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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Castleford, Yorkshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Fulham London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Sutton, Surrey [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardwell Queensland [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Cressy Tasmania [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Minehead, Somerset [2]

Mount Magnet Western Australia [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Newport Isle of Wight [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Accrington,Lancashire [1]

Allerthorpe, Yorkshire [1]

Angledool New South Wales [1]

Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1]

Ashley, Staffordshire [1]

Athlone, East Urban, Westmeath, [1]

Auckland [1]

Auckland, New Zealand [1]

Barnby, Nottinghamshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beecles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [804]

Driver [82]

Gunner [80]

Corporal [78]

Serjeant [50]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Sapper [43]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [14]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Bombardier [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Rifleman [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Signaller [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Mechanical Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107]

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Army Service Corps [98]

Labour Corps [87]

London Regiment [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [37]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1260]

Royal Navy [128]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1701]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1644]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] London, Middlesex, England [4] Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Castleford, Yorkshire [3] Dublin [3] Fulham London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Pontefract, Yorkshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Sutton, Surrey [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardwell Queensland [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Cressy Tasmania [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Minehead, Somerset [2] Mount Magnet Western Australia [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Newport Isle of Wight [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Accrington,Lancashire [1] Allerthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Angledool New South Wales [1] Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1] Ashley, Staffordshire [1] Athlone, East Urban, Westmeath, [1] Auckland [1] Auckland, New Zealand [1] Barnby, Nottinghamshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beecles, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [804] Driver [82] Gunner [80] Corporal [78] Serjeant [50] Second Lieutenant [44] Sapper [43] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [22] Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [14] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Bombardier [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Rifleman [5] Able Seaman [4] Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sister [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Conductor [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Serjeant Major [2] Signaller [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Mechanical Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [107] Royal Field Artillery [106] Army Service Corps [98] Labour Corps [87] London Regiment [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [37] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Manchester Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] Cheshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] Norfolk Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Hampshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15] West Riding Regiment [15] Border Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Canadian Infantry [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1260] Royal Navy [128] Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] Australian Imperial Force [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [1701] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1644] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [1]

William Beckett

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 22861 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1 Battalion

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Albert Beckett

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2582 Private 56th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2582 Private HMAT Euripdes A14 20th Infantry Battalion

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James Ranald Beckett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 17 th Battalion

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Albert Charles Beckett

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army L/9557 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Tom Beckett

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army G/687 Private Kent Regiment 3rd battalion royal west Battalion

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William Mcmillan Beckett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 235332 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 235332 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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Charles Beckett

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/8579 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Arthur Beckett

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10548 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 10548 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Valentine Beckett

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 1508 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Richard Beckett

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 44285 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Beckett

Born 1897

Australian Imperial Force 3239

Australian Imperial Force 3239 3rd Infantry Batallion 3rd Infantry Batallion

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Hubert Edge Beckett

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 7420 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Clarence Herbert Beckett

Born 1891

Died 1978

Royal Navy Mersey Z/2111 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Mersey Division

Royal Navy Mersey MZ/2111 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Mersey Division

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John Maxwell Beckett

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Signal Corps

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Alfred Beckett

Born 1882

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Samuel Beckett

Died 1917

British Army 8952 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8952 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8952 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Beckett

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3456 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Martin Beckett

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2987 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Gilbert George Beckett

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238969

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Samuel Gustavus Beckett

Born 1869

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Infantry 75th Missisauga Horse Battalion

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