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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Ramsgate, Kent [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Broadstairs, Kent [5]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Colne, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Nelson, Lancashire [4]

York, Yorkshire [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brighouse [3]

Glasgow [3]

Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Durham [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lincoln [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Ainsdale, Durham, England [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balwyn Victoria [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Barrowford, Lancs [1]

Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [1265]

Gunner [151]

Driver [112]

Corporal [91]

Serjeant [75]

Sapper [70]

Lance Corporal [47]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Pioneer [23]

Acting Corporal [21]

Captain [19]

Lieutenant [18]

Bombardier [16]

Major [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Reverend [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Boy [2]

Bugler [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [177]

Labour Corps [163]

Royal Engineers [146]

Army Service Corps [126]

Royal Garrison Artillery [78]

West Yorkshire Regiment [72]

Royal Army Medical Corps [66]

Northumberland Fusiliers [62]

West Riding Regiment [55]

Liverpool Regiment [53]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

Lancashire Fusiliers [47]

London Regiment [47]

Manchester Regiment [46]

Durham Light Infantry [45]

Lincolnshire Regiment [44]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [32]

York and Lancaster Regiment [31]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Royal Naval Division [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Border Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Scots [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Service

British Army [1897]

Royal Navy [164]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [142]

Australian Imperial Force [66]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2486]

P [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2436]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Ramsgate, Kent [7] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Broadstairs, Kent [5] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Colne, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Nelson, Lancashire [4] York, Yorkshire [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brighouse [3] Glasgow [3] Leigh, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Durham [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kew Victoria [2] Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lancashire [2] Lincoln [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Ainsdale, Durham, England [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balwyn Victoria [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Barrowford, Lancs [1] Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [1265] Gunner [151] Driver [112] Corporal [91] Serjeant [75] Sapper [70] Lance Corporal [47] Second Lieutenant [44] Pioneer [23] Acting Corporal [21] Captain [19] Lieutenant [18] Bombardier [16] Major [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Reverend [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Boy [2] Bugler [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [177] Labour Corps [163] Royal Engineers [146] Army Service Corps [126] Royal Garrison Artillery [78] West Yorkshire Regiment [72] Royal Army Medical Corps [66] Northumberland Fusiliers [62] West Riding Regiment [55] Liverpool Regiment [53] Machine Gun Corps [51] Lancashire Fusiliers [47] London Regiment [47] Manchester Regiment [46] Durham Light Infantry [45] Lincolnshire Regiment [44] Royal Fusiliers [42] Cheshire Regiment [34] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Lancaster Regiment [33] Yorkshire Regiment [33] East Lancashire Regiment [32] York and Lancaster Regiment [31] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Royal Naval Division [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Border Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16] Norfolk Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Army Veterinary Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Royal Scots [10] Coldstream Guards [9]

Service

British Army [1897] Royal Navy [164] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] Canadian Expeditionary Force [142] Australian Imperial Force [66] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2486] P [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2436] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68] New Zealand [1]

Thomas Blackburn

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Reginald Vernon Blackburn

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 68th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Captain 28th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Major 28th Battalion

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George Henry Blackburn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 33133 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Edwin Duncan Blackburn

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 357915 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 357915 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 357915 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Samuel Arthur Blackburn

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/2075 Private Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Rueben Blackburn

Born 1892

Died 1948

British Army 99 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 202205 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army M/281052 Royal Army Service Corps 613th Mechanical Transport Company

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Castle Blackburn

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 12/722 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12/722 Private The East Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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George Stanley Blackburn

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army GS/23023 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 4th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion (Territorial)

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Arthur Blackburn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 16503 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army

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Arthur Leslie Blackburn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1658 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Henry Blackburn

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 102194 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alwyne Blackburn

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16211 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Joseph Septimus Blackburn

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 204824 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 204824 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Reserve

British Army G/20378 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Robert Blackburn

Born 1893

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25885

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Norman Henry Gershorn Blackburn

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 52691 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion.

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Edward J Blackburn

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 54420 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 8112 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Wilfred Blackburn

Born 1894

British Army 530 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 534 Private Northern Cyclist Battalion

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Edward Blackburn

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 10571 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 3 Btn attd 2nd/7th Battalion.

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Charles Edwin Blackburn

Born 1893

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23643

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Barnabas William Blackburn

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 240022 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 240022 Lance Sergeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 144 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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