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Melbourne Victoria [11]

Rochdale, Lancashire [10]

Bacup, Lancashire [9]

Burnley, Lancashire [6]

Bury, Lancashire [6]

Oldham, Lancashire [6]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Heywood, Lancashire [3]

Lancashire England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Manchester [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [3]

Nelson, Lancashire [3]

Padiham, Lancashire [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

York Western Australia [3]

Bacup, Lancs [2]

Burnley [2]

Devonport, Devon, England [2]

Eccles, Lancashire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Heywood [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Rawtenstall [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [2]

Rochdale, Lancs [2]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Accrington, Lanarkshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Allans Flat Victoria [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bacup [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrowford, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Blackpool Lancs [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1186]

Gunner [112]

Driver [106]

Corporal [82]

Serjeant [75]

Sapper [55]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lance Corporal [30]

Acting Corporal [24]

Captain [20]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Rifleman [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Hononary Captain [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanical 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [173]

Royal Field Artillery [145]

Lancashire Fusiliers [143]

Manchester Regiment [117]

East Lancashire Regiment [116]

Army Service Corps [112]

Royal Engineers [111]

Royal Army Medical Corps [81]

Liverpool Regiment [77]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [63]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [47]

Cheshire Regiment [46]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

West Riding Regiment [31]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Border Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Grenadier Guards [16]

London Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Training Reserve [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Service

British Army [1721]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

Royal Navy [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [2073]

Contribution

Military Service [2036]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Belgium [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [11] Rochdale, Lancashire [10] Bacup, Lancashire [9] Burnley, Lancashire [6] Bury, Lancashire [6] Oldham, Lancashire [6] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Heywood, Lancashire [3] Lancashire England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Manchester [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire, England [3] Nelson, Lancashire [3] Padiham, Lancashire [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] York Western Australia [3] Bacup, Lancs [2] Burnley [2] Devonport, Devon, England [2] Eccles, Lancashire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Heywood [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Rawtenstall [2] Rawtenstall, Lancs [2] Rochdale, Lancs [2] Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Accrington, Lanarkshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Allans Flat Victoria [1] Ashton under Lyne [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bacup [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrowford, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Blackpool Lancs [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1186] Gunner [112] Driver [106] Corporal [82] Serjeant [75] Sapper [55] Second Lieutenant [41] Lance Corporal [30] Acting Corporal [24] Captain [20] Pioneer [18] Acting Serjeant [12] Bombardier [11] Lieutenant [9] Rifleman [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Nurse [3] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Hononary Captain [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Private Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanical 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Canteener [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [173] Royal Field Artillery [145] Lancashire Fusiliers [143] Manchester Regiment [117] East Lancashire Regiment [116] Army Service Corps [112] Royal Engineers [111] Royal Army Medical Corps [81] Liverpool Regiment [77] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [63] Machine Gun Corps [53] Royal Lancaster Regiment [47] Cheshire Regiment [46] Royal Fusiliers [34] West Riding Regiment [31] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Border Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Welsh Regiment [17] Grenadier Guards [16] London Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal Defence Corps [15] Suffolk Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Army Veterinary Corps [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Coldstream Guards [10] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Training Reserve [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Air Force [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Service

British Army [1721] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] Royal Navy [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] Australian Imperial Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [2073]

Contribution

Military Service [2036] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Belgium [1] New Zealand [1]

George Ashworth

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 9158 Private The Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 9158 Private The Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 9158 Corporal The Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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John Richard Ashworth

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 143551 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 200th Siege Battery

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Lawrence Sagar Ashworth

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 65944 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 42648 Private Labour Corps 72nd Company

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John Ashworth

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 1941 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Hudson Ashworth

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 241074 Lance Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Joseph Edward Ashworth

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 21668 Pte East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 26657 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 25th Battalion

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John Robert Ashworth

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 58036 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 34263 Private Labour Corps

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Fred Ashworth

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 358338 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 358338 Lance Corporal King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/10th Battalion

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Charles Ashworth

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229581

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Claude Ernest Ashworth

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 28292 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 144994 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 7972 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

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Willie Ashworth

Died 1914

British Army 8746 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 8746 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

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Fred Ashworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19944 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 7 Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish)

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William Ashworth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1940 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 696723 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Whitehead Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 266059 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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George William Ashworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 27355 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Henry Ashworth

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 21450 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion.

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Sidney Worswick Ashworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 33150 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Fred Ashworth

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 201916 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201916 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 201916 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Samuel Harry Ashworth

Born 1889

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 735

Canadian Expeditionary Force 735 Private Canadian Infantry 19th Battalion

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Clifford Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 203281 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7054 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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