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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 Ashton

British Army 4989 Private Royal Defence Corps 153rd Provisional Company

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Francis Ashton

British Army 6004 Private 7th Hussars

British Army 45383 Private Corps of Hussars

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Harold Ashton

British Army GS/14314 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/14956 Private Dragoons

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Samuel Ashton

British Army 10704 Private Strapper 2/6th Lancashire Fusiliers

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Percy Ashton

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Percy Edward Ashton

British Army 342170 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 342170 Sapper 402nd Highland Field Company

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John Ashton

British Army 422914 Private 10th Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Ashton

British Army 16868 Serjeant 2nd Siege Batery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 16868 Serjeant 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Battery Quarter Master Serjeant 2nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Daniel Ashton

British Army 16014 Private 9th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29601 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John G Ashton

British Army 21L/4986 Lance Sergeant 9th Lancers

British Army 21L/4986 Corporal 9th Lancers

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George Ashton

British Army 12800 Private 18th Hussars

British Army 12800 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 29701 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frank D Ashton

British Army PS/6449 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army 75774 Private 4th Tank Corps

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Herbert Ashton

British Army 335545 Private Labour Corps

British Army 335545 Private 587th Artillery Company

British Army 335545 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Fred Ashton

British Army 33157 Private 20th Hussars

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James Ashton

British Army 17902 S/Corporal 5th Reserve Cavalry

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John Ashton

British Army 200927 Sergeant 4th York and Lancaster Regiment

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John William Ashton

British Army 73901 Private Royal Defence Corps 263rd Provisional Company

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William S Ashton

British Army 9141 Private 2nd Kings Riding Regiment

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A J Ashton

British Army 22023 Private 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Job Ashton

British Army 9191 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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