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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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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]

Stephen Bright Godfrey Scarratt

Born 1898

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104170

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Harold Fletcher

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 243404 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Walter Higham

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 23808 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion.

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James Charles Quaintance

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 244308 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 263014 Driver Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Daniel Crook

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6082 Lance Corporal Kings Shropshire Light Infantry "Z" Company, 2nd Battalion.

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Frederick Hodgkiss

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 16944 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Reg.

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James Lowe

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 20593 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20593 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Hodgson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 27530 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 27530 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John James

Died 1916

British Army Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 11/3732 Private Manchester Regiment 11 Batt

British Army Royal Engineers attatched. Signal Sect. Royal Engineers

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Joseph Ronald Lord

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19672 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19672 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Reg.) 8th. Batt.

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Thomas Banks

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army T/2046 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/248019 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 21st. Troop Train

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George Henry Allen

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3823 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241667 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Cyril Swanwick Woodward

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 250 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Arthur Lindow

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 8818 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 426430 Sapper Royal Engineers 422nd Field Company.

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Amos Harrop

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 108217 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 37117 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47606 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd (Regular) Battalion.

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Charles Henry Hall

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2663 Private 5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2663 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Lewis Marden

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 91860 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Harold Beesley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 14829 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion.

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Richard Bullough

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2933 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st (Regular) Battalion.

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Joseph William Ainsworth

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 15484 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion.

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