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Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Rishton, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Beaumaris Victoria [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Burnsley, Lancashire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Great Harwood, Lancashire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancs, Rawtenstall [1]

Manchester Lancashire [1]

Melbourne [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Pendleton, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Royal Park Victoria [1]

St Luke's, Great Harwood [1]

Trawden, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [176]

Gunner [18]

Driver [17]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Major [4]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

East Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Army Service Corps [19]

Labour Corps [19]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Jats [1]

11th Hussars [1]

12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

13th Rajputs [1]

14th Hussars [1]

15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

2/10th Jat Infantry [1]

5th Brigade Royal Artillery [1]

5th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Auxiliary Forces India [1]

Bombay Brigade [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [260]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Royal Navy [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [295]

Contribution

Military Service [292]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [295] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Rishton, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Beaumaris Victoria [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Burnsley, Lancashire [1] Cheshire [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Great Harwood, Lancashire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancs, Rawtenstall [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Melbourne [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Pendleton, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Royal Park Victoria [1] St Luke's, Great Harwood [1] Trawden, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [176] Gunner [18] Driver [17] Corporal [14] Serjeant [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Major [4] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [37] East Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Field Artillery [26] Army Service Corps [19] Labour Corps [19] Liverpool Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [8] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Jats [1] 11th Hussars [1] 12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 13th Rajputs [1] 14th Hussars [1] 15th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 2/10th Jat Infantry [1] 5th Brigade Royal Artillery [1] 5th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 8th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Auxiliary Forces India [1] Bombay Brigade [1] Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [260] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Royal Navy [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [295]

Contribution

Military Service [292] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Richard Birtwistle

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 16924 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th east Battalion

British Army 16924 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Birtwistle

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 26999 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Alfred Birtwistle

Died 1917

British Army 9694 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 9694 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Birtwistle

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114502

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Arthur Birtwistle

Born 1877

Died 1937

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Colonel Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment Gallipoli

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David Birtwistle

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186095

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Percy Birtwistle

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405101

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Fred Birtwistle

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222416

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John Harold Birtwistle

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3079 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Norman Birtwistle

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Peter Birtwistle

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277599

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Arthur Birtwistle

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56746

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John Birtwistle

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army 203558 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd/4th

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Leonard Cecil Birtwistle

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218528

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Thomas Birtwistle

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2624 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2624 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Birtwistle

Died 1916

British Army 16751 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 16751 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Richard Birtwistle

Died 1918

British Army 15109 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Joseph Edward Birtwistle

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 29394 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Birtwistle

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4045 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred Birtwistle

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18035 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 18035 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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