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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Eidsvold Queensland [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Lincoln [2]

Lincoln England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Newstead Victoria [2]

Nottingham [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [2]

Smeaton Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2]

Yarragon Victoria [2]

19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1]

Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birtley Durham [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Brisbane [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bungendore New South Wales [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Carrickfergus N [1]

Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Cohuna Victoria [1]

Cold Hanworth, Lincolnshire [1]

Corozal [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Creswick Victoria [1]

Denver, Norfolk [1]

Derby [1]

Doncaster, St Johns, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire, England [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Haddon Victoria [1]

Huddersfield, York, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [422]

Gunner [54]

Sapper [38]

Serjeant [34]

Corporal [28]

Driver [28]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Captain [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [5]

Major [4]

Bombardier [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

11th Corporal [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Orderly [1]

Overlooker [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Storekeeper & Assistant Dispenser [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [72]

Labour Corps [51]

Army Service Corps [50]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Lincolnshire Regiment [40]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

London Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Service

British Army [657]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Royal Navy [43]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [815]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [797]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Eidsvold Queensland [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bridlington, Yorkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Lincoln [2] Lincoln England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Newstead Victoria [2] Nottingham [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [2] Smeaton Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2] Yarragon Victoria [2] 19 Beresford Road, Birkenhead [1] Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birtley Durham [1] Blackburn England [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Brisbane [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bungendore New South Wales [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Carrickfergus N [1] Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Cohuna Victoria [1] Cold Hanworth, Lincolnshire [1] Corozal [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Creswick Victoria [1] Denver, Norfolk [1] Derby [1] Doncaster, St Johns, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Eastbourne [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire, England [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Haddon Victoria [1] Huddersfield, York, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [422] Gunner [54] Sapper [38] Serjeant [34] Corporal [28] Driver [28] Second Lieutenant [18] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [8] Captain [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Pioneer [5] Major [4] Bombardier [3] Staff Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] 11th Corporal [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colonel [1] Cook [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Orderly [1] Overlooker [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Storekeeper & Assistant Dispenser [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [72] Labour Corps [51] Army Service Corps [50] Royal Field Artillery [50] Lincolnshire Regiment [40] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Durham Light Infantry [25] Machine Gun Corps [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [18] London Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3]

Service

British Army [657] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Royal Navy [43] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [815] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [797] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Robert Atkin

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 10452 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10452 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire 1st

British Army 608 Private Loyal North Lancashire 3rd

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Albert Atkin

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 32296 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sidney John Atkin

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 47784 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 47784 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Keyser Atkin

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force Attch. 2/6th South Shropshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 1st/1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance

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Abel Atkin

Born 1883

British Army 203129 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Sherwood Foresters 5th reserve

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John Percy Hume Atkin

Born 1883

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 4th Brigade

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James Frederick Atkin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2556 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4532 Private Border Regiment

British Army 2556 Private King's Own Lancashire 5th

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Jesse Marson Atkin

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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George Dawson Hope Atkin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's Regiment

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Sam Atkin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260749

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George Edward Atkin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196957

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James Amos Atkin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241231

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William Herbert Atkin

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS117201 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Charles Percy Atkin

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 46676 Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John Thomas Atkin

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 157769 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick William Atkin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276360

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Albert Edmund Atkin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33474

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Frederick Atkin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260805

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William Balmer Atkin

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286968

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Albert Edward Atkin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46781

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