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Burnley, Lancashire [2]

All Saints, Grantham [1]

Bamber-Bridge,Preston, Lancs. [1]

Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Bradford England [1]

Bradford, Thornton, Yorkshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Hellifield, Yorkshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lund. Easingwold, York. [1]

Manchester England [1]

Oakham, Rutland [1]

Parbold, Lancashire [1]

Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Saint John's Wood, Middlesex [1]

Saint Matthews, Manchester [1]

Southbank, Yorkshire [1]

Southport, Hampshire [1]

Southport, Lancashire [1]

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Thornton,Bradford,Yorks [1]

Wigan [1]

Rank

Private [171]

Gunner [34]

Driver [14]

Corporal [13]

Serjeant [13]

Sapper [12]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Gunner [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major Quarter Master [1]

Matron [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Engineers [22]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

West Riding Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [271]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [312]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Guyana [1]

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People [313] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [2] All Saints, Grantham [1] Bamber-Bridge,Preston, Lancs. [1] Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1] Bradford England [1] Bradford, Thornton, Yorkshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Hellifield, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancashire England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lund. Easingwold, York. [1] Manchester England [1] Oakham, Rutland [1] Parbold, Lancashire [1] Parbold, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Saint John's Wood, Middlesex [1] Saint Matthews, Manchester [1] Southbank, Yorkshire [1] Southport, Hampshire [1] Southport, Lancashire [1] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Thornton,Bradford,Yorks [1] Wigan [1]

Rank

Private [171] Gunner [34] Driver [14] Corporal [13] Serjeant [13] Sapper [12] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [6] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Gunner [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major Quarter Master [1] Matron [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [24] Royal Engineers [22] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Durham Light Infantry [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] West Riding Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [271] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [312] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Guyana [1]

Walter Bentham

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 10873 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10873 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th battalion

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Isaac Bentham

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 56905 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 56905 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery, 83rd Brigade

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Harley Bentham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17889 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Thomas Bentham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army R/14648 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th battalion

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Thomas Clark Bentham

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2186 Private East Lancashire Regiment 5th east Battalion

British Army 240442 Private East Lancashire Regiment 5th east Battalion

British Army 240442 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Arnold Bentham

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31395

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Richard Bentham

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4174 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241661 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion.

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Thomas Bentham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290918

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Fred Bentham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48022

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Arthur Bentham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288833

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John Bentham

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4828 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4828 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Granville Bentham

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7043

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Nathan Bentham

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38001

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William Bentham

Died 1918

British Army 92756 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Bentham

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 8398 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 243964 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 68682 Private Train Reserve

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Joseph Bentham

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 29933 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29933 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph Edward Bentham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 47026 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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John W Bentham

Died 1918

British Army 16425 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 41014 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Edward Bentham

Died 1917

British Army 38144 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Bentham

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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