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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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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]

George William Stringer

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army 787 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 350066 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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William John Goodier

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 124144 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7810816 Machine Gun Corps

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David Green

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3126 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

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Dan Hardy

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 56026 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lees Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1962

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119986

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Richard Beswick

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 362651 Sapper Royal Engineers royal engineers 6th Company

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Percy Allen

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1901 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 1901 Private Manchester Regiment

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Lambert Fell

Born 1885

Died 1966

British Army 21164 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Peter Aldcroft

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29151

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Isaac Hallworth

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army 6616

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Joseph Hallworth

Born 1884

Died 1937

British Army 65050

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Leonard James Whittle

Born 1892

Died 1928

Canadian Expeditionary Force 720695

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James Nield

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 351019 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st 8 Battalion

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Allen Eastwood

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 10746 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Mchugh

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 519 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 696 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Percy Albert Russell

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 204914 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Reuben Bates

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1242 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 31126 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 235784 Acting Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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David Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 14233 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 14233 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John George Gunner

Died 1917

British Army 85423 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Rupert Fenna

Born 1890

Died 1964

Royal Navy M18840 3rd Writer HMS INFLEXIBLE

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