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Blackburn, Lancashire [12]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Bradford, West Yorkshire [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ballmacroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1]

Birkenhead, Wirral [1]

Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1]

Carlisle [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carndonagh, Donegal [1]

Church End, Finchley, London [1]

Church, Lancashire [1]

Clontuskert, Galway [1]

Consett, Durham [1]

Derry [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunderry, Trim, County Meath [1]

Kilbarry Lodge, Inchigeela, Macroom, County Cork [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool. Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Mount Hazel, Co. Galway [1]

Navan [1]

Newtownmoynagh, Trim, County Meath [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

Pettigo, Donegal [1]

Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire [1]

Rathdowney, County Laois [1]

Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Slane, County Meath [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Stockport [1]

Swardeston, Norfolk [1]

Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1]

Ulverston, Cumberland [1]

Wakefield, West Yorkshire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Wirral [1]

Witton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Worsley, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Sergeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Nurse [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Corporal [1]

Unit

Irish Guards [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

King's Liverpool Regiment [7]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th King's Hussars [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Drafting Unit [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

KIng's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

Liverpool Regiment Transport [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Guards [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [38]

C [10]

B [8]

D [7]

M [6]

H [5]

K [5]

G [4]

L [4]

A [3]

P [3]

S [3]

F [2]

E [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Ireland [5]

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People [104] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [12] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Bradford, West Yorkshire [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ballmacroy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1] Birkenhead, Wirral [1] Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1] Carlisle [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carndonagh, Donegal [1] Church End, Finchley, London [1] Church, Lancashire [1] Clontuskert, Galway [1] Consett, Durham [1] Derry [1] Dublin [1] Dunderry, Trim, County Meath [1] Kilbarry Lodge, Inchigeela, Macroom, County Cork [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Leigh, Lancashire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool. Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mile End, London [1] Mount Hazel, Co. Galway [1] Navan [1] Newtownmoynagh, Trim, County Meath [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1] Pettigo, Donegal [1] Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire [1] Rathdowney, County Laois [1] Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Slane, County Meath [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Stockport [1] Swardeston, Norfolk [1] Thornleigh, Hagley Road, Stourbridge, Worcs [1] Ulverston, Cumberland [1] Wakefield, West Yorkshire [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Wirral [1] Witton, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Woking, Surrey [1] Worsley, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [78] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Sergeant [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Company Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Driver [1] Nurse [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Corporal [1]

Unit

Irish Guards [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] King's Liverpool Regiment [7] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th King's Hussars [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Drafting Unit [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] KIng's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] Liverpool Regiment Transport [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Guards [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Scottish Rifles [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [38] C [10] B [8] D [7] M [6] H [5] K [5] G [4] L [4] A [3] P [3] S [3] F [2] E [1] J [1] N [1] O [1] Q [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Ireland [5]

Herbert Laidlow Downes

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8th Battalion (Irish)

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Richard Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101244 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Albert Wilkinson

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 306565 Sergeant Tank Corps 9th Battalion

British Army 306565 Serjeant Tank Corps

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Albert Wilkinson

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 508 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1/4th Lancashire Battery

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David Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 27806 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 27806 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James George Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 228898 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 1/2nd Battalion

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Sydney Wilkinson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29223 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 29223 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Stephen Wilkinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3462 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Edward Connor

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 7288 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 45298 Private Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion

British Army 45298 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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William Wilkinson

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1007 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 1007 Private 15th King's Hussars

British Army 1007 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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James Glenn

Born 1886

British Army 2076 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2076 Sergeant Irish Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 2076 Sergeant Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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William Ashworth

Born 1894

British Army 404895 Private Labour Corps

British Army 13144 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Michael John O'leary

Born 1890

Died 1961

British Army 3556 Private Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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British Army

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John Llewellyn Lister

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 241886 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 4890 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3/5th Battalion

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Herbert S Hull

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 6389 Corporal Hussars

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Patrick Fowler

Born 1877

Died 1964

British Army 70558 Private Hussars

British Army 4219 Private Hussars 11th Battalion

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Thomas Anderson Smith

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 22258 Warrant Officer Class 2 Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22258 Corporal Liverpool Regiment 20th (service) Battalion

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Robert Mcardle

Died 1917

British Army 22470 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22470 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22470 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Foran

Died 1918

British Army 9605 Private Irish Guards 1st Btn

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James Smith

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2022 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 52929 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 52929 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th (Service) Battalion

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