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Liverpool [7]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [4]

Liverpool England [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Flint, Flintshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Narrandera New South Wales [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Aburst Victoria [1]

Auburst Victoria [1]

Balranald New South Wales [1]

Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Cudal New South Wales [1]

Downholland, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Dunedin [1]

Durham [1]

Durham England [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow nr Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Fleetwood, Hampshire, England [1]

Flint [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Crosby, Lancashire, England [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Hereford [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Hunterville [1]

Ince, Lancashire [1]

Jerilderie New South Wales [1]

Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [500]

Gunner [56]

Serjeant [39]

Driver [37]

Corporal [33]

Sapper [26]

Lance Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Pioneer [6]

Rifleman [6]

Captain [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal / Acting Sergeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Clerk Corporal [1]

Engineer Clerk/Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [81]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Labour Corps [66]

South Lancashire Regiment [55]

Royal Engineers [47]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Manchester Regiment [31]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

London Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

9th Liverpool Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [725]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [902]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [880]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

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Liverpool [7] Ormskirk, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [4] Liverpool England [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Dover, Kent [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Flint, Flintshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Narrandera New South Wales [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Aburst Victoria [1] Auburst Victoria [1] Balranald New South Wales [1] Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Cudal New South Wales [1] Downholland, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Dunedin [1] Durham [1] Durham England [1] Ecclesall Bierlow nr Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Fleetwood, Hampshire, England [1] Flint [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Great Crosby, Lancashire, England [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hereford [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Hunterville [1] Ince, Lancashire [1] Jerilderie New South Wales [1] Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [500] Gunner [56] Serjeant [39] Driver [37] Corporal [33] Sapper [26] Lance Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [22] Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Pioneer [6] Rifleman [6] Captain [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal / Acting Sergeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Clerk Corporal [1] Engineer Clerk/Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [81] Royal Field Artillery [67] Labour Corps [66] South Lancashire Regiment [55] Royal Engineers [47] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Manchester Regiment [31] Cheshire Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [13] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] London Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Scots [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Military Foot Police [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] 9th Liverpool Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [725] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [902] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [880] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Robert Ashcroft

Born 1892

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2020745

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2020745 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Ashcroft

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 128571 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 128571 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Edward Davey Ashcroft

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Cecil Ashcroft

Died 1915

British Army 1538 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 1538 Private London Regiment

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Frank Ashcroft

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8307 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 8307 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd battalion leicest Battalion

British Army 8307 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Oswald Ashcroft

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 57093 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15399 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 268200 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Robert Ashcroft

Died 1915

British Army 15600 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 15600 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Samuel Ashcroft

Died 1915

British Army 14345 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Ashcroft

Died 1915

British Army 3181 Private Manchester Regiment

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Jas Stanley Ashcroft

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 31960 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Ashcroft

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 66934 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 66934 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick Ashcroft

Died 1917

British Army 270440 Private Royal Scots

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James Ashcroft

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 16632 private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 16632 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Ashcroft

Died 1916

British Army 7775 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd east Battalion

British Army 7775 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd east Battalion

British Army 7775 Company Serjeant Major East Lancashire Regiment

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George Ashcroft

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 7799 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 7799 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Ashcroft

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army P/2017 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 24358 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24358 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Ashcroft

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 25840 Private South Wales Borderers

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Albert Ashcroft

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 9813 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 80201 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 47631 Private Labour Corps

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D L Ashcroft

Died 1917

British Army L/2206 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Ashcroft

Died 1917

British Army 12257 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15239 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 268040 Private Cheshire Regiment

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