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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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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]

George Atkin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39297

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Marmaduke Atkin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38388

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James Arthur Harradene Atkin

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2713 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2713 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry

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Bernard W Atkin

Died 1916

British Army 7205 Lance Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd west Battalion

British Army 7205 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd west Battalion

British Army 7205 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John L Atkin

Born 1880

Died 1957

British Army 278837 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 6604 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 56028 Serjeant Royal Leicestershire Regiment

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Percy Frederick Atkin

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130908

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Edward Atkin

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 233149 Corporal Royal Engineers Inland Water Transprot

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Charles Oswal Atkin

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy J9289

Royal Navy J/9289(CH) Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Renard."

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Thomas William Atkin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234498

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Thomas William Atkin

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 86562 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 86562 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Atkin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287267

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Agnes Margaret Atkin

Born 1877

Died 1944

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

Other Empire Force Overlooker Munitions Woolwich Arsenal

Other Empire Force Cook VAD Wimborne Hospital ( Auxillary Red Cross)

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George Ronald Atkin

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Frederick Stannyer Atkin

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310096

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Harold Thomas Atkin

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221013

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Samuel Atkin

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266516

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Johnson Atkin

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 99068 11th Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 99068 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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William T Atkin

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S4/146600 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 34633 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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John Atkin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3421 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Atkin

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 14672 Private Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14672 Private Suffolk Regiment

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