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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Durham [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Chartham, Canterbury, Kent [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Liverpool [2]

Prescot, Lancashire, England [2]

Sunderland England [2]

Whitchurch, Shropshire [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire, England [1]

Ashton On Tyne England [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [1]

Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Gloucester New South Wales [1]

Hightown Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Leicester [1]

Leominster, Herefordshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Loughton, Essex [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire [1]

Newport, Shropshire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Peckham, Surrey, England [1]

Petone [1]

Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Standish, Lancashire [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [285]

Gunner [49]

Driver [21]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [14]

Bombardier [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain Temporary Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Reverend [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Civilian [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Rifleman [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Labour Corps [38]

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [27]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

16th Lancers [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [432]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [547]

Contribution

Military Service [527]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Durham [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Chartham, Canterbury, Kent [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Deptford, London [2] Liverpool [2] Prescot, Lancashire, England [2] Sunderland England [2] Whitchurch, Shropshire [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Aldershot England [1] Altrincham, Cheshire, England [1] Ashton On Tyne England [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Birmingham England [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [1] Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Gloucester New South Wales [1] Hightown Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Islington, London [1] Leicester [1] Leominster, Herefordshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Loughton, Essex [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire [1] Newport, Shropshire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Peckham, Surrey, England [1] Petone [1] Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Standish, Lancashire [1] Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [285] Gunner [49] Driver [21] Corporal [19] Sapper [17] Serjeant [14] Bombardier [9] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain Temporary Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Chaplain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Reverend [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Civilian [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private/ Private [1] Rifleman [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [43] Labour Corps [38] Royal Engineers [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [27] Manchester Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Shropshire Light Infantry [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] London Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Corps of Hussars [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 16th Lancers [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [432] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [547]

Contribution

Military Service [527] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1]

William Frederick Arrowsmith

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404989 Private Canadian Infantry 35th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404989 Private Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment) 19th Battalion

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Jack Clifford Arrowsmith

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 163615 Private Acting Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Ernest Victor Arrowsmith

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15207 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 27706 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Edmund Arrowsmith

Died 1915

British Army 2429 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial

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Ernest Arrowsmith

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168819

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William Henry Arrowsmith

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304129

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Henry Thomas Arrowsmith

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56699

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George Frederick John Arrowsmith

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225615

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William Arrowsmith

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312372

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Hugh Arrowsmith

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67069

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William Arrowsmith

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104662

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Anthoney Arrowsmith

Born 1874

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/3609 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Ernest Arrowsmith

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134294

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Albert Arrowsmith

Died 1916

British Army 63785 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Arrowsmith

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 31321 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 39929 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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James Cliffe Arrowsmith

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5515 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 50232 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Isaac Arrowsmith

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 8089 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Chandler Arrowsmith

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7040 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7040 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Robert Arrowsmith

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 42634 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42634 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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Alfred J Arrowsmith

Died 1918

British Army 265099 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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