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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]

Henry John Ashton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33538

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Aubrey Ashton

Born 1901

Died 1920

British Army 16769 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 16769 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Walter Ashton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129624

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Harold Walmsley Ashton

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 125341 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Ashton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145087

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William Henry Ashton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35238

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Joshua Ashton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147634

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John Ashton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97638

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John George Ashton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6545

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David John Ashton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army R4/106783 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 41581 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Roland Ashton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 241241 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241241 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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John Ashton

Died 1915

British Army 6344 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st/4th Battalion

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Henry Ashton

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army F/29012 Private Army Service Corps

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David Percy Hubert Ashton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180002

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Richard Ashton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64840

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Colin Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 24779 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 32886 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Ashton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8076

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Henry Edward Ashton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115435

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Alfred Ashton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308437

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Joseph William Ashton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296383

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