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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Blackburn, Lancashire [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

London England [8]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

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Maidstone, Kent [5]

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Dartford, Kent [4]

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Hull, Yorkshire [3]

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Reading, Berkshire [3]

Accrington [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

All Saints, Northamptonshire [2]

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Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

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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]

Albert E Bolton

Died 1918

British Army 5050 Corporal Shoeing Smith Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 2DG/5050 Corporal Shoeing Smith Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/19721 Corporal Shoeing Smith Corps of Dragoons

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Harry Bolton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55773

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Charles William Bolton

Born 1895

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407180

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Alfred James Bolton

Died 1916

British Army 3233 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 3233 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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Allen Bolton

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2954 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2954 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Ralph Bolton

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1806 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, A.I.F 40th Battalion

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Harold Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245804

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Phillip Henry Bolton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 82070 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Edward Bolton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 21973 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion, 17th Battalion.

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Harry Hargreaves Bolton

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Bolton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 369

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John Thomas Bolton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281643

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Henry Thomas Bolton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3268 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Samuel Bolton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88037

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Archibald Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268219

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Alfred Bolton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207631

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Herbert Edward Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232283

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Thomas Sutcliffe Bolton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32423

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Wilfred Bolton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44050

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Thomas Samuel Bolton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54906

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