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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]

Thomas Ryan

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7923 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7923 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Hebblethwaite

Born 1887

Died 1955

British Army 6530 Quarter Master Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6530 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6530 Sergeant KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS

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George Eastham

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8973 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 8973 Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Peter Billington

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2326 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 676699 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Blezard

Died 1916

British Army 112443 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Dodgson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3778 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 687278 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Arthur Baron

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army L/2830 Driver Royal Field Artillery 56th Brigade

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William John Hurding

Born 1891

Royal Navy 237075 Leading Seaman HMS CANADA

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Henry Cragg

Born 1896

British Army 11982 Private Scots Guards

British Army 786 Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Charles Wormald

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11984 Private Scots Guards

British Army 11984 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 11984 Lance Corporal

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Ernest Wright

Died 1914

British Army 11315 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Vincent Stephenson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 200052 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 119 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion T/F

British Army 200052 Sergeant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Nicholas Isles

Born 1895

British Army 22132 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest Eaton

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3047

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William Metcalf

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 204097 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Wilfred Greenwood

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130520

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James C Lynch

Died 1918

British Army 21158 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36281 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Norris

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 67414 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Mclaughlin

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 21026 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Albert Wilson

Died 1914

British Army 10410 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10410 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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