29548 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William George Thompson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 34957 Private Manchester Regiment

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Stanley Shawcross

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13713 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 13713 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph L Taylor

British Army 25498 Private Manchester Regiment

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Clifford Mellor

British Army S/4648 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Mahoney

British Army G/4649 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Lister W Kaye

British Army 202712 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Sydney Stringer

British Army Spts4902 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Wilson

British Army 3113 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 306101 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Walter Joseph Charles Thomas

British Army 16753 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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D Mcconnell

British Army S/8037 Private Royal Highlanders

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Sydney Bebbington

British Army 3939 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 29740 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Moorcroft

British Army 15465 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas J Morgan

British Army 107842 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John H Arstall

British Army 5604 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202575 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Charles Walker

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 13991 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Warburton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 35146 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35146 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Leonard Greenwood

Died 1916

British Army 18196 Private South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 18196 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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