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Melbourne Victoria [3]

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Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

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Private [130]

Gunner [17]

Driver [13]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

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Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain temporary Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

District Engineer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

1/1st Northern Cyclist [1]

119th Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [1]

21st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Depot Rifle Brigade [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [204]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [277]

Contribution

Military Service [268]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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People [277] Stories Communities

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Melbourne Victoria [3] Balmattum Victoria [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Manchester England [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Violet Town Victoria [2] Amble, Northumberland [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bishop Auckland England [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cheetham, Manchester [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Crewe Cheshire [1] Crumpsall, Manchester [1] Daylesford, Worcestershire, England [1] Derby [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Hesket Victoria [1] Holborn [1] Howdon, Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Islington, London [1] Kyneton Victoria [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Low Walker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Marston-on-Dove, Derbyshire [1] Moama New South Wales [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Oswestry, Shropshire, England [1] Oxford England [1] Peckham, London [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Risbridge, Suffolk [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Sandbach, Cheshire [1] Stapleton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Swinefleet, Goole [1] Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [130] Gunner [17] Driver [13] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [11] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain temporary Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] District Engineer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Liverpool Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 1/1st Northern Cyclist [1] 119th Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps [1] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [1] 21st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Depot Rifle Brigade [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [204] Australian Imperial Force [18] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [277]

Contribution

Military Service [268] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

Arthur Gordon Bickerton

Born 1896

Died 1978

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907513 Private 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907513 Private 195th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907513 Lance Corporal 5th Battalion

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Samuel Thomas Leslie Bickerton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4073 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 4073 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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George Wright Bickerton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 31431 Reserve Cavalry

British Army 34443 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Reginald Ernest Bickerton

Born 1870

Died 1949

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain temporary Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Bickerton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57005

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John Bickerton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 27521 Private Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion.

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Fred Bickerton

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42148

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James Bickerton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89912

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Sydney Bickerton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237577

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Norman Bickerton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2198 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2198 Private Manchester Regiment 1/6th manchest Battalion

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Fielding Raymond Brigham Bickerton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 70845 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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William Bickerton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40571

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Stanley Bickerton

Born 1895

Died 1970

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Thomas Hilditch Bickerton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 8438 Private Manchester Regiment 17th battalion manchest Battalion

British Army 8438 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 9 Platoon, "C" Company

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George Harry Bickerton

Died 1917

British Army 48459 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Francis Howard Bickerton

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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Edward Bickerton

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133308

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Cecil Richard Bickerton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232794

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George Bickerton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 40351 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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James Arthur Bickerton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4519 Manchester Regiment

British Army 251718 Private Manchester Regiment

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