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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [165]

Lancashire [35]

Burnley [34]

East Bergholt [22]

Padiham, Lancashire [14]

Blackburn, Lancashire [8]

Colne, Lancashire [6]

Accrington [5]

Birmingham [5]

London [5]

Nelson, Lancashire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Accrington,Lancashire [4]

Blackburn [4]

Bolton [4]

Liverpool [4]

Manchester [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Rochdale [4]

Wigan [4]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [3]

Colne [3]

Glasgow [3]

Keighley, West Yorkshire [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Barrowford, Lancashire [2]

Bradford [2]

Brierfield, Lancashire [2]

Cannock [2]

Capel, Suffolk [2]

Chadsmoor [2]

Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire [2]

East Bergholt, Suffolk [2]

Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Great Harwood, Lancashire [2]

Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [2]

Hyde, Greater Manchester [2]

Leeds [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Nelson [2]

Oldham [2]

Ramsbottom [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield [2]

Suffolk [2]

Swansea [2]

Toronto [2]

West Bromwich [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [735]

Lance Corporal [60]

Corporal [50]

Gunner [49]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Serjeant [35]

Driver [26]

Lieutenant [25]

Sapper [16]

Captain [14]

Rifleman [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/Captain [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance/Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [246]

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Australian Infantry [45]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Labour Corps [20]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Border Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [14]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Royal Engineers [14]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [868]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [433]

C [135]

A [126]

S [43]

M [40]

H [33]

W [31]

T [24]

D [22]

G [18]

P [18]

F [15]

R [15]

L [13]

J [12]

K [8]

N [5]

E [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [993]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

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People [1004] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [165] Lancashire [35] Burnley [34] East Bergholt [22] Padiham, Lancashire [14] Blackburn, Lancashire [8] Colne, Lancashire [6] Accrington [5] Birmingham [5] London [5] Nelson, Lancashire [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Accrington,Lancashire [4] Blackburn [4] Bolton [4] Liverpool [4] Manchester [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Rochdale [4] Wigan [4] Clitheroe, Lancashire [3] Colne [3] Glasgow [3] Keighley, West Yorkshire [3] Stepney, London [3] Barrowford, Lancashire [2] Bradford [2] Brierfield, Lancashire [2] Cannock [2] Capel, Suffolk [2] Chadsmoor [2] Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire [2] East Bergholt, Suffolk [2] Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire [2] Great Harwood, Lancashire [2] Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [2] Hyde, Greater Manchester [2] Leeds [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Nelson [2] Oldham [2] Ramsbottom [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield [2] Suffolk [2] Swansea [2] Toronto [2] West Bromwich [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [735] Lance Corporal [60] Corporal [50] Gunner [49] Second Lieutenant [38] Serjeant [35] Driver [26] Lieutenant [25] Sapper [16] Captain [14] Rifleman [12] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Sergeant [6] Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd Corporal [1] A/Captain [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Fitter [1] Flight Commander [1] Guardsman [1] Lance/Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [246] Royal Field Artillery [60] Australian Infantry [45] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] Royal Lancaster Regiment [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Labour Corps [20] Suffolk Regiment [18] Border Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [14] Canadian Infantry [14] Royal Engineers [14] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Coldstream Guards [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Essex Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Air Force [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [868] Australian Imperial Force [69] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] South African Services [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [433] C [135] A [126] S [43] M [40] H [33] W [31] T [24] D [22] G [18] P [18] F [15] R [15] L [13] J [12] K [8] N [5] E [4] O [3] Y [3] I [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [993]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Edward Butler

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11883 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 11883 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Bailey

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 17088 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 61st Battalion

British Army 17088 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Abraham Harvey

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 21037 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Bannister

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army A198985 Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Jonathan Bowditch

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 22058 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 22058 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Calverley

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 13623 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Willie Ashworth

Died 1914

British Army 8746 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 8746 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert William Henry Barker

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 23619 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Albert Cheeseborough

Died 1915

British Army 1992 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Andrew Stewart

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army CZ/7633 Leading Seaman Royal Navy

British Army 2473 Leading Seaman Royal Navy

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Hey Chapples

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 1881 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 1881 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

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Harry Chadwick

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 202860 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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James Hartley Bannister

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 28744 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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James David Bradley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 12671 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Henry Bramall

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 4697 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Abraham Jacks

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3387 Private Australian Infantry 49th Battalion

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Joseph Bridge

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 5735 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5735 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Adcock

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 29370 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 29370 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th

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George Bolland

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6591 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6591 Warrant Officer Class 1 East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6591 Regimental Serjeant Major East Lancashire Regiment

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John R Bannister

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6790 Lance Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army 6790 Acting Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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