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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]

Ernest Augustus Jones

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 2701 Acting Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 350671 Acting Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 350671 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Scots

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Samuel Peers

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 202535 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 140119 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 140119 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Culkin

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army 117209 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William Johnson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1826 Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 40510 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 20th Bttn

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Herbert Garner

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 47249 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 47249 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Alfred Taylor

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army GS/63980 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Shaw

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 49642 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Bn

British Army 4613 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Bn

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Abraham Tarrant

Born 1879

British Army M2/053429 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/053429 Serjeant Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Company

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Frank Worth

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 23681 Kings Liverpool Regiment

British Army L/24115 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Yarwood

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10522 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Broome

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 8842 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 551476 The King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army King's Liverpool Regiment Labour Corps 421st Agricultural Company

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James Higginson Norbury

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army PS/5372 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Bttn

British Army 5372 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment

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Ralph Curbishley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146480

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Donald Cash

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9670 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 9670 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Hamman

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3995 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th Btn

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John Luxton Heard

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 4th City Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Frederick George Leech

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15381 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th, 8th (Service) Battalion

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Guy K Pierson

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army SPTS4228 Acting Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Humphrey King Hoyle

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Cash

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 44858 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

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