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Bolton Lancashire [195]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [15]

Preston Lancashire [11]

Farnworth Lancashire [10]

Liverpool Lancashire [9]

Salford Lancashire [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Leigh Lancashire [6]

Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Turton Bolton Lancashire [5]

Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [4]

Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [4]

Blackburn Lancashire [4]

Burnley Lancashire [4]

Chorley Lancashire [4]

Leyland Lancashire [4]

Manchester [4]

Southport Lancashire [4]

Tyldesley, Lancashire [4]

Bolton [3]

Bury Lancashire [3]

Eccles Lancashire [3]

London [3]

Preston, Lancashire England [3]

Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [2]

Atherton Lancashire [2]

Atherton, Lancashire [2]

Belfast [2]

Bromiley Cross Bolton Lancashire [2]

Church, Lancashire [2]

Doncaster [2]

Eagley Bolton Lancashire [2]

Egerton Bolton Lancashire [2]

Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [2]

Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Higher Walton, Preston, Lancaster [2]

Kearsley Lancashire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leeds [2]

Walkden Lancashire [2]

Walmsley Egerton Turton, Bolton [2]

Walton le Dale, Preston Lancashire [2]

Warrington [2]

Whittle le Woods Lancashire [2]

Wigan Lancashire [2]

"Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1]

21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1]

5 Bridge Street, Pendlebury, Lancashire [1]

67 Smith Street, Bolton Lancashire [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [464]

Lance Corporal [49]

Corporal [42]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Gunner [24]

Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant [16]

Driver [14]

Captain [10]

Sapper [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Rifleman [5]

Bombardier [4]

private [4]

Rifleman Private [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Bandsman Private [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver (Private) [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner (private) [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Signaller [1]

Sargeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant, Pilot [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant, [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [319]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [25]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Labour Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Border Regiment [8]

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

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Life Guards [3]

North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1st Life Guards [2]

5th Lancers [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [614]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [79]

B [71]

C [59]

L [57]

M [48]

A [44]

G [42]

S [37]

F [35]

D [31]

W [30]

E [20]

J [20]

K [18]

T [18]

R [12]

P [10]

O [8]

I [4]

Y [4]

N [2]

V [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [650]

Country

United Kingdom [266]

India [1]

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People [652] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bolton Lancashire [195] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [15] Preston Lancashire [11] Farnworth Lancashire [10] Liverpool Lancashire [9] Salford Lancashire [8] Bolton, Lancashire [7] Leigh Lancashire [6] Turton, Bolton, Lancashire [6] Turton Bolton Lancashire [5] Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [4] Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire [4] Blackburn Lancashire [4] Burnley Lancashire [4] Chorley Lancashire [4] Leyland Lancashire [4] Manchester [4] Southport Lancashire [4] Tyldesley, Lancashire [4] Bolton [3] Bury Lancashire [3] Eccles Lancashire [3] London [3] Preston, Lancashire England [3] Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [2] Atherton Lancashire [2] Atherton, Lancashire [2] Belfast [2] Bromiley Cross Bolton Lancashire [2] Church, Lancashire [2] Doncaster [2] Eagley Bolton Lancashire [2] Egerton Bolton Lancashire [2] Farnworth Bolton Lancashire [2] Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Higher Walton, Preston, Lancaster [2] Kearsley Lancashire [2] Lancashire [2] Leeds [2] Walkden Lancashire [2] Walmsley Egerton Turton, Bolton [2] Walton le Dale, Preston Lancashire [2] Warrington [2] Whittle le Woods Lancashire [2] Wigan Lancashire [2] "Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1] 21 Slater Street, Oldham Lancashire [1] 5 Bridge Street, Pendlebury, Lancashire [1] 67 Smith Street, Bolton Lancashire [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [464] Lance Corporal [49] Corporal [42] Second Lieutenant [35] Gunner [24] Serjeant [22] Lieutenant [16] Driver [14] Captain [10] Sapper [9] Acting Corporal [5] Rifleman [5] Bombardier [4] private [4] Rifleman Private [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Bandsman Private [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver (Private) [1] Flight Cadet [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner (private) [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Signaller [1] Sargeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant, Pilot [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant, [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [319] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102] Royal Field Artillery [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [25] Manchester Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [15] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [13] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Labour Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Border Regiment [8] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Australian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Life Guards [3] North Lancashire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1st Life Guards [2] 5th Lancers [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [614] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [79] B [71] C [59] L [57] M [48] A [44] G [42] S [37] F [35] D [31] W [30] E [20] J [20] K [18] T [18] R [12] P [10] O [8] I [4] Y [4] N [2] V [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [650]

Country

United Kingdom [266] India [1]

Harold Lord

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards C Squadron, 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper 1st. Life Guards

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William Henry Cotgrave

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 27337 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Harold Roebuck

Born 1895

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5788 Sergeant, Pilot Royal Flying Corp 48th Squadron.

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Richard Lord

Born 1895

Died 1947

British Army 20151 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th. Battalion

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George Kingswood

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4699 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 306735 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4699 Private Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Reg)

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Thomas Spencer

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 19519 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th. Battalion

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Walter Kingswood

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 63652 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 63652 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 73576 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd Batt. age 38

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Percy James

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 75540 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army

British Army 51238 Private Labour Corps 86th Company

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Richard Fearnley

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 203506 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion.

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John Thomas Greenbank

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 23630 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 85266 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion.

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Richard Lord

British Army 240570 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2228 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Lavin

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 17545 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 17545 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Reg. 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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John William Kingswood

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 73322 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 80th. Field Ambulance

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Thomas Henry James

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 23181 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 23181 Rifleman Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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John Horsfield

Born 1896

Died 1971

Royal Navy M32129

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Evelyn Geoffrey Lord

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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George Robinshaw

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18053 Private Loyal North Lancashire Reg.

British Army 27730 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th. Service Battalion

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John Charles Anson

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 4125 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201351 Private Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Cobden Ainscow

Born 1882

British Army 241718 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Robert Walmsley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army L/17982 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Shoeing Smith

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