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Melbourne Victoria [39]

Hull, Yorkshire [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [21]

Sydney New South Wales [20]

Leeds, Yorkshire [16]

Durham [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Preston, Lancashire [10]

Sunderland, Durham [9]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [8]

South Shields, Durham, England [8]

Burnley, Lancashire [7]

Gateshead, Durham [7]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Leeds England [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6]

York [6]

Carlisle, Cumberland [5]

Durham England [5]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [5]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Maitland New South Wales [5]

Mudgee New South Wales [5]

South Shields, Durham [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Burnie Tasmania [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

West Hartlepool, Durham [4]

Yorkshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Driffield, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Yorkshire England [3]

Accrington [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Acton, London [2]

Allora Queensland [2]

Angaston South Australia [2]

Ballan Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3211]

Gunner [365]

Corporal [287]

Driver [271]

Serjeant [250]

Sapper [205]

Lance Corporal [148]

Second Lieutenant [147]

Captain [98]

Acting Corporal [81]

Lieutenant [68]

Pioneer [52]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Major [24]

Rifleman [23]

Bombardier [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Able Seaman [15]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Worker [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Staff Nurse [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Sister [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Bandsman [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Saddler [4]

Sergeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Conductor [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Sub Conductor [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lt [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [429]

Royal Engineers [405]

Labour Corps [403]

Army Service Corps [313]

Northumberland Fusiliers [237]

Durham Light Infantry [210]

Royal Garrison Artillery [206]

Royal Army Medical Corps [204]

West Yorkshire Regiment [189]

Yorkshire Regiment [163]

Machine Gun Corps [144]

Border Regiment [135]

East Yorkshire Regiment [105]

West Riding Regiment [103]

London Regiment [98]

York and Lancaster Regiment [98]

Lancashire Fusiliers [95]

Manchester Regiment [92]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [92]

Liverpool Regiment [91]

East Lancashire Regiment [82]

Lincolnshire Regiment [75]

Cheshire Regiment [73]

Royal Naval Division [73]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [60]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [58]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [56]

Royal Army Service Corps [53]

Middlesex Regiment [44]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43]

South Lancashire Regiment [42]

Canadian Infantry [41]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Royal Defence Corps [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

Royal Irish Rifles [34]

Tank Corps [34]

Army Veterinary Corps [32]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [32]

The Queen's Regiment [31]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Royal Air Force [29]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Scottish Rifles [26]

Worcestershire Regiment [26]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25]

Service

British Army [4986]

Royal Navy [453]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [448]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [372]

Australian Imperial Force [267]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [74]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [6739]

T [3]

M [2]

H [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6592]

Merchant Navy [128]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [149]

Australia [3]

India [3]

Canada [2]

Ireland [2]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [39] Hull, Yorkshire [23] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [21] Sydney New South Wales [20] Leeds, Yorkshire [16] Durham [13] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Adelaide South Australia [10] Preston, Lancashire [10] Sunderland, Durham [9] Hull, Yorkshire, England [8] South Shields, Durham, England [8] Burnley, Lancashire [7] Gateshead, Durham [7] Hobart Tasmania [7] Leeds England [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Bolton, Lancashire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [6] York [6] Carlisle, Cumberland [5] Durham England [5] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [5] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [5] London, Middlesex [5] Maitland New South Wales [5] Mudgee New South Wales [5] South Shields, Durham [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Burnie Tasmania [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] North Shields, Northumberland, England [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] West Hartlepool, Durham [4] Yorkshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Driffield, Yorkshire [3] Manchester [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Yorkshire England [3] Accrington [2] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Acton, London [2] Allora Queensland [2] Angaston South Australia [2] Ballan Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [3211] Gunner [365] Corporal [287] Driver [271] Serjeant [250] Sapper [205] Lance Corporal [148] Second Lieutenant [147] Captain [98] Acting Corporal [81] Lieutenant [68] Pioneer [52] Acting Serjeant [35] Major [24] Rifleman [23] Bombardier [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Able Seaman [15] Staff Serjeant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Worker [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Staff Nurse [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Colour Serjeant [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Sister [5] Temporary Captain [5] Bandsman [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Saddler [4] Sergeant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Conductor [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Sub Conductor [3] Temporary Major [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lt [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [429] Royal Engineers [405] Labour Corps [403] Army Service Corps [313] Northumberland Fusiliers [237] Durham Light Infantry [210] Royal Garrison Artillery [206] Royal Army Medical Corps [204] West Yorkshire Regiment [189] Yorkshire Regiment [163] Machine Gun Corps [144] Border Regiment [135] East Yorkshire Regiment [105] West Riding Regiment [103] London Regiment [98] York and Lancaster Regiment [98] Lancashire Fusiliers [95] Manchester Regiment [92] Royal Lancaster Regiment [92] Liverpool Regiment [91] East Lancashire Regiment [82] Lincolnshire Regiment [75] Cheshire Regiment [73] Royal Naval Division [73] Royal Fusiliers [63] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [60] King's Royal Rifle Corps [58] Yorkshire Light Infantry [56] Royal Army Service Corps [53] Middlesex Regiment [44] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43] South Lancashire Regiment [42] Canadian Infantry [41] Rifle Brigade [38] Royal Defence Corps [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] Royal Irish Rifles [34] Tank Corps [34] Army Veterinary Corps [32] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [32] The Queen's Regiment [31] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] Royal Air Force [29] Welsh Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] Leicestershire Regiment [27] Scottish Rifles [26] Worcestershire Regiment [26] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [25]

Service

British Army [4986] Royal Navy [453] Canadian Expeditionary Force [448] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [372] Australian Imperial Force [267] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [74] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

A [6739] T [3] M [2] H [1] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6592] Merchant Navy [128] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [149] Australia [3] India [3] Canada [2] Ireland [2] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Robert Edward Atkinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231382

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231382 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Atkinson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1427 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240087 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Frederick William Atkinson

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 47803 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 47803 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Lan Fus and 2nd Lan Fus 47803

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Samuel Atkinson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 4670 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4670 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4670 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Carl Franklin Atkinson

Born 1897

Died 1971

Canadian Expeditionary Force 793971

Canadian Expeditionary Force 793971 Private 132 Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 793971 Private No. 1 Special Service Battalion

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James Atkinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 243656 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/6th Battalion

British Army 243656 Rifleman Liverpool Regiment

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George Atkinson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 10154 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10154 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Boswell Fawcett Atkinson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 26512 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 36218 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Bn. (Tyneside Scottish)

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Harry Morland Atkinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20135 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 20135 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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James Atkinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 15913 Sapper East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15913 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Leonard Overell Byng Atkinson

Born 1885

British Army 476 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Battalion

British Army 476 Lance Sergeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

British Army Colour Sergeant Royal Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Cyril Atkinson

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 59th Scinde Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)

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John Francis Atkinson

Born 1885

British Army 243 Private Yorkshire Regiment TF 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407214 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Atkinson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army DM2/189706 Private Army Service Corps

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Harold Victor Atkinson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 23517 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 35736 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion, C Coy

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Thomas Atkinson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5/2596 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Atkinson

Born 1881

British Army 10016 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army 10016 Lance Corporal King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army 10016 Private King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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John Atkinson

Born 1899

Died 1921

British Army S4/094735 Private Army Service Corps

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Arthur Atkinson

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS116247

Royal Navy SS/116247 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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William Atkinson

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy J1100 Able Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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