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Liverpool [43]

Alsager Cheshire [22]

Alsager [13]

Alsager, Cheshire [11]

Bootle [10]

Hanley, Staffordshire [6]

West Derby Liverpool [5]

Alsager, Cheshire England [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Oxford [4]

Stoke-on-Trent [4]

Burslem [3]

Burslem, Staffordshire [3]

Congleton, Cheshire [3]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Talke, Staffordshire [3]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [3]

West Derby, Liverpool [3]

Wolstanton [3]

Alsager, Cheshire, England [2]

Betchton, near Alsager, Cheshire [2]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [2]

Birkenhead [2]

Burnley [2]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [2]

Church Lawton, Cheshire [2]

Colwich, Staffordshire [2]

Conway [2]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2]

Glanaychan, Abersychan, Monmouth [2]

Haslington Cheshire [2]

Kidsgrove Staffordshire [2]

Leeswood, Flintshire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

Macclesfield [2]

Preston [2]

Rosario de Santa Fe, [2]

Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2]

19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1]

5 Miller Street, Newcastle under Lyme [1]

Addlethorpe, Skegness, Lincolnshire [1]

Airth, Stirlingshire [1]

Alager [1]

Allahabad, Bengal, [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Arundel Sussex [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Audley Staffordshire [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Rank

Private [284]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [40]

Corporal [33]

Lance Corporal [33]

Serjeant [24]

Captain [23]

Gunner [20]

Sergeant [12]

Sapper [11]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Driver [7]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

2nd Lieutenant (T) [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Bugler [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Steward [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

2/Lt [1]

Able Seaman ( Res Attdt.) [1]

Able Seaman ( Res. Attdt.) [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd class [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Cadet Serjeant [1]

Captain (T) [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [120]

North Staffordshire Regiment [36]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [34]

King's Liverpool Regiment [25]

Liverpool Scottish Regiment [25]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Kings Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

10th Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

King's (Liverpool) Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

London Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

10th Kings Regiment Liverpool Scottish [2]

10th Kings Regiment, Liverpool Scottish [2]

10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Field Artillery [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Service

British Army [425]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Royal Navy [16]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [61]

C [51]

H [47]

M [34]

S [34]

G [30]

D [23]

A [22]

W [21]

P [20]

R [18]

F [16]

J [16]

L [16]

E [14]

T [13]

O [5]

Y [5]

N [4]

K [3]

Q [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [448]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [326]

Germany [9]

India [5]

France [4]

Ireland [4]

Canada [2]

Turkey [2]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

Egypt [1]

Greece [1]

Greenland [1]

Iraq [1]

Netherlands [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [458] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool [43] Alsager Cheshire [22] Alsager [13] Alsager, Cheshire [11] Bootle [10] Hanley, Staffordshire [6] West Derby Liverpool [5] Alsager, Cheshire England [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Oxford [4] Stoke-on-Trent [4] Burslem [3] Burslem, Staffordshire [3] Congleton, Cheshire [3] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Talke, Staffordshire [3] Tunstall, Staffordshire [3] West Derby, Liverpool [3] Wolstanton [3] Alsager, Cheshire, England [2] Betchton, near Alsager, Cheshire [2] Biddulph, Staffordshire [2] Birkenhead [2] Burnley [2] Chesterton, Staffordshire [2] Church Lawton, Cheshire [2] Colwich, Staffordshire [2] Conway [2] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [2] Glanaychan, Abersychan, Monmouth [2] Haslington Cheshire [2] Kidsgrove Staffordshire [2] Leeswood, Flintshire [2] Leicestershire [2] Macclesfield [2] Preston [2] Rosario de Santa Fe, [2] Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2] 19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1] 5 Miller Street, Newcastle under Lyme [1] Addlethorpe, Skegness, Lincolnshire [1] Airth, Stirlingshire [1] Alager [1] Allahabad, Bengal, [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Arundel Sussex [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Audley Staffordshire [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Rank

Private [284] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [40] Corporal [33] Lance Corporal [33] Serjeant [24] Captain [23] Gunner [20] Sergeant [12] Sapper [11] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [8] Driver [7] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Able Seaman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] 2nd Lieutenant (T) [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Bugler [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Steward [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 2/Lt [1] Able Seaman ( Res Attdt.) [1] Able Seaman ( Res. Attdt.) [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd class [1] Boy Sailor [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Cadet Serjeant [1] Captain (T) [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [120] North Staffordshire Regiment [36] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [34] King's Liverpool Regiment [25] Liverpool Scottish Regiment [25] Royal Field Artillery [24] Cheshire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Engineers [16] Labour Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Army Service Corps [10] Kings Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] 10th Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] King's (Liverpool) Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Connaught Rangers [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] London Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] 10th Kings Regiment Liverpool Scottish [2] 10th Kings Regiment, Liverpool Scottish [2] 10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Field Artillery [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Impregnable [2]

Service

British Army [425] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Royal Navy [16] Australian Imperial Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [61] C [51] H [47] M [34] S [34] G [30] D [23] A [22] W [21] P [20] R [18] F [16] J [16] L [16] E [14] T [13] O [5] Y [5] N [4] K [3] Q [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [448] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [326] Germany [9] India [5] France [4] Ireland [4] Canada [2] Turkey [2] Australia [1] Belgium [1] Egypt [1] Greece [1] Greenland [1] Iraq [1] Netherlands [1] South Africa [1]

Henry Cuspin Lewis

British Army 26340 Serjeant Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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B J C Doran

British Army Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General General Headquarters Staff

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Alfred Saunders

British Army 5145 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356579 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas W Edwards

British Army 101678 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Leslie B Hammersley

British Army 311263 Private Tank Corps

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Patrick Higgins

British Army 151 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 656037 Private Labour Corps

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George Laidman Band

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2756 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Liverpool Scottish

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Christopher Maude Chavasse

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army Captain 4th Class Chaplain Chaplain attached 10th General Hospital

British Army Major 62nd Divisional Head Quarters

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Robert Birkett Hewlett

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 409720

British Army King's (Liverpool) Regiment Liverpool Scottish

Canadian Expeditionary Force 409720 Private Canadian Infantry

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Clifton Inglis Stockwell

Born 1879

Died 1953

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Brigadier General

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Aidan Chavasse

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Ernest Pearson Breckenridge

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 2379 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

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Francis Bernard Chavasse

Born 1890

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Dean Billing

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 112395 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Charles Ernest Coddington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th King's Liverpool Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

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Mary Laeta Chavasse

Born 1886

Died 1989

British Army Lady Helpers

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George Cuthbertson Burnell

Died 1915

British Army 3032 Private 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Scottish Battalion

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Robert Ranke Graves

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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