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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]

Alfred Fennah

Born 1888

Died 1946

British Army 2900 Private 10th Liverpool Regiment 2/10 Liverpool Scottish

British Army 255389 Serjeant 10th Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick William Edwards

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army 119913 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 26th Regiment

British Army 119913 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 121 Brigade

British Army 18177 Coldstream Guards

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Arthur Whittaker

Born 1894

British Army 11077 Private West Riding Regiment 3rd Bttn

British Army 11077 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

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Alonzo Rowlands

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 359031 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William George Mackay M.s.m.

Born 1872

Died 1929

British Army 475 Warrant Officer 2 Liverpool Regiment 1/10 Liverpool Scottish

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Cranmer Tom Parkes

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army M/321981 Private Army Service Corps 717 M.T Coy

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Abraham Greaves

Born 1886

Died 1944

British Army 3381 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1/4 Battalion

British Army 241044 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2/6 Battalion

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Claud Herbert Godwin

Born 1887

Died 1960

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Astrea

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Mellard Settle

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Lieutenant Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Harry Johnson

Born 1878

British Army Major North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion Volunteers

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion Volunteers

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John Granville Hughes

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 5096 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 5096 Corporal King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Btn. Liverpool Scottish

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Archibald Hampton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 32524 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 32524 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Allan Muir

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 2969 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment Transport

British Army Lieutenant Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/10th Btn. Liverpool Scottish

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Herbert Ernest Falla

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 5010 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356482 Private Liverpool Regiment

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James Hough Palin

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 23978 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6846 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Robert Alexander Forsyth

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2860 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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Arthur Phillip Band

Born 1898

Died 1983

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106760 Air Mechanic 3rd class

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Francis Allen Barker

Born 1887

Died 1927

British Army 13633 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 43027 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 43027 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Kennerley

Born 1881

Died 1946

British Army 231443 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 306084 Private Tank Corps 8th Battalion

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William Herbert Short D.cm. C.g.

Born 1895

Died 1954

British Army 28436 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 145080 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Acting Company Sergeant Major Kings Liverpool ( Liverpool Scottish) 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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