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Mobberley Cheshire [66]

Mobberley, Cheshire [8]

Manchester [7]

Great Warford Cheshire [6]

Knutsford [5]

Lostock Gralam Cheshire [3]

Ashley Cheshire [2]

Eccles Lancashire [2]

Salford Lancashire [2]

Stockport [2]

Stornoway Isle of Lewis Scotland [2]

Wilmslow Cheshire [2]

Agden Cheshire [1]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Barnton Cheshire [1]

Barrow forTarvin, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackley Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Boothstown Lancashire [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Broughton Lancashire [1]

Brown Edge Cottages, Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Bury Lancashire [1]

Chapel en le Frith [1]

Cheetham Hill Manchester [1]

Coppock House Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Crumpsall Manchester [1]

Dalton in Furness [1]

Davenport Lane Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Devonshire [1]

Didsbury Cheshire [1]

Gatley Cheshire [1]

Gorton Lancashire [1]

Gorton Manchester [1]

Hale Cheshire [1]

Hall Bank Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Hall Lane Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Hall Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Heaton Norris Manchester [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

High Legh Cheshire [1]

Hobcroft House Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Holt House Cottage Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Hulme Manchester [1]

Hyde Manchester [1]

Ivy Cottages Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Driver [7]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Crpl [1]

Major/ Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [44]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

21st Indian Lancers [1]

4th Reserve Regt Kings Own Royal Lancashires [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashires [1]

Glasgow Highlanders [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Ordnance Department [1]

King's Liverpool Scottish [1]

King's Liverpool ScottishRegiment [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

RASC [1]

RFA [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [5]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [34]

S [21]

C [19]

H [18]

G [16]

W [16]

D [12]

P [10]

J [9]

M [9]

E [8]

T [8]

A [6]

N [4]

R [4]

L [3]

F [2]

K [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [200]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

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People [201] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mobberley Cheshire [66] Mobberley, Cheshire [8] Manchester [7] Great Warford Cheshire [6] Knutsford [5] Lostock Gralam Cheshire [3] Ashley Cheshire [2] Eccles Lancashire [2] Salford Lancashire [2] Stockport [2] Stornoway Isle of Lewis Scotland [2] Wilmslow Cheshire [2] Agden Cheshire [1] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Barnton Cheshire [1] Barrow forTarvin, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackley Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Boothstown Lancashire [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Broughton Lancashire [1] Brown Edge Cottages, Mobberley Cheshire [1] Bury Lancashire [1] Chapel en le Frith [1] Cheetham Hill Manchester [1] Coppock House Mobberley Cheshire [1] Crumpsall Manchester [1] Dalton in Furness [1] Davenport Lane Mobberley Cheshire [1] Devonshire [1] Didsbury Cheshire [1] Gatley Cheshire [1] Gorton Lancashire [1] Gorton Manchester [1] Hale Cheshire [1] Hall Bank Mobberley Cheshire [1] Hall Lane Mobberley Cheshire [1] Hall Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Heaton Norris Manchester [1] Hertfordshire [1] High Legh Cheshire [1] Hobcroft House Mobberley Cheshire [1] Holt House Cottage Mobberley Cheshire [1] Huddersfield [1] Hulme Manchester [1] Hyde Manchester [1] Ivy Cottages Mobberley Cheshire [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [115] Gunner [22] Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [9] Driver [7] Sapper [7] Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Bombardier [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Guardsman [1] L/Crpl [1] Major/ Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Squadron Leader [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cheshire Regiment [44] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [14] Manchester Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Training Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 21st Indian Lancers [1] 4th Reserve Regt Kings Own Royal Lancashires [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashires [1] Glasgow Highlanders [1] HMS SUPERB [1] Hussars [1] Indian Ordnance Department [1] King's Liverpool Scottish [1] King's Liverpool ScottishRegiment [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] RASC [1] RFA [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [5] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [34] S [21] C [19] H [18] G [16] W [16] D [12] P [10] J [9] M [9] E [8] T [8] A [6] N [4] R [4] L [3] F [2] K [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [200] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Harry Daniel

Born 1895

British Army 96875 Driver Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 56th Brigade

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Alfred Acton

Born 1892

Died 1959

British Army 23299 Private Grenadier Guards

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Thomas Houlden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 245035 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 245035 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Eyres

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 92325 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Cash

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army M2/121442 Private Army Service Corps

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John Vernon Dean

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army S/443421(Incomplete) Private Army Service Corps

British Army 443421 Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 443421/4870 King's Liverpool Scottish 10th

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Smith Plant

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 60200 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edwin Dean

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 357837 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Ernest W Greer

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army 139013 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joe Saxon

Born 1880

British Army 194101 Private Labour Corps

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Francis Joseph Swift Cummins

Born 1898

British Army 4727 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army M/417641 Private Army Service Corps

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Hugh Barber Barker

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army 216991 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Arnold Eden

Born 1893

Died 1950

British Army 33427 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 434199 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Shrieves

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army S4/039145 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/039145 Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Samuel Groves

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 22476 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Geoffrey Fildes

Born 1889

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Whittaker

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176294

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Wilfred Turner Harrison

Born 1893

Died 1985

British Army 1628 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Corporal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Sergeant

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Ernest Simcock

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 36913 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Cooper Starkey

Born 1890

Died 1950

British Army 188867 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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