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Place of birth

Macclesfield, Cheshire [41]

Stockport, Cheshire [38]

Wolverhampton [31]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [26]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [24]

Northwich, Cheshire [24]

London [22]

Liverpool [20]

Manchester, Lancashire [20]

Birmingham [19]

Manchester [17]

Falmouth, Cornwall [15]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [15]

Crewe, Cheshire [12]

Hyde, Cheshire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [12]

Matlock, Derbyshire [12]

Nottingham [12]

Bilston, Staffordshire [11]

Birkenhead [11]

Bristol [11]

Chester [11]

Penzance, Cornwall [11]

Worcester [11]

Altrincham, Cheshire [10]

Glasgow [10]

Stockport [10]

Douglas, Isle of Man [9]

Redruth, Cornwall [9]

Altrincham Cheshire. [8]

Islington, London [8]

Runcorn, Cheshire [8]

Sale Cheshire [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Altrincham Cheshire [7]

Cheshire [7]

Knutsford [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Middlewich, Cheshire [7]

Mousehole, Cornwall [7]

Stafford [7]

Chester, Cheshire [6]

Dublin [6]

Aberdeen [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Ludlow, Shropshire [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Sale, Cheshire [5]

Staffordshire [5]

Warminster, Wiltshire [5]

Rank

Private [3475]

Second Lieutenant [542]

Serjeant [382]

Lieutenant [363]

Corporal [351]

Lance Corporal [351]

Gunner [300]

Captain [233]

Driver [211]

Sapper [205]

Able Seaman [96]

Major [94]

Rifleman [84]

Sergeant [67]

Company Serjeant Major [57]

Pioneer [47]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [44]

Lieutenant Colonel [43]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [42]

Deck Hand [40]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [39]

Bombardier [39]

Acting Corporal [38]

Lance Serjeant [38]

Petty Officer [38]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Leading Seaman [34]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Guardsman [21]

Seaman [21]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [20]

Cadet [17]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Chief Petty Officer [15]

Engineman [15]

Acting Bombardier [14]

Commander [14]

ALIAS Private [13]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Captain [12]

Colonel [12]

Private 2nd Class [12]

Shoeing Smith [12]

Sub-Lieutenant [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

2nd Corporal [11]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [11]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [523]

Labour Corps [384]

Royal Engineers [331]

Royal Field Artillery [331]

Royal Air Force [274]

Army Service Corps [272]

Royal Flying Corps [221]

South Staffordshire Regiment [200]

Royal Garrison Artillery [184]

Manchester Regiment [178]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [170]

Royal Army Medical Corps [159]

Liverpool Regiment [134]

South Wales Borderers [131]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [126]

Royal Naval Reserve [126]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [116]

Worcestershire Regiment [114]

Machine Gun Corps [109]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [101]

Royal Fusiliers [94]

Royal Army Service Corps [93]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [91]

South Lancashire Regiment [91]

Lancashire Fusiliers [88]

London Regiment [87]

North Staffordshire Regiment [87]

Canadian Infantry [76]

Training Reserve [75]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [71]

Royal Defence Corps [71]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [60]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [57]

Devonshire Regiment [55]

Hampshire Regiment [50]

Lincolnshire Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [49]

Rifle Brigade [49]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [49]

York and Lancaster Regiment [47]

Shropshire Light Infantry [46]

Australian Infantry [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [45]

King's Liverpool Regiment [44]

Durham Light Infantry [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Welsh Regiment [39]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [37]

Grenadier Guards [36]

Service

British Army [5103]

Royal Navy [647]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [377]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [146]

Other Empire Force [117]

Australian Imperial Force [111]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

South African Services [17]

Indian Army [9]

Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [1116]

H [531]

C [486]

S [480]

W [461]

M [436]

P [360]

D [290]

G [271]

R [264]

T [243]

L [228]

F [203]

A [196]

J [195]

E [144]

K [131]

N [100]

O [70]

V [47]

Y [27]

I [21]

Q [15]

U [8]

Contribution

Military Service [4772]

Merchant Navy [26]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [979]

Canada [20]

United States [10]

New Zealand [8]

Ireland [7]

Australia [5]

India [5]

Isle of Man [4]

France [2]

South Africa [2]

Argentina [1]

Belgium [1]

Bermuda [1]

Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1]

Egypt [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malta [1]

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People [6324] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Macclesfield, Cheshire [41] Stockport, Cheshire [38] Wolverhampton [31] Birkenhead, Cheshire [26] Birmingham, Warwickshire [24] Northwich, Cheshire [24] London [22] Liverpool [20] Manchester, Lancashire [20] Birmingham [19] Manchester [17] Falmouth, Cornwall [15] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [15] Crewe, Cheshire [12] Hyde, Cheshire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [12] Matlock, Derbyshire [12] Nottingham [12] Bilston, Staffordshire [11] Birkenhead [11] Bristol [11] Chester [11] Penzance, Cornwall [11] Worcester [11] Altrincham, Cheshire [10] Glasgow [10] Stockport [10] Douglas, Isle of Man [9] Redruth, Cornwall [9] Altrincham Cheshire. [8] Islington, London [8] Runcorn, Cheshire [8] Sale Cheshire [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Altrincham Cheshire [7] Cheshire [7] Knutsford [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Middlewich, Cheshire [7] Mousehole, Cornwall [7] Stafford [7] Chester, Cheshire [6] Dublin [6] Aberdeen [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Ludlow, Shropshire [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Sale, Cheshire [5] Staffordshire [5] Warminster, Wiltshire [5]

Rank

Private [3475] Second Lieutenant [542] Serjeant [382] Lieutenant [363] Corporal [351] Lance Corporal [351] Gunner [300] Captain [233] Driver [211] Sapper [205] Able Seaman [96] Major [94] Rifleman [84] Sergeant [67] Company Serjeant Major [57] Pioneer [47] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [44] Lieutenant Colonel [43] Warrant Officer Class 2 [42] Deck Hand [40] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [39] Bombardier [39] Acting Corporal [38] Lance Serjeant [38] Petty Officer [38] Ordinary Seaman [36] Leading Seaman [34] Acting Serjeant [33] Stoker 1st Class [23] Guardsman [21] Seaman [21] Air Mechanic 1st Class [20] Cadet [17] Staff Serjeant [17] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Chief Petty Officer [15] Engineman [15] Acting Bombardier [14] Commander [14] ALIAS Private [13] Temporary Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Captain [12] Colonel [12] Private 2nd Class [12] Shoeing Smith [12] Sub-Lieutenant [12] Temporary Captain [12] 2nd Corporal [11] Aircraftman 2nd Class [11] Boy 2nd Class [11]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [523] Labour Corps [384] Royal Engineers [331] Royal Field Artillery [331] Royal Air Force [274] Army Service Corps [272] Royal Flying Corps [221] South Staffordshire Regiment [200] Royal Garrison Artillery [184] Manchester Regiment [178] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [170] Royal Army Medical Corps [159] Liverpool Regiment [134] South Wales Borderers [131] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [126] Royal Naval Reserve [126] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [116] Worcestershire Regiment [114] Machine Gun Corps [109] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [101] Royal Fusiliers [94] Royal Army Service Corps [93] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [91] South Lancashire Regiment [91] Lancashire Fusiliers [88] London Regiment [87] North Staffordshire Regiment [87] Canadian Infantry [76] Training Reserve [75] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [71] Royal Defence Corps [71] King's Royal Rifle Corps [60] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [57] Devonshire Regiment [55] Hampshire Regiment [50] Lincolnshire Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [49] Rifle Brigade [49] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [49] York and Lancaster Regiment [47] Shropshire Light Infantry [46] Australian Infantry [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] Royal Lancaster Regiment [45] King's Liverpool Regiment [44] Durham Light Infantry [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Welsh Regiment [39] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [37] Grenadier Guards [36]

Service

British Army [5103] Royal Navy [647] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [377] Canadian Expeditionary Force [146] Other Empire Force [117] Australian Imperial Force [111] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] South African Services [17] Indian Army [9] Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [1116] H [531] C [486] S [480] W [461] M [436] P [360] D [290] G [271] R [264] T [243] L [228] F [203] A [196] J [195] E [144] K [131] N [100] O [70] V [47] Y [27] I [21] Q [15] U [8]

Contribution

Military Service [4772] Merchant Navy [26] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [979] Canada [20] United States [10] New Zealand [8] Ireland [7] Australia [5] India [5] Isle of Man [4] France [2] South Africa [2] Argentina [1] Belgium [1] Bermuda [1] Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1] Egypt [1] Jamaica [1] Malta [1]

J Cash

Died 1920

British Army 95484 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Albert C Fake

British Army 823 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 375994 Company Serjeant Major Labour Corps

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Frank Gooding

British Army 209 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 880132 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick A Wear

British Army 13137 ALIAS Private Hussars

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