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Glasgow [3]

Norwich [3]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmoreland [1]

Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackley Lancashire [1]

Blundellsands, Liverpool [1]

Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1]

CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1]

Chagford, Dwevon [1]

Clyro [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Coxheath, Kent [1]

Dailly, Ayrshire [1]

Digmoor, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Easingwold [1]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Falkirk [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Flemington, Victoria [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1]

Grantham [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hexham [1]

High Spen, Ryton [1]

Ingatestone, Essex [1]

Inverness [1]

Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1]

Kearsley, Lancashire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Knipton, Grantham [1]

Leeds [1]

Leicester [1]

Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146]

Private [96]

Driver [55]

Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [19]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Major [6]

Captain [5]

Sapper [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

8th Corporal [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Motor Cyclist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172]

Royal Garrison Artillery [72]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Scots [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Regiment of Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

135th Siege Battery [1]

22nd RFA [1]

24th Reinforcement [1]

26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86]

H [40]

M [33]

C [30]

D [25]

B [24]

W [20]

P [19]

R [17]

J [16]

L [15]

S [11]

T [11]

F [8]

E [6]

K [4]

A [3]

N [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Italy [1]

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People [376] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Glasgow [3] Norwich [3] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Ambleside, Westmoreland [1] Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1] Balham, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast [1] Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham [1] Blackley Lancashire [1] Blundellsands, Liverpool [1] Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1] CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1] Chagford, Dwevon [1] Clyro [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Coxheath, Kent [1] Dailly, Ayrshire [1] Digmoor, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Easingwold [1] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Falkirk [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Flemington, Victoria [1] Fulham, London [1] Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1] Grantham [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hexham [1] High Spen, Ryton [1] Ingatestone, Essex [1] Inverness [1] Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1] Kearsley, Lancashire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Knipton, Grantham [1] Leeds [1] Leicester [1] Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146] Private [96] Driver [55] Serjeant [22] Bombardier [19] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [12] Acting Bombardier [10] Lance Corporal [9] Major [6] Captain [5] Sapper [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 8th Corporal [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Cyclist [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172] Royal Garrison Artillery [72] Royal Horse Artillery [12] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Scots [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Regiment of Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 135th Siege Battery [1] 22nd RFA [1] 24th Reinforcement [1] 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86] H [40] M [33] C [30] D [25] B [24] W [20] P [19] R [17] J [16] L [15] S [11] T [11] F [8] E [6] K [4] A [3] N [2] O [2] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18] France [1] Ireland [1] Italy [1]

William Penistone

Died 1918

British Army 55829 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John L Ruthven

Died 1918

British Army 959 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 889597 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Darley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 112213 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harold G Dunkerley

Died 1918

British Army 172773 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Duxbury

Died 1918

British Army 1/8487 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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George Doody

Died 1917

British Army L/32239 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Allen Henderson

Died 1917

British Army 3164 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 645600 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Walter H Ranger

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 18235

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Benjamin Lawrence

Died 1915

British Army 82329 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Catterill

Died 1917

British Army 27096 Gunner 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

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Victor Hadfield

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3006 Private Manchester Regiment 10th manchest Battalion

British Army 3006 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3006 Private Manchester Regiment 1/10th Bn

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Ellis Grayson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 30038 Private King's Own Liverpool

British Army 30038 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Albert Gibson

Died 1916

British Army 15501 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Gibson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3702 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 266326 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 266326 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Alfred R Davies

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 77560 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army T/5342 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 32600 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 32600 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Mcintosh

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 65090 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Matthew Walsh

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 110638 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Thomas Walters

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 68804 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph C Ward

Died 1917

British Army 62066 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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