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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]

Harold Hallam

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 401438 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/5th battalion

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George William Lawton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army L/34375 Gunner Royal Field Artillery A Battery

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Robert Garside

Died 1916

British Army 21226 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 43156 Private Scottish Rifles 1st Battalion

British Army 43156 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Albert Lydiate

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army SE/23234 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Edward Bates

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 30043 Manchester Regiment

British Army 5127 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 37708 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/10th Bn.

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William Taylor

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 105388 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 105388 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Moore

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 352123 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/9th Battalion

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Ernest Chadderton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3244 Private Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army 3244 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Henry Allen

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 350838 Private Manchester Regiment "B" Coy. 2nd/9th Bn.

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William Hoggard

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6672 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6672 Acting Serjeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6672 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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John Cassidy

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2905 Private Manchester Regiment 1/9th manchest Battalion

British Army 303456 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/8th Battalion

British Army 303456 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Lewis Green

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1641 Private Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army 1641 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Wilson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 203428 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4358 Private Manchester Regiment

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Horace Bennett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Cheshire

British Army 3391 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

British Army 3391 Private Manchester Regiment

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Albert Ashton

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 755 Private Manchester Regiment 7th manchest Battalion

British Army 755 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Greenwood

Died 1917

British Army 4119 Manchester Regiment

British Army 32400 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Albert Edward Curran

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7232 Serjeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Ridyard

Died 1918

British Army 47765 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 29827 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Wolfe Tone O'sullivan

Died 1918

British Army 235999 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army 2944 Manchester Regiment

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Rupert Louis Arundale

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 10 11th Battalion

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