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Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [33]

Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [10]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Dukinfield, Cheshire [3]

Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Manchester England [2]

Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1]

6 Margaret St., Ashton under Lyne [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ashton - U - Lyne [1]

Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1]

Aston-Under-Lyne, Manchester [1]

Bardsley, Lancashire, England [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beverley, East Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Dinapor [1]

Droylsden, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dukinfield, Chesire [1]

Dunkinfield, Cheshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Gorton, Lancashire [1]

Gorton,Chorlton,Lancashire [1]

Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Hathersage, Derbyshire [1]

Hooley Hill Audenshaw Lancashire [1]

Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Loveclough, Lancs. [1]

Miles Platting, Lancashire [1]

Mossley [1]

Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [285]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Captain [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Gunner [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Driver [10]

Major [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Chaplain 1st Class Territorial Force [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [184]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

15th Hussars [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Lancers [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Manch Regiment [1]

3rd Field Ambulance [1]

Ammunition Park [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [373]

Royal Navy [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [61]

H [44]

M [36]

C [31]

W [24]

A [22]

G [22]

L [19]

R [19]

S [19]

D [15]

P [15]

T [14]

E [11]

N [8]

K [7]

F [6]

J [6]

O [6]

Y [4]

I [3]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [395]

Country

United Kingdom [172]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [33] Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [10] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [5] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [3] Dukinfield, Cheshire [3] Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] London [2] Manchester England [2] Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [2] 6 Helevetia St, Perry Hill [1] 6 Margaret St., Ashton under Lyne [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ashton - U - Lyne [1] Ashton - Under - Lyne Lancashire [1] Aston-Under-Lyne, Manchester [1] Bardsley, Lancashire, England [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beverley, East Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Dinapor [1] Droylsden, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dukinfield, Chesire [1] Dunkinfield, Cheshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Gorton, Lancashire [1] Gorton,Chorlton,Lancashire [1] Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Hathersage, Derbyshire [1] Hooley Hill Audenshaw Lancashire [1] Horwich, Lancashire [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Lancashire England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Loveclough, Lancs. [1] Miles Platting, Lancashire [1] Mossley [1] Mossley, Lancashire [1] Mossley, Lancashire [1] Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [285] Serjeant [21] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [15] Captain [12] Lance Corporal [12] Gunner [11] Lieutenant [11] Driver [10] Major [4] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Boy [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Chaplain 1st Class Territorial Force [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [184] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Cheshire Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [17] West Riding Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] Grenadier Guards [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] 15th Hussars [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Lancers [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Manch Regiment [1] 3rd Field Ambulance [1] Ammunition Park [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [373] Royal Navy [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [61] H [44] M [36] C [31] W [24] A [22] G [22] L [19] R [19] S [19] D [15] P [15] T [14] E [11] N [8] K [7] F [6] J [6] O [6] Y [4] I [3] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [395]

Country

United Kingdom [172] Canada [1] India [1]

John C Devlin

British Army 7006 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Frank Higgs

British Army 6297 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 6297 Acting Colour Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 3512608 Driver Manchester Regiment

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John Kenney

British Army 1121 Private Manchester Regiment

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Albert Taylor

British Army 13542 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 13542 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Wm Henry Ackrill

British Army 7694 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Arthur Waite

Died 1915

British Army 9853 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Gerald Massey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1289 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 1289 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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James Hulley

Born 1886

Died 1921

British Army 244437 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Henry Ashbey

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1810 Private Manchester Regiment 1/8th manchest Battalion

British Army 1810 Private Manchester Regiment

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Albert Wood

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1436 Private Manchester Regiment

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Percy Aspden Woodhouse

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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George Tomlinson

Died 1915

British Army 11161 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 11161 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Matthew Chalmers

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11025 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion

British Army 11025 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Thomas Little

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1779 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard Loseby

Died 1918

British Army 12806 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George William Handforth

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Major Manchester Regiment

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Fred Dawber

British Army 96848 Driver Royal Field Artillery 7th Battalion

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James Player

British Army 1921 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 350484 Private Manchester Regiment

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Wilfred P Colclough

British Army 1725 Private Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army 350378 Private Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

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Beltram Ford Robinson

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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