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Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Neston, Cheshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Chester England [1]

Doveridge, Uttoxeter [1]

Hough Green [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Salford or St. Helens [1]

Widnes [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [7]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant/ Staff Serjeant [1]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Australian Imperial Force [1]

10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

14/3rd Imperial Army [1]

1st Cavalry Division Cyclist [1]

2nd Battalion, Royal Scots [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

3th Liverpool Regiment [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Division Mounted Cyclist Company [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Imperial Army [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps/ Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [91]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [108]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [108] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Neston, Cheshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Chester England [1] Doveridge, Uttoxeter [1] Hough Green [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Salford or St. Helens [1] Widnes [1]

Rank

Private [56] Corporal [10] Gunner [7] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant/ Staff Serjeant [1] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Australian Imperial Force [1] 10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 14/3rd Imperial Army [1] 1st Cavalry Division Cyclist [1] 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 3th Liverpool Regiment [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Division Mounted Cyclist Company [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Imperial Army [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps/ Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [91] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [108]

Contribution

Military Service [102] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Frederick Robert Basnett

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 19438 Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 422972 Corporal Labour Corps

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Thomas Basnett

Died 1915

British Army 3424 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3424 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Henry Basnett

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1409 Private Non-Combatant Corps 2 Northern

British Army 1409 Private Non-Combatant Corps 1 Northern

British Army 1409 Private Non-Combatant Corps No. 3 Northern Company

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John Basnett

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army B/2801 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B/2801 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

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David John Basnett

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 25989 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Frederick Basnett

Died 1917

British Army 18798 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Eli Basnett

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11161 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Ernest David Basnett

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 3810 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 3810 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edgar Basnett

Died 1917

British Army 9681 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Andrew Jamieson Basnett

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253632

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John Basnett

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7815 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Scots

British Army 7815 Private 2nd Royal Scots

British Army 7815 Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots

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Douglas Eric Basnett

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 241398 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3696 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Basnett

Born 1884

Royal Navy 12508 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Daniel Basnett

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139304

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Leonard Basnett

Australian Imperial Force 723

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Albert Hulse Basnett

Australian Imperial Force 260

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Edward Basnett

Born 1881

Royal Navy 358303

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Charles Percival Basnett

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2134

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Walter Basnett

Born 1875

Canadian Expeditionary Force 784467

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George Sherwin Basnett

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 678231

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