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Knutsford [200]

Knutsford, Cheshire [49]

Altrincham [7]

Manchester [7]

Stockport [6]

Didsbury, Manchester [4]

Salford, Manchester [4]

Toft, Knutsford, Cheshire [4]

Altrincham, Cheshire [3]

Bolton [3]

Eccles, Lancashire [3]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [2]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [2]

Allostock, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Cheshire [2]

Chester [2]

Crewe [2]

Cross Town, Knutsford [2]

Hampton [2]

Heaton Park, Lancashire [2]

High Legh [2]

Higher Crumsall, Lancashire [2]

Hulme, Lancashire [2]

Kensington London [2]

Lower Peover [2]

Lower Peover, Knutsford [2]

Marthall [2]

Mobberley [2]

Mobberley Cheshire [2]

Mobberley, Cheshire [2]

Northwich [2]

Oxford [2]

Plumbley [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Sutton St Nicholas, Lincolnshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tabley Inferior Knutsford [2]

Tabley, Knutsford [2]

Toft, Knutsford [2]

Whitchurch, Shropshire [2]

Aldershot [1]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Altrinchham [1]

Altringham England [1]

Appleton, Stockton Heath [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Avely ,Essex [1]

Bacup Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [548]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Captain [45]

Corporal [45]

Lieutenant [44]

Gunner [42]

Serjeant [36]

Driver [35]

Lance Corporal [33]

Sapper [28]

Major [19]

Rifleman [15]

Reverend [12]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Chaplain [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Sister [3]

4th Class Chaplain [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Chaplain 4th Class [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

L/Crpl [2]

Lieut [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

The Reverend [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2/Lt [1]

2Lt [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lt [1]

3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [207]

Manchester Regiment [64]

Royal Engineers [64]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Labour Corps [55]

Army Service Corps [52]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [22]

Cheshire Yeomanry [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Service

British Army [887]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Royal Navy [24]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [143]

C [93]

H [85]

W [71]

D [63]

S [61]

G [53]

L [53]

M [51]

P [42]

R [39]

T [39]

A [30]

J [30]

F [28]

O [19]

N [18]

E [15]

K [11]

V [10]

I [6]

Y [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [958]

Country

United Kingdom [570]

India [8]

Australia [5]

Canada [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Knutsford [200] Knutsford, Cheshire [49] Altrincham [7] Manchester [7] Stockport [6] Didsbury, Manchester [4] Salford, Manchester [4] Toft, Knutsford, Cheshire [4] Altrincham, Cheshire [3] Bolton [3] Eccles, Lancashire [3] Abbotsbury, Dorset [2] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [2] Allostock, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Cheshire [2] Chester [2] Crewe [2] Cross Town, Knutsford [2] Hampton [2] Heaton Park, Lancashire [2] High Legh [2] Higher Crumsall, Lancashire [2] Hulme, Lancashire [2] Kensington London [2] Lower Peover [2] Lower Peover, Knutsford [2] Marthall [2] Mobberley [2] Mobberley Cheshire [2] Mobberley, Cheshire [2] Northwich [2] Oxford [2] Plumbley [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Sutton St Nicholas, Lincolnshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tabley Inferior Knutsford [2] Tabley, Knutsford [2] Toft, Knutsford [2] Whitchurch, Shropshire [2] Aldershot [1] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Altrinchham [1] Altringham England [1] Appleton, Stockton Heath [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Avely ,Essex [1] Bacup Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [548] Second Lieutenant [52] Captain [45] Corporal [45] Lieutenant [44] Gunner [42] Serjeant [36] Driver [35] Lance Corporal [33] Sapper [28] Major [19] Rifleman [15] Reverend [12] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Chaplain [5] Trooper [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Sister [3] 4th Class Chaplain [2] Acting Captain [2] Brigadier General [2] Chaplain 4th Class [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] L/Crpl [2] Lieut [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant General [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] The Reverend [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2/Lt [1] 2Lt [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lt [1] 3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [207] Manchester Regiment [64] Royal Engineers [64] Royal Field Artillery [59] Labour Corps [55] Army Service Corps [52] London Regiment [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Machine Gun Corps [24] South Lancashire Regiment [22] Cheshire Yeomanry [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] South Wales Borderers [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Tank Corps [8] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Chaplain's Department [3] Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Service

British Army [887] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Royal Navy [24] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [143] C [93] H [85] W [71] D [63] S [61] G [53] L [53] M [51] P [42] R [39] T [39] A [30] J [30] F [28] O [19] N [18] E [15] K [11] V [10] I [6] Y [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [958]

Country

United Kingdom [570] India [8] Australia [5] Canada [2] France [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Harry Seymour Baird

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 227 Serjeant Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230535 Corporal King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 227 Corporal Cheshire Yeomanry

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Peter Murphy

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Cheshire Regiment 5th Bttn

British Army 36828 Driver Royal Field Artillery 'B' Battery 50th L Bde

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John Leonard

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 25341 General Service Cheshire Regiment 2nd Recruiting Area

British Army 2910 and 240952 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2/5 and 17th

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Thomas H Walters

Born 1878

Died 1947

British Army M2/101060 Private Army Service Corps

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John Alfred Risebrow

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army

British Army T1/1835 Driver Army Service Corps

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Albert Sumner

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 38117 Manchester Regiment

British Army G/69561 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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Benjamin Brettle

Born 1898

Died 1949

British Army 3188 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 201084 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Albert Edward Curbishley

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Cheshire Regiment 9th Bttn

British Army 15609 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Bttn

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Harry Vernon

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 24421 Gunner, Acting Bomb then Bomb Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24421 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Walter George Hayward

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3624 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 9th Btn

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James Collier

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 182734 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Fishbourne

Born 1864

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 349279

Canadian Expeditionary Force 349279 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 5th Brigade

British Army 4328 Boy Royal Field Artillery 107th Btty

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Arthur J Berry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3378 Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 250959 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Edward Liddall Armitage

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army Acting Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Baldwin Hoyle

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant University and Public Schools Corps, South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Prince of Wales Volunteers, South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Herbert Owen Chaplin

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 146092 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Francis Patrick Mcgowan

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Z/1230 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Bgd and then 5th Bgd

British Army Z/1230 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Bgd

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William Ernest Oakes

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6/5862 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 38536 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside Scottish)Bttn

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John Colgan

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army 70260 Private Labour Corps

British Army 42669 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Donald Cragg

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16413 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 16413 Corpl Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Btn

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