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Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Coolah New South Wales [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Yorkshire [1]

London [1]

Low Bentham, Lancashire [1]

Padiham, Lancashire [1]

Queens Street, Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [47]

Driver [7]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Sapper [2]

Dispenser [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Second Hand [1]

Serjeant [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

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Labour Corps [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Church Army [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Imperial Bank of Persia [1]

Inventor and scientist [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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A [102]

Contribution

Military Service [98]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [102] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [2] Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Coolah New South Wales [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Yorkshire [1] London [1] Low Bentham, Lancashire [1] Padiham, Lancashire [1] Queens Street, Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [47] Driver [7] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Sapper [2] Dispenser [1] Lance Corporal [1] Second Hand [1] Serjeant [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] London Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 6th Dragoons [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Church Army [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Imperial Bank of Persia [1] Inventor and scientist [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [102]

Contribution

Military Service [98] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

John Ayrton

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 3654 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 846106 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Ayrton

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army 848 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 3/1st Battalion

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Alonza Ayrton

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 10618 Private 2nd West Riding Regiment

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Robert Scrope Ayrton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201027

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Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton

Born 1854

Died 1923

Other Empire Force Inventor and scientist

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Harry Ayrton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167846

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Arthur Ayrton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77103

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Thomas Francis Ayrton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 29295 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 29295 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Ayrton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15319 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 15319 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Harry Ayrton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 706538 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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William Ayrton

Died 1917

British Army 61654 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 21058 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Alsager Ayrton

Born 1887

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force 103 Squadron

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Richard Ayrton

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 191103 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Ayrton

Died 1917

British Army 266192 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 266192 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Frank Ayrton

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 62480 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Ayrton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2553 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240647 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Frederick Joseph Ayrton

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Ayrton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168017

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John W Ayrton

British Army 208127 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred William Ayrton

Australian Imperial Force 3231

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