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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]

Arthur Aked

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 17/592 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Archie Forrest

Died 1917

British Army 24941 Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 129895 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 129895 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Guy Stacey Dawkins

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2216 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

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Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Harry Light

Died 1917

British Army 29583 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Rev. Philip Thomas Byard Clayton

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army Chaplain Chaplain to the Forces

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Kate Evelyn Luard, Rrc And Bar

Born 1873

Died 1962

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister-in-Charge Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service No.32 Casualty Clearing Station

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Gilbert Walter Lyttelton Talbot

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade The Prince Consort's Own

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David Webb

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6458 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1st Bn

British Army 6458 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Bernard Clement Stenning

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Percy Valentine Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 530609 Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army 2423 Private London Regiment 15 (County of London) Ballation (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles) (Territorial Force)

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William Alexander Ridoutt

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Ellis Foster Edge Partington

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Noel Godfrey Chavasse

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Frederick Burrow

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19067 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Frederick Rudolph Lambart

Born 1865

Died 1946

British Army Brigadier General GOC 4th (Guards) Brigade

British Army Major General GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division

British Army Lieutenant General GOC XIV Corps

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Thomas Frederick Le Mesurier

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston

Born 1864

Died 1940

British Army Brigadier General Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff

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George Johnson

British Army 6291 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 25226 Private South Wales Borderers

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Barclay Baron

Born 1884

British Army Young Mens Christian Association

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