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Ballarat Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Chorley, Lancashire [3]

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [3]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bringley, Yorkshire [1]

Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1]

Chorley [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Conway [1]

Dudley, Staffordshire [1]

Haltwhistle [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Landour, Bengal. [1]

Liverpool [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Medstead, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Mount Albert, Auckland [1]

Newtown, Wales [1]

Pulford, Cheshire [1]

Reddish, Lancashire [1]

Rhondda, Glamorgan [1]

St Pauls Royton [1]

Stockport, Lancashire [1]

Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [217]

Corporal [19]

Driver [19]

Gunner [19]

Serjeant [14]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [7]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Doctor [1]

Fusilier [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Priv [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Service Corps Transport [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [315]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [393]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [390]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [394] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Chorley, Lancashire [3] Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [3] Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3] Camden New South Wales [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bringley, Yorkshire [1] Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1] Chorley [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Conway [1] Dudley, Staffordshire [1] Haltwhistle [1] Hertfordshire [1] Landour, Bengal. [1] Liverpool [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Medstead, Winchester, Hampshire [1] Mount Albert, Auckland [1] Newtown, Wales [1] Pulford, Cheshire [1] Reddish, Lancashire [1] Rhondda, Glamorgan [1] St Pauls Royton [1] Stockport, Lancashire [1] Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [217] Corporal [19] Driver [19] Gunner [19] Serjeant [14] Second Lieutenant [10] Sapper [7] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Doctor [1] Fusilier [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Priv [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [12] South Lancashire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Engineers [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Service Corps Transport [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [315] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [393] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [390] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Francis Joseph Astley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230487

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Charles Melton Astley

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army Captain Northumberland Hussars

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Philip Reginald Astley

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Astley

Born 1898

Died 1914

Royal Navy J24992 Boy 1st Class HMS Bulwark

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John Astley

Died 1918

British Army 94212 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 94212 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Astley

Died 1917

British Army 35478 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Astley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 54886 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 54886 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Francis Bernard Astley

Died 1916

British Army 17111 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Loach Astley

Died 1917

British Army 21592 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John (jack) Astley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 46677 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Dugdale D'oyley Astley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant /Acting Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Hugh Astley

Died 1916

British Army 16419 Private South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 16419 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 16419 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Daniel Astley

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657016

Canadian Expeditionary Force 657016 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Ernest Astley

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 225520

Canadian Expeditionary Force 225520 Private Canadian Infantry

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Walter Astley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57849 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Astley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 17810 Corporal Manchester Regiment 20thmanchest Battalion

British Army 17810 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Frederick M Astley

Died 1917

British Army 35135 Private Manchester Regiment

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Robert Astley

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31057

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Joseph Astley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135475

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Harry Astley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42049

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