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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Blackburn, Lancashire [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

London England [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Dartford, Kent [4]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Accrington [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

All Saints, Northamptonshire [2]

Barrowford, Lancashire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2]

Cinderford, Gloucestershire [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Corowa New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Meckering Western Australia [2]

Newboro, Ontario [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Wellington [2]

Rank

Private [1534]

Gunner [182]

Driver [137]

Corporal [135]

Serjeant [103]

Sapper [85]

Lance Corporal [55]

Second Lieutenant [55]

Captain [41]

Lieutenant [37]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Corporal [22]

Bombardier [17]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Major [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Worker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Rifleman [5]

Sergeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Fitter [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222]

Labour Corps [210]

Royal Engineers [174]

Army Service Corps [162]

London Regiment [107]

Royal Army Medical Corps [88]

Royal Garrison Artillery [79]

Machine Gun Corps [75]

Lancashire Fusiliers [68]

Liverpool Regiment [65]

East Lancashire Regiment [59]

Manchester Regiment [56]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [39]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [34]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

West Riding Regiment [30]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [28]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Essex Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Welsh Regiment [19]

Border Regiment [17]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Grenadier Guards [16]

Royal Scots [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [15]

Service

British Army [2385]

Royal Navy [238]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [198]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170]

Australian Imperial Force [125]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [3207]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3142]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [71]

Canada [3]

Gibraltar [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Blackburn, Lancashire [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] London England [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Dartford, Kent [4] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Accrington [2] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] All Saints, Northamptonshire [2] Barrowford, Lancashire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Birmingham [2] Blackheath, Staffordshire [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2] Cinderford, Gloucestershire [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Corowa New South Wales [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Lancashire [2] Manchester England [2] Meckering Western Australia [2] Newboro, Ontario [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Walworth, London [2] Wellington [2]

Rank

Private [1534] Gunner [182] Driver [137] Corporal [135] Serjeant [103] Sapper [85] Lance Corporal [55] Second Lieutenant [55] Captain [41] Lieutenant [37] Pioneer [32] Acting Corporal [22] Bombardier [17] Acting Serjeant [15] Lance Serjeant [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Major [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Worker [7] Able Seaman [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Rifleman [5] Sergeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Guardsman [3] Nursing Sister [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Colonel [2] Fitter [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222] Labour Corps [210] Royal Engineers [174] Army Service Corps [162] London Regiment [107] Royal Army Medical Corps [88] Royal Garrison Artillery [79] Machine Gun Corps [75] Lancashire Fusiliers [68] Liverpool Regiment [65] East Lancashire Regiment [59] Manchester Regiment [56] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Royal Fusiliers [45] West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [39] King's Royal Rifle Corps [34] Middlesex Regiment [34] Durham Light Infantry [33] West Riding Regiment [30] Cheshire Regiment [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Yorkshire Regiment [29] Royal Berkshire Regiment [28] Rifle Brigade [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] Army Ordnance Corps [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Essex Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Welsh Regiment [19] Border Regiment [17] East Surrey Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Grenadier Guards [16] Royal Scots [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Hampshire Regiment [15] King's Own Scottish Borderers [15]

Service

British Army [2385] Royal Navy [238] Canadian Expeditionary Force [198] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170] Australian Imperial Force [125] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [3207] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3142] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [71] Canada [3] Gibraltar [1]

Thomas Whitworth Bolton

Born 1898

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141648 Fitter Royal Air Force

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Officer S.S. Empire Hudson Merchant Navy

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William Bolton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army L/24444 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 3rd division

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Edward Trevor Bolton

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 420 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Henry Bolton

Born 1888

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4675

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Jesse Bolton

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 126025 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 3rd Depot

British Army 126025 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 26th Siege Battery

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George Harry Bolton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 241456 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 52296 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Wilfred James Bolton

Died 1915

British Army 7364 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Grace Errol Bolton

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army Territorial Force Nursing Service

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Walter G Bolton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 352819 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Bolton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 17036 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th Battaion

British Army 17036 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Bolton

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27328 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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William Bolton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194348

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Richard George Bolton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297660

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William Kinsey Bolton

Born 1861

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 8th Battalion

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William Alfred Bolton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109348

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Leonard Percy Bolton

Born 1895

Died 1929

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401806

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Alfred James Bolton

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 19729 Private 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19729 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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William Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310305

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Harry Bolton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45015

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Fred Percival Bolton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55942

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