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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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People [474] Stories Communities

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]

A Acton

British Army 10694 Private Border Regiment

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M Acton

British Army Matron Territorial Force Nursing Service

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George Herbert Acton

British Army Lance Corporal 28th Canadian Machine Gun Corps

British Army Acting Captain 28th Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Rowland Acton

British Army 241776 Private 5th West Riding Regiment

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Joseph W Acton

British Army 7933 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7933 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Herbert Acton

British Army 1456 Private 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 305080 Private 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3438254 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Army

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Luke Acton

British Army 3747 Private 7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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Percy Morland Acton-Adams

Born 1878

Died 1927

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/297 Rifle Brigade 1 new zealand Battalion

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Reginald Thomas Anesley Ball-Acton

Died 1916

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Horace Acton

Born 1883

Royal Navy 203174

Royal Navy TC 734 Trimmer Cook Royal Naval Reserve

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P M Acton-Adams

British Army Major New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles

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Gladstone Murray Acton-Adams

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

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P M Acton-Adams

British Army Major New Zealand Force Mounted Rifles

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Robert Acton Or Acto

Born 1865

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