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Chorley, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

London England [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Windsor, Berkshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Downton, Wiltshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Prescot, Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Uxbridge, Middlesex [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Basford [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [1]

Blisworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Bloomsbury, North West London [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brighton [1]

Brightwalton nr wantage [1]

Bulwell [1]

Chetenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Colesbourne, Gloucestershire [1]

Coventry England [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin NZ [1]

Foulridge, Lancashire [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Gresley, Derbyshire [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Highgate, London, Middlesex [1]

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Holkham Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [347]

Driver [42]

Gunner [34]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [21]

Serjeant [20]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Aircraftsman Class 2 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Filter Corporal [1]

Fleet Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pr [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [46]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

London Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [507]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Royal Navy [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [663]

Contribution

Military Service [645]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Chorley, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] London England [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Windsor, Berkshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blackburn England [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Downton, Wiltshire [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Prescot, Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Uxbridge, Middlesex [2] Warwickshire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Basford [1] Birmingham England [1] Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [1] Blisworth, Northamptonshire [1] Bloomsbury, North West London [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brighton [1] Brightwalton nr wantage [1] Bulwell [1] Chetenham, Gloucestershire [1] Colesbourne, Gloucestershire [1] Coventry England [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin NZ [1] Foulridge, Lancashire [1] Glamorganshire [1] Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Gresley, Derbyshire [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Highgate, London [1] Highgate, London, Middlesex [1] Hitcham, Buckinghamshire [1] Holborn, London [1] Holkham Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [347] Driver [42] Gunner [34] Corporal [24] Sapper [21] Serjeant [20] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Able Aircraftsman Class 2 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Filter Corporal [1] Fleet Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Serjeant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pr [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Steward [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [46] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Field Artillery [39] Labour Corps [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] London Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Manchester Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Corps of Hussars [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [507] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Royal Navy [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [663]

Contribution

Military Service [645] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Frank William George Beesley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4743 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 4743 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Harold Beesley

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901764

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901764 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Edward Beesley

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 147776

Canadian Expeditionary Force 147776 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Samuel Beesley

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30926

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Arthur Beesley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80769

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Walter Beesley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3940 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3940 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment

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Fred Beesley

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 203725 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Edward G. Beesley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 23397 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Leonard Beesley

Died 1917

British Army 24518 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Jeffrey Beesley

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR7/10107 Private Training Reserve 94th Battalion

British Army TR7/10107 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 16th (Reserve) Battalion

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Thomas Beesley

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 597155 Steward Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Laurentic"

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Edward Henry Beesley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210447

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Ernest John Beesley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217932

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Albert Beesley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307101

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James Harris Beesley

Born 1881

Died 1938

British Army L/18456 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Leonard Albert Beesley

Australian Imperial Force

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Charles Frederick Beesley

Australian Imperial Force 6131

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Thomas Lacey Beesley

Australian Imperial Force S9100

Australian Imperial Force 17949

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William Welland Beesley

Australian Imperial Force 7030

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Thomas Beesley

Born 1897

British Army 88539 Private Machine Gun Corps

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