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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]

Harold Ashworth

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3915 Royal Marines Medical Unit 148th (RN) Field Ambulance,

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Harry Ashworth

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 242442 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion.

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John Fredric Ashworth

Born 1880

Died 1921

British Army 201414 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Richard Ashworth

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army G/441 Private East Kent Regiment

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Edwin Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 5690 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Bertram Ashworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2419 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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John Ashworth

Died 1915

British Army 2622 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2622 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2622 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 42087 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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John James Ashworth

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19689 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 19689 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest William Ashworth

Born 1886

Died 1941

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Officer S.S. River Lugar Merchant Navy

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Henry Ashworth

Born 1879

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790011

Canadian Expeditionary Force 790011 Sergeant Canadian Railway Troops

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James Ashworth

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 203806 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Frank Ashworth

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 14922 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Ashworth

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37495 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 102573 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 227th Coy.

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Albert Ashworth

Died 1917

British Army 28095 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 33218 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Albert Ashworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41696 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 41696 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Thomas Ashworth

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army M/285231 Private Army Service Corps Tractor Depot (Avonmouth)

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Herbert Ashworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 266108 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 42548 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Ashworth

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133502

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Thomas Ashworth

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 377137 Private Manchester Regiment

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