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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Mobberley Cheshire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Baxenden Lancashire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Bridgenorth,Shropshire, England [1]

Brighton [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Clayton Manchester [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dexley, Kent [1]

Galway [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Gloucester England [1]

Gorton Manchester, England [1]

Gunning New South Wales [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Ince, Lancashire [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Knutsford [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancaster [1]

Leicester [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Litchfield, Staffordshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

Louisville, Kentucky [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mottingham, Kent [1]

Nottingham [1]

Ontario [1]

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques [1]

Peckham, Surrey [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire [1]

Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Port Dinorwic, North Wales [1]

Rank

Private [205]

Gunner [22]

Driver [18]

Serjeant [18]

Corporal 2nd [13]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [10]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Matron [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Second Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Clerk Serjeant [1]

Colonel Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commandant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant A Company Sergeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Quarter Master Adjutant [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Ship's Steward Assistant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Royal Engineers [21]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East African Labour Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Indian Medical Department [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [338]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [473]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [454]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Sydney New South Wales [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Mobberley Cheshire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Baxenden Lancashire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Bridgenorth,Shropshire, England [1] Brighton [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Clayton Manchester [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dexley, Kent [1] Galway [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Gloucester England [1] Gorton Manchester, England [1] Gunning New South Wales [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Ince, Lancashire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Knutsford [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancaster [1] Leicester [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Litchfield, Staffordshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] Louisville, Kentucky [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mottingham, Kent [1] Nottingham [1] Ontario [1] Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire [1] Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Port Dinorwic, North Wales [1]

Rank

Private [205] Gunner [22] Driver [18] Serjeant [18] Corporal 2nd [13] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal [10] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Matron [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Second Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Clerk Serjeant [1] Colonel Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commandant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant A Company Sergeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Greaser [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Quarter Master Adjutant [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant/ Serjeant [1] Ship's Steward Assistant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32] Royal Engineers [21] Cheshire Regiment [20] Labour Corps [19] Manchester Regiment [18] Army Service Corps [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Australian Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] London Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East African Labour Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Indian Medical Department [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [338] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [473] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [454] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [1]

Edward Leslie Lowry Acton

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army Temporary Captain Leinster Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Adjutant Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Abraham Acton

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10694 Private Border Regiment 2 Battalion

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John Watkin Acton

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy C 2105 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2105C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Invincible

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Joseph Acton

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8373 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8373 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 8373 Private Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st BN

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Samuel Acton

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7831 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 7831 Private Royal Scots

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Harold Acton

Born 1895

Died 1983

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404093

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Fitzmaurice Acton

Born 1874

Died 1920

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Thomas Henry Acton

Born 1856

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian war death

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Henry James Acton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82260

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Walter Robert Stewart Acton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55035

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Albert Acton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187859

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John Henry Acton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204682

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Armar Edward Acton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Charles Unsworth Acton

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 17007 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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William Albert Acton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9952 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Acton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188756

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Thomas Francis Acton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199242

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Joseph Acton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138238

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Thomas Acton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3/36778 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 3/36778 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Joseph Acton

Born 1872

Died 1917

Royal Navy TS 5363 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5363TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Vale of Leven

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