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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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People [965] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Samuel Amery

British Army 179510 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William B Davies

British Army 57099 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Eyres

British Army 18345 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John S O'loughlin

British Army 49316 Private Manchester Regiment

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John S Ormerod

British Army 52419 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Geoffrey Park

British Army 138051 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/296048 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Hatton

British Army M2/194619 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Byrne

British Army 42145 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 35484 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Buckley

British Army 1690 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 240241 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 4116810 Private Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force

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James Lee

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and General List

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and General List

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James Moorhouse

British Army 21053 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 376819 Private Labour Corps

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John Massey Morris

British Army M2/118865 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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John Postles

British Army R6502 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas Ikin

British Army 7635 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William R Iredale

British Army T4/035485 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Harold Jaffery

British Army 81882 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Mottershead

British Army 1361 Private Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 31658 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 71639 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William C Proctor

British Army 17722 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Edmund Rochfort Street

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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John Venables

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 37308 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 24529 Private Machine Gun Corps

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