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Rochdale, Lancashire [5]

Wigan, Lancashire [5]

London [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Darwen, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Alderney, Channel Islands [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Blackburn [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Burnley [1]

Cadogan Place, Belgravia, London [1]

Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Cornholme, Yorks [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Gatton, Queensland [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hecrington, Lancashire [1]

Helperthore, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Mayfair, London [1]

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Pembury,Kent [1]

Plymstock, Devon [1]

Portmadoc, Caernavonshire [1]

Preston [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Springfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

St George Street, Seamour Place, Hanover Square, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wangaratta Victoria [1]

Wawanesa, Manitoba [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [335]

Gunner [40]

Driver [28]

Captain [25]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Corporal 2nd [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [11]

Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Commander [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Cadet [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain / Acting Major [1]

Captain/ Captain [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Clerk /Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Clerk Corporal [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

East Lancashire Regiment [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Army Service Corps [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Royal Engineers [24]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Border Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

4th Hussars [3]

Belgian Agent [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [524]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Royal Navy [39]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [643]

C [4]

F [4]

L [4]

E [3]

H [3]

P [3]

S [3]

T [3]

W [3]

G [2]

N [2]

A [1]

D [1]

K [1]

M [1]

R [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [672]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Australia [1]

Guernsey [1]

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People [683] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rochdale, Lancashire [5] Wigan, Lancashire [5] London [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Darwen, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Alderney, Channel Islands [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Blackburn [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Burnley [1] Cadogan Place, Belgravia, London [1] Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Cornholme, Yorks [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Gatton, Queensland [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hampshire [1] Hecrington, Lancashire [1] Helperthore, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Mayfair, London [1] Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Pembury,Kent [1] Plymstock, Devon [1] Portmadoc, Caernavonshire [1] Preston [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Springfield, Wigan, Lancashire [1] St George Street, Seamour Place, Hanover Square, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wangaratta Victoria [1] Wawanesa, Manitoba [1] Whitechapel, London [1] Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Wigan, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [335] Gunner [40] Driver [28] Captain [25] Second Lieutenant [21] Corporal 2nd [20] Lieutenant [18] Serjeant [14] Major [13] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [11] Bombardier [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Brigadier General [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Commander [2] Leading Seaman [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Cadet [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain / Acting Major [1] Captain/ Captain [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Clerk /Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Clerk Corporal [1] Fireman [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45] Royal Field Artillery [45] East Lancashire Regiment [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Army Service Corps [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Royal Engineers [24] Manchester Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Liverpool Regiment [20] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [14] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Border Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Canadian Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 4th Hussars [3] Belgian Agent [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Welsh Guards [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [524] Canadian Expeditionary Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Royal Navy [39] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [643] C [4] F [4] L [4] E [3] H [3] P [3] S [3] T [3] W [3] G [2] N [2] A [1] D [1] K [1] M [1] R [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [672] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Australia [1] Guernsey [1]

Ignatius Baron

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 42193 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35665 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 42193 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Samuel Baron

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy 148228 Leading Seaman HMS Goliath

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John Arthur Baron

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army L/2830 Driver Royal Field Artillery 56th Brigade

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Margaret Alice Baron

Born 1890

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment East Lancs.

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Arthur Baron

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 22602 Private Border Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederic Baron

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 801 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700162 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Isaac Baron

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32676

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Albert T Baron

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 24849 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur William Baron

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111862

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William John Baron

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296817

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Ernest Alfred Baron

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37459

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Walter James Baron

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290912

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Sydney Percival Baron

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1368 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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James Henry Baron

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64224

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John Baron

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84506

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Henry Gorell Barnes

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade RFA

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

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Stephen Timmis Baron

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th gloucest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th gloucest Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Abraham Baron

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5473 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Baron

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 27159 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 27159 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Baron

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 19952 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19952 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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