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Preston, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Preston [3]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2]

Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

St Pancras, Middlesex [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Uralla New South Wales [2]

2 Haywards Place, Holborn, London [1]

Ashton on Ribble [1]

Ashton-On-Ribble, Lancs [1]

Aston,Birmingham. Warwickshire [1]

Balsall Heath,Kings Norton,Worcestershire [1]

Bamber Bridge, Lancashire [1]

Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth. London [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belgrave, Leicester [1]

Belgrave, Leicestershire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birstall, Leicestershire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bloxham, Oxfordshire [1]

Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bradwell, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

Chipping, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1]

Congleton District, Cheshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dalton-in-Furness [1]

Drighlington [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Dunstall, Staffordshire [1]

England [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [435]

Gunner [63]

Driver [47]

Corporal [38]

Serjeant [28]

Sapper [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

driver [2]

11th Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Head Seaman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [80]

Labour Corps [59]

Royal Engineers [52]

Army Service Corps [43]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

16th Lancers [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [659]

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [819]

Contribution

Military Service [802]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Preston, Lancashire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Preston [3] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2] Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] St Pancras, Middlesex [2] Staffordshire [2] Uralla New South Wales [2] 2 Haywards Place, Holborn, London [1] Ashton on Ribble [1] Ashton-On-Ribble, Lancs [1] Aston,Birmingham. Warwickshire [1] Balsall Heath,Kings Norton,Worcestershire [1] Bamber Bridge, Lancashire [1] Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Battersea, Wandsworth. London [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belgrave, Leicester [1] Belgrave, Leicestershire [1] Birkenhead [1] Birstall, Leicestershire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bloxham, Oxfordshire [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Bow, London [1] Bradwell, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Chipping, Preston, Lancashire [1] Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1] Congleton District, Cheshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dalton-in-Furness [1] Drighlington [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Dunstall, Staffordshire [1] England [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [435] Gunner [63] Driver [47] Corporal [38] Serjeant [28] Sapper [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [11] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] driver [2] 11th Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Chauffeur [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Head Seaman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [80] Labour Corps [59] Royal Engineers [52] Army Service Corps [43] Cheshire Regiment [34] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Liverpool Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Machine Gun Corps [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Welsh Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 16th Lancers [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [659] Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [819]

Contribution

Military Service [802] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [1]

Edward Billington

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K6665 Stoker 1st Class HMS Derwent

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Alfred Billington

Died 1915

British Army 12617 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 12617 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Jonathan Thomas Billington

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 7539 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army 202571 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2/4th. Battalion

British Army 6242 Private Warwickshire Regiment

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Nicholas Thomas Billington

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312159

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Ernest Billington

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286111

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Thomas Billington

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401897

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Thomas Billington

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311316

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Thomas Billington

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54484

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Thomas Billington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241937

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James Henry Billington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250395

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Arthur William Billington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112378

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Charles William Billington

Died 1915

British Army 16911 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Billington

Born 1895

Died 1946

British Army 9451 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 9451 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Albert Billington

Died 1918

British Army 61936 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 29460 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Billington

Died 1919

British Army 26546 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Albert E Billington

Died 1918

British Army 42926 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Whitworth Leonard Billington

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 2nd Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers "Z" Special Company.

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William Billington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4237 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 201076 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George E Billington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 36864 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Walter Billington

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 30944 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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