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Macclesfield, Cheshire [456]

Macclesfield [127]

Hockering, Norfolk [14]

Congleton, Cheshire [11]

Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [10]

Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [8]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [7]

Thorney, near Peterborough [6]

Chester [5]

Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Sutton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [4]

Bollington, near Macclesfield [4]

Leek, Staffordshire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Northwich, Cheshire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Sandbach, Cheshire [4]

Thorney, Cambridgeshire [4]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [3]

Congleton [3]

Kerridge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Macclesfield England [3]

Prestbury, near Macclesfield [3]

Wilmslow, Cheshire [3]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bollington [2]

Broken Cross, Macclesfield [2]

Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Coltishall, Norfolk [2]

Denton, Lancashire [2]

Eccles, Lancashire [2]

Foxholes, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grimsby [2]

Gurnett, near Macclesfield [2]

Henbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Hurdsfield, Macclesfield [2]

Hyde, Cheshire [2]

Kettleshulme, Cheshire [2]

Knutsford, Cheshire [2]

Langley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Macclesfield Cheshire [2]

Macclesfield Forest [2]

Manchester [2]

Marple, Cheshire [2]

Mattishall, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [847]

Lance Corporal [52]

Corporal [43]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Serjeant [43]

Gunner [42]

Driver [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Sapper [18]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Captain [13]

Acting Corporal [10]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [4]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Waggoner [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Captain [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Company Quarter Master Havildar [1]

Corporal (Acting Sergeant) [1]

Corporal (Observer) [1]

Corporal (Pilot 1st Class) [1]

Dock Labourer [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

L/cpl [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [425]

Manchester Regiment [68]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Welsh Regiment [17]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Grenadier Guards [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Yeomanry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Border Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1048]

Royal Navy [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [176]

S [122]

W [108]

H [97]

C [91]

M [79]

D [60]

G [54]

R [45]

T [45]

P [44]

A [37]

L [36]

F [32]

J [25]

N [22]

K [19]

O [17]

E [16]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1091]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [823]

India [3]

Ireland [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Macclesfield, Cheshire [456] Macclesfield [127] Hockering, Norfolk [14] Congleton, Cheshire [11] Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [10] Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [8] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [7] Thorney, near Peterborough [6] Chester [5] Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Sutton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [4] Bollington, near Macclesfield [4] Leek, Staffordshire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Northwich, Cheshire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Sandbach, Cheshire [4] Thorney, Cambridgeshire [4] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [3] Congleton [3] Kerridge, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Macclesfield England [3] Prestbury, near Macclesfield [3] Wilmslow, Cheshire [3] Belfast, Northern Ireland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bollington [2] Broken Cross, Macclesfield [2] Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Coltishall, Norfolk [2] Denton, Lancashire [2] Eccles, Lancashire [2] Foxholes, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire [2] Glasgow [2] Grimsby [2] Gurnett, near Macclesfield [2] Henbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Hurdsfield, Macclesfield [2] Hyde, Cheshire [2] Kettleshulme, Cheshire [2] Knutsford, Cheshire [2] Langley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Macclesfield Cheshire [2] Macclesfield Forest [2] Manchester [2] Marple, Cheshire [2] Mattishall, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [847] Lance Corporal [52] Corporal [43] Second Lieutenant [43] Serjeant [43] Gunner [42] Driver [20] Lieutenant [18] Sapper [18] Acting Serjeant [13] Captain [13] Acting Corporal [10] Lance Serjeant [5] Guardsman [4] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Waggoner [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain to the Forces Captain [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Company Quarter Master Havildar [1] Corporal (Acting Sergeant) [1] Corporal (Observer) [1] Corporal (Pilot 1st Class) [1] Dock Labourer [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] L/cpl [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [425] Manchester Regiment [68] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] Liverpool Regiment [35] South Lancashire Regiment [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Labour Corps [33] Royal Engineers [33] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [31] Machine Gun Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Welsh Regiment [17] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Grenadier Guards [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [10] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Yeomanry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Border Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1048] Royal Navy [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [176] S [122] W [108] H [97] C [91] M [79] D [60] G [54] R [45] T [45] P [44] A [37] L [36] F [32] J [25] N [22] K [19] O [17] E [16] V [3] Y [3] I [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1091] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [823] India [3] Ireland [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] United States [1]

James Read

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 290640 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Percy Dodds

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3057 Private Manchester Regiment

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Hugh Mercer Davies

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 1095 Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Lewis Millward

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 73670 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army M2/204315 Gunner Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/204315 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Edward Newton

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 214320 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 214320 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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William Tom Turner

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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James Henry Collins

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 2218 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290454 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Sydney Blackshaw

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 36356 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Berkeley Lemmon Rix

Born 1859

Died 1929

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405708

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Charles Stewart Paul

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 243644 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 42695 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frank Edgar Barnett

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 140571 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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David Janes

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 14091 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Joseph Hordern

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 7311 Lance Serjeant Special Reserve attached Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7311 Lance Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Harold Bingham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2021 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 245288 Private Labour Corps 648th Agricultural Coy

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Daniel Armine Shingles

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army T/4/059473 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 26303 Private West Riding Regiment

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Albert Edward Fawkner

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 315477 Private Cheshire Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Harold Goddard

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 18245 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 18245 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Wilfred Daniels

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4589 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 26305 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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William Mclean

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 18252 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 243054 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 243054 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Uriah Mottershead

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4933 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202511 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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