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Sydney New South Wales [19]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

London England [7]

Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Blackburn, Lancashire [6]

Preston, Lancashire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Blakeville Victoria [2]

Broughton, Salford [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Devonport [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Gatton Queensland [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hill End New South Wales [2]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

North Motton Tasmania [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Temora New South Wales [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Yalding, Kent [2]

Abingdon,Berks. [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alston, Lancashire [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Antwerp [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1558]

Gunner [169]

Driver [131]

Serjeant [127]

Corporal [121]

Sapper [93]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lance Corporal [53]

Acting Corporal [35]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [30]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Pioneer [18]

Bombardier [16]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Rifleman [8]

Major [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Private/Lance Corporal [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Sergeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nurse [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

11th Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Driver Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [217]

Royal Field Artillery [194]

Royal Engineers [173]

Army Service Corps [148]

Manchester Regiment [136]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Army Medical Corps [96]

Lancashire Fusiliers [88]

Machine Gun Corps [87]

Liverpool Regiment [81]

Cheshire Regiment [71]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [58]

South Lancashire Regiment [58]

York and Lancaster Regiment [51]

London Regiment [50]

East Lancashire Regiment [43]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Lincolnshire Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Border Regiment [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

West Riding Regiment [25]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Corps of Hussars [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Service

British Army [2395]

Royal Navy [173]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

Australian Imperial Force [115]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3041]

R [2]

B [1]

D [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2982]

Merchant Navy [45]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [19] Melbourne Victoria [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] London England [7] Wigan, Lancashire [7] Blackburn, Lancashire [6] Preston, Lancashire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Blakeville Victoria [2] Broughton, Salford [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Devonport [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Gatton Queensland [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hill End New South Wales [2] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] North Motton Tasmania [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Temora New South Wales [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Yalding, Kent [2] Abingdon,Berks. [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alston, Lancashire [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Antwerp [1] Ararat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1558] Gunner [169] Driver [131] Serjeant [127] Corporal [121] Sapper [93] Second Lieutenant [57] Lance Corporal [53] Acting Corporal [35] Captain [30] Lieutenant [30] Acting Serjeant [23] Pioneer [18] Bombardier [16] Acting Bombardier [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Staff Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Rifleman [8] Major [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Private/Lance Corporal [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Sergeant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nurse [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 11th Corporal [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Driver Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [217] Royal Field Artillery [194] Royal Engineers [173] Army Service Corps [148] Manchester Regiment [136] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Army Medical Corps [96] Lancashire Fusiliers [88] Machine Gun Corps [87] Liverpool Regiment [81] Cheshire Regiment [71] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [58] South Lancashire Regiment [58] York and Lancaster Regiment [51] London Regiment [50] East Lancashire Regiment [43] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Lincolnshire Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Lancaster Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [32] Rifle Brigade [31] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Welsh Regiment [28] Border Regiment [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] West Riding Regiment [25] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Yorkshire Regiment [21] Leicestershire Regiment [20] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] Middlesex Regiment [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Corps of Hussars [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Service

British Army [2395] Royal Navy [173] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161] Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] Australian Imperial Force [115] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [3041] R [2] B [1] D [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2982] Merchant Navy [45] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Canada [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1]

Herbert Ashton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 7290 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment "D" Company, attached 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regimentt 2nd/5th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Ashton

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 48826 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 13594 Company Quarter Master Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 488260 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Labour Corps 1035th Company

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James Lockhart Ashton

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 9947 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 9947 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 9947 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Regimental Depot, Walmer

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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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William Ashton

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 11114 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army A Coy

British Army 11114 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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James W Ashton

Born 1885

British Army 283680 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR.274057 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 274057 Corporal Royal Engineers Railway

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George Ashton

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 25524 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Elizabeth Frances Ashton

Born 1894

Royal Navy G1362 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service HMS President II [Chatham or Crystal Palace]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30765 Member Women's Royal Air Force RAF Great Yarmouth [Landing Ground]

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George Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3875 Rifleman King's (Liverpool) Regiment 3rd/6th Battalion

British Army 51711 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20th Battalion

British Army 51711 Private Liverpool Regiment Depot

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John Ashton

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 568 Lance corporal 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Donald Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 2289 Corporal Army Cycling Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Owen Tom Ashton

Born 1889

Died 1949

Royal Navy 3/3210 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

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Henry Ashton

Died 1918

British Army 32040 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32040 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 242017 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Hay C Ashton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army

British Army 7086 Private Scottish Rifles

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Arthur Henry Ashton

Born 1880

Died 1967

British Army 167695 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Ashton

Born 1887

British Army 030490 Private Army Ordnance Corps 107th (Service) Company

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Edward Ashton

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 17607 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 17607 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

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Rowland Otto Ashton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 6713 Private Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

British Army 6713 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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William Charles Ashton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 26037 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 26037 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Bn.

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