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Preston [17]

Preston, Lancashire [11]

Preston, Lancs. [2]

25 Clover Street, Preston [1]

Ashton on Ribble, Preston [1]

Askam, Lancashire [1]

Barrow [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1]

Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh [1]

Failsworth, Manchester [1]

Fishwick, PRESTON [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster [1]

Leyland, Lancs. [1]

Liverpool [1]

Pilling, Lancashire [1]

Preston England [1]

Preston Lancashire England [1]

Preston lancs [1]

Preston, Lancs [1]

Spittle Hill Yorkshire [1]

St Luke's, Great Harwood [1]

St Saviour's, Bamber Bridge [1]

St. Mary Bishophill, York [1]

Wakefield [1]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

Worksop [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Appointed Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Promoted Corporal [1]

Promoted Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Quatermaster Sergeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Scots Guards [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

2nd West Lancs R.F.A Territorial Forces [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

LONDON REGIMENT [1]

Loyal North Lancashire [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Guns Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Fiedl Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [13]

B [11]

R [7]

S [7]

C [6]

H [5]

E [4]

G [4]

D [3]

L [3]

M [3]

N [3]

A [2]

F [2]

K [2]

P [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

J [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [81]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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People [82] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Preston [17] Preston, Lancashire [11] Preston, Lancs. [2] 25 Clover Street, Preston [1] Ashton on Ribble, Preston [1] Askam, Lancashire [1] Barrow [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1] Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh [1] Failsworth, Manchester [1] Fishwick, PRESTON [1] Gibraltar [1] Horwich, Lancashire [1] Lancaster [1] Leyland, Lancs. [1] Liverpool [1] Pilling, Lancashire [1] Preston England [1] Preston Lancashire England [1] Preston lancs [1] Preston, Lancs [1] Spittle Hill Yorkshire [1] St Luke's, Great Harwood [1] St Saviour's, Bamber Bridge [1] St. Mary Bishophill, York [1] Wakefield [1] Whitehaven, Cumberland [1] Worksop [1]

Rank

Private [58] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Appointed Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Promoted Corporal [1] Promoted Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Quatermaster Sergeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Scots Guards [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 2nd West Lancs R.F.A Territorial Forces [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS CANADA [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] LONDON REGIMENT [1] Loyal North Lancashire [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Guns Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Fiedl Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [13] B [11] R [7] S [7] C [6] H [5] E [4] G [4] D [3] L [3] M [3] N [3] A [2] F [2] K [2] P [2] Y [2] I [1] J [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [81] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [60] Canada [1] India [1] Russian Federation [1]

Herbert Watson Atkinson

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 3/11427 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/11427 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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Harold Avon Price

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48262 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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George Reid

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 34355 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 34355 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 1918 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th, 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Barton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 24134 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24134 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Bond

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 25350 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 25350 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Francis Joseph Yates

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army 3941 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Johnson

Born 1889

British Army S/2277 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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John Reid

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 52 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Eddleston

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army 36916 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Bashall

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 83625 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Slater

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1578 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1578 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edwin Stocks

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 43553 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Dodgson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13061 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13061 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Swarbrick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50008 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 58163 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Maguire

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 11898 Private Scots Guards

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Robert Higgins

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 57246 Lance Corporal Machine Guns Corps (Infantry)

British Army 57246 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Joseph Garstang

Born 1888

Died 1928

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Frederick Foster

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 322626 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/277754 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Rose

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 29838 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Nicholson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 9253 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9253 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9253 Regimental Serjeant Major South Lancashire Regiment

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