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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]

Joseph Ashton

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 270589 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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Townsend Stafford Edward Ashton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214224

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William Ashton

Died 1916

British Army 18489 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 43307 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43307 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Gilbert Ashton

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 17797 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 18151 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Ashton

Died 1917

British Army 1142 Private Cheshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 265073 Driver Cheshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 265073 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Ashton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2296 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4900 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 4900 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Ashton

Died 1914

British Army 9189 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Archibald F Ashton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 241743 Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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John Record Ashton

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 752

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Robert John Ashton

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J41852 Boy 1st Class HMS Chester

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Alfred Samuel Ashton

British Army 10697 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10697 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Percy Frederick Ashton

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9084 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9084 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frederick Ashton

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 9739 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 9739DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Ben Holden."

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Thomas Ashton

Born 1897

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Cook Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Cook Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham)

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James Edward Ashton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52120

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Charles Frederick Percival Ashton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102233

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Walter Ashton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7661

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George Henry Ashton

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 47215 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9510 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army .47215 Company Serjeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

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William Francis Ashton

Born 1897

Died 1916

South African Services 8727 Private 1st South African Infantry

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