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Place of birth

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [20]

Bardsley, Lancashire [5]

Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Denton, Lancashire [2]

Hazel Grove, Cheshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Alt, Lancashire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Bardsley, Lancashire, England [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Birstall, Leicester [1]

Brancaster Staithe Norfolk [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Carnaby, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1]

Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Clacton on sea Essex [1]

Colchester [1]

Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Corfe Mullen, Wimborne. [1]

Coventry [1]

Doncaster, West Yorkshire [1]

Edge Hill, Liverpool. [1]

Finsbury, Middlesex [1]

Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Hattersley, Cheshire [1]

Hollington, Sussex [1]

Holy Trinity, Stalybridge, [1]

Holyell, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Hove, Brighton. [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Kirkdale, Liverpool [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leicester [1]

Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marple, Cheshire [1]

Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [213]

Corporal [15]

Gunner [12]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Sapper [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant/Observer Officer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [89]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [30]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

2/4 Yorks Regiment [1]

4th R S Lancashire [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

BEDFORDSHIRE REGT [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Duke of Lancs Own Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [259]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [35]

B [30]

H [29]

S [25]

C [20]

L [17]

W [16]

A [15]

P [14]

R [13]

G [11]

T [11]

D [10]

E [10]

N [7]

F [6]

J [6]

K [5]

O [2]

V [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [281]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

India [2]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [286] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [20] Bardsley, Lancashire [5] Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [5] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Denton, Lancashire [2] Hazel Grove, Cheshire [2] Manchester [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Alt, Lancashire [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Bardsley, Lancashire, England [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Birstall, Leicester [1] Brancaster Staithe Norfolk [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Carnaby, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1] Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Clacton on sea Essex [1] Colchester [1] Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Corfe Mullen, Wimborne. [1] Coventry [1] Doncaster, West Yorkshire [1] Edge Hill, Liverpool. [1] Finsbury, Middlesex [1] Grandborough, Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Hattersley, Cheshire [1] Hollington, Sussex [1] Holy Trinity, Stalybridge, [1] Holyell, Flintshire, Wales [1] Hove, Brighton. [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Kirkdale, Liverpool [1] Lancashire [1] Leicester [1] Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marple, Cheshire [1] Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [213] Corporal [15] Gunner [12] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Sapper [2] 3rd Writer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Flight Cadet [1] Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant/Observer Officer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [89] Machine Gun Corps [37] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [30] Cheshire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Royal Field Artillery [13] Welsh Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [8] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] West Riding Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Wellington Infantry Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 2/4 Yorks Regiment [1] 4th R S Lancashire [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] BEDFORDSHIRE REGT [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Duke of Lancs Own Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [259] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [35] B [30] H [29] S [25] C [20] L [17] W [16] A [15] P [14] R [13] G [11] T [11] D [10] E [10] N [7] F [6] J [6] K [5] O [2] V [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [281] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [101] India [2] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

John Samuel Buckley

Born 1871

Died 1935

British Army 15131 Private Manchester Regiment

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Fred Nicholls

Born 1895

Died 1926

British Army 110892 Duke of Lancs Own Yeomanry 2nd Res Battalion

Royal Navy R/ 2214 Royal Naval Division

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William Cudworth

Born 1874

Died 1945

British Army 45050 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Chapman

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 203253 Private South Lancashire Regiment south Battalion

British Army 6992 4th R S Lancashire

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Frank Marsland Doughty

Died 1967

British Army 64985 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harry Hallworth

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 12695 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 12695 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Cecil Arnfield

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 30419 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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John Dagnall

Born 1893

Died 1943

British Army 3861 Private Manchester Regiment manchest Battalion

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Peter Lawless

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army PS/6158 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Pilley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 26141 Private Manchester Regiment

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John M Smalley

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 131269 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Holt

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 012383 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army G/34197 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment

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William Hardy

Born 1885

Died 1943

British Army 12312 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army P11462 Private Military Foot Police

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Knight Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army W/5674 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Hibbert

Born 1896

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160261

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Ambrose Jones

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army S7747 Private Rifle Brigade

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Enoch Wildblood

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 28253 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 28253 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harry Kinder Marsland

Born 1885

British Army 6650 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Emlyn Williams

Born 1888

Died 1953

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32428

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Charles Edward Bake

Born 1897

Died 1977

Canadian Expeditionary Force 334455

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