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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Northwich, Cheshire [4]

Lismore New South Wales [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bromborough, Cheshire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Castle Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

England [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hanchurch, Trentham, Staffordshire [1]

Helperby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet Leeds [1]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Knighton, Leicester [1]

Knutsford [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, London [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manning River New South Wales [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Pingelly Western Australia [1]

Prestwich [1]

Queens Park, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [327]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Gunner [33]

Corporal [30]

Driver [23]

Sapper [20]

Lance Corporal [15]

Captain [14]

Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [10]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Captain Surgeon [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissary [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [50]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Royal Engineers [37]

Cheshire Regiment [35]

Army Service Corps [27]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

11th Lancers [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [502]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [629]

Contribution

Military Service [615]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Northwich, Cheshire [4] Lismore New South Wales [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bromborough, Cheshire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham [2] Willesden, London [2] Wolverhampton [2] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bangalore [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Castle Northwich, Cheshire [1] Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Croydon Surrey [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] England [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hanchurch, Trentham, Staffordshire [1] Helperby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet Leeds [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Kilburn, London [1] Knighton, Leicester [1] Knutsford [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Leicester [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, London [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manning River New South Wales [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Miles Platting, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Pingelly Western Australia [1] Prestwich [1] Queens Park, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [327] Second Lieutenant [34] Gunner [33] Corporal [30] Driver [23] Sapper [20] Lance Corporal [15] Captain [14] Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [10] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1] Captain Surgeon [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissary [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [50] Royal Field Artillery [45] Royal Engineers [37] Cheshire Regiment [35] Army Service Corps [27] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Border Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Tank Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 11th Lancers [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [502] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [629]

Contribution

Military Service [615] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Australia [1] India [1]

William Henry Bostock

Died 1915

British Army 10929 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Francis H Bostock

Died 1916

British Army 13/947 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Edward Bostock

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2643 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 230459 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harold Bostock

Died 1917

British Army 4620 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 201245 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred Bostock

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army L/34473 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Arnold Bostock

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 39933 Manchester Regiment

British Army 277779 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Bostock

Died 1916

British Army 8470 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William S Bostock

Died 1916

British Army 15718 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 267249 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 42138 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Thomas Bostock

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 14797 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 14797 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred Bostock

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 124931 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Bostock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24207

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Walter Bostock

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307103

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Ralph Pilkington Bostock

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319396

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Alfred Bostock

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318874

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Charles William Bostock

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54178

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Charles Bostock

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58545

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Allan Kenneth Bostock

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67759

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Thomas Bostock

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 10282 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10282 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division

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Robert A Bostock

Born 1860

Died 1917

British Army Captain Surgeon Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Bostock

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 21220 Private 9th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 21220 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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