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Preston [41]

Preston, Lancashire [37]

Preston Lancashire [18]

Preston, Lancs [12]

Preston, lancashire [6]

Chorley, Lancashire [4]

Leyland, Lancashire [2]

Preston lancs [2]

146 Barlow Street Preston Lancs [1]

25 Clover Street, Preston [1]

371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Lancs [1]

Aldershot, [1]

Ashton on Ribble, Preston [1]

Askam, Lancashire [1]

Bamber-Bridge,Preston, Lancs. [1]

Belfast [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackburn Lancashire. [1]

Blackburn, Lancs [1]

Blackburn, lancs [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bretherton, Lancs [1]

Brindle, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

CHORLEY, Lancashire [1]

Calder Vale [1]

Clifton Preston [1]

Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1]

Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Dalton-in-Furness [1]

Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh [1]

Farnworth, Bolton [1]

Fishwick, PRESTON [1]

Fladbury [1]

Fleetwood [1]

Freckleton, Lancs [1]

Fylde [1]

Heigham, Norwich [1]

Hull, Yorks [1]

Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Kensington, LIVERPOOL [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancashire Widnes [1]

Lea, Lancashire [1]

Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Liverpool [1]

Rank

Private [293]

Gunner [26]

Serjeant [23]

Lance Corporal [20]

Driver [17]

Corporal [16]

Sapper [15]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [7]

Bombardier [5]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

private [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pte [3]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain The Reverend [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Gunner Bombadier [1]

Gunner Gunner [1]

L/CPL [1]

L/Corporal [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer Sergeant [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [1]

Reverend [1]

S.S.M [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler Serjeant [1]

corporal [1]

private -baker [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [178]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [75]

Royal Field Artillery [46]

East Lancashire Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Border Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Loyal North Lancashire [3]

Loyal North Lancs [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

1/6th Lancashire Regiment [1]

10th Loyal North Lancashire [1]

12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

1st Base Depot Medical Stores [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

2/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [403]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [177]

C [83]

A [65]

H [20]

W [13]

S [9]

R [8]

D [6]

M [6]

P [4]

E [2]

F [2]

G [2]

L [2]

N [2]

T [2]

V [2]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [412]

Country

United Kingdom [196]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Preston [41] Preston, Lancashire [37] Preston Lancashire [18] Preston, Lancs [12] Preston, lancashire [6] Chorley, Lancashire [4] Leyland, Lancashire [2] Preston lancs [2] 146 Barlow Street Preston Lancs [1] 25 Clover Street, Preston [1] 371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Lancs [1] Aldershot, [1] Ashton on Ribble, Preston [1] Askam, Lancashire [1] Bamber-Bridge,Preston, Lancs. [1] Belfast [1] Bermondsey [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn Lancashire. [1] Blackburn, Lancs [1] Blackburn, lancs [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bretherton, Lancs [1] Brindle, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] CHORLEY, Lancashire [1] Calder Vale [1] Clifton Preston [1] Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1] Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1] Dalton-in-Furness [1] Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh [1] Farnworth, Bolton [1] Fishwick, PRESTON [1] Fladbury [1] Fleetwood [1] Freckleton, Lancs [1] Fylde [1] Heigham, Norwich [1] Hull, Yorks [1] Ince Wigan, Lancashire [1] Kensington, LIVERPOOL [1] Lancashire [1] Lancashire Widnes [1] Lea, Lancashire [1] Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Liverpool [1]

Rank

Private [293] Gunner [26] Serjeant [23] Lance Corporal [20] Driver [17] Corporal [16] Sapper [15] Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [7] Bombardier [5] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] private [4] Acting Corporal [3] Pte [3] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain The Reverend [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Gunner Bombadier [1] Gunner Gunner [1] L/CPL [1] L/Corporal [1] L/Cpl [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Pioneer Sergeant [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [1] Reverend [1] S.S.M [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Sergeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler Serjeant [1] corporal [1] private -baker [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [178] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [75] Royal Field Artillery [46] East Lancashire Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Border Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9] Army Service Corps [8] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8] Labour Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Scots Guards [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Loyal North Lancashire [3] Loyal North Lancs [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Training Reserve [2] 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 1/6th Lancashire Regiment [1] 10th Loyal North Lancashire [1] 12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 1st Base Depot Medical Stores [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 2/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 20th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [403] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [177] C [83] A [65] H [20] W [13] S [9] R [8] D [6] M [6] P [4] E [2] F [2] G [2] L [2] N [2] T [2] V [2] I [1] J [1] K [1] O [1] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [412]

Country

United Kingdom [196] Australia [1] France [1] India [1]

John Harrison

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 202172 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5054 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 202172 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion (Territorial)

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Thomas Leo Baines

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Division

British Army Captain The Reverend Attached to Royal Field Artillery A Battery 152nd Brigade

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James Swift

Born 1886

British Army 39196 Private Labour Corps

British Army TR/3/4969 Training Reserve 49th Battalion

British Army 39196 Private Labour Corps

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John Lawrence Brindle

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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Edward Abley

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army P.4914 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Robert William Service

Born 1874

Died 1958

Other Empire Force Certificate number 3376 British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Herbert William Allan

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 73512 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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David Kirby

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 10374 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Gilbert Lee

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2641 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2641 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Percival Parker

Born 1887

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Frederick Anderton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11235 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Richard Durham

British Army 2618 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 250505 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Parkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 13097 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion (Service)

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Henry Rankin

Born 1895

British Army 2790 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 339661 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Norburn James Craven

Born 1884

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Attached Warwickshire Office

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John Harrison

Born 1878

British Army 21887 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Norris Simm

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army 62939 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Peter Quinn

British Army 40784 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 471693 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Wareing

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1720 Warrant Officer Class 2 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1720 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army 1720 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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George Barnes

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 8823 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 41944 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41945 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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