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Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Bollington, Cheshire [2]

Ashton Under Lyne [1]

Belgrave, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Grindon, Staffordshire [1]

Heaton, Staffordshire [1]

Hurdsfield, near Macclesfield [1]

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Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leytonstone, London [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rainow near Macclesfield [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield,Yorkshire [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Thorney Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Walton, Staffordshire [1]

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Private [130]

Gunner [14]

Driver [11]

Corporal [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy Sailor 2nd Class [1]

Boy Seaman 1st Class [1]

Commander (Emergency) [1]

Corporal ( later reduced to ranks ) [1]

Lance Corporal ( later reduced to ranks ) [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Lieutenant General Sir [1]

Lieutenant General/Retired Pay Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lady Hadfields Hospital [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st Div 2nd Inf Bde [1]

4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

As above [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [179]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [205]

Contribution

Military Service [202]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Australia [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Bollington, Cheshire [2] Ashton Under Lyne [1] Belgrave, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Grindon, Staffordshire [1] Heaton, Staffordshire [1] Hurdsfield, near Macclesfield [1] Kent England [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Leeds [1] Leytonstone, London [1] Macclesfield [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Rainow near Macclesfield [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Sheffield,Yorkshire [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Thorney Leek, Staffordshire [1] Walton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [130] Gunner [14] Driver [11] Corporal [5] Temporary Major [5] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant Staff Serjeant [1] Boy Sailor 2nd Class [1] Boy Seaman 1st Class [1] Commander (Emergency) [1] Corporal ( later reduced to ranks ) [1] Lance Corporal ( later reduced to ranks ) [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Lieutenant General Sir [1] Lieutenant General/Retired Pay Colonel [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [19] Labour Corps [17] Manchester Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] British Red Cross Society [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lady Hadfields Hospital [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st Div 2nd Inf Bde [1] 4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] As above [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [179] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [205]

Contribution

Military Service [202]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Australia [1]

Thomas William Belfield

Born 1893

Australian Imperial Force 1135

Australian Imperial Force 1135 Lance Corporal 1st Div 2nd Inf Bde 8th Bn

Australian Imperial Force 1135 Corporal ( later reduced to ranks ) As above As above

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Harry Belfield

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 33164 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 33164 Private Manchester Regiment 16th |Bn

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William Belfield

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 3040 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290871 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Austin Belfield

Died 1918

British Army 14926 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 14926 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph Belfield

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 29276 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Fred Belfield

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14455 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/14455 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion - R M Depot Deal

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Leonard Belfield

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163668

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Ralph Belfield

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2042 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Percy Belfield

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 22677 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army G/15156 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Harold Belfield

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37496 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2895 Cheshire Regiment

British Army 37496 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Arnold Belfield

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 160418 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Belfield

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33289

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33289 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Eric Belfield

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Belfield

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 12732 Private Manchester Regiment 26th Battalion

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William Ernest Belfield

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206573

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Oliver Belfield

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 33422 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 24086 Private Labour Corps

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James Belfield

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 31496 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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John Belfield

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2105 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290390 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Frank Belfield

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 58124 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Edward Belfield

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 70220 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 70220 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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